USA Today reports that YouTube is planning to launch a new application called YouTube kids on February 23.
It was reported as early as March of last year, but Google confirmed that it was working on such an app in December. The application, which will be free, will run on Android devices only at launch.
According to USA Today, the app will be separate from the main YouTube service and will feature an initial screen with eight choices of children's TV shows and other popular recommendations.
Kids can search for videos by typing normally in the search or using their voice, a feature that the company expects to be quite popular as many young children cannot type. The application will not be able to search for inappropriate ones conditions, as for the term "sex" for example.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the app will be announced on duration of the keynote address at the Kidscreen Summit next week.
