Netflix Launches A Standalone App For Kids’ Games

Netflix is launching a caller standalone app for kids’ games called Netflix Playground, nan institution announced connected Monday. Netflix Playground is disposable arsenic portion of a Netflix subscription, and doesn’t person immoderate ads aliases in-app purchases.

Netflix says nan app gives children entree to an “ever-growing” room of games for kids. Netflix Playground is launching pinch titles featuring characters from celebrated kids’ shows.

The app, which is designed for children ages 8 and under, is now disposable successful nan U.S., Canada, nan U.K., Australia, nan Philippines, and New Zealand. It will rotation retired worldwide connected April 28. The app is disposable connected some iOS and Android.

It tin beryllium accessed offline without a mobile aliases Wi-Fi connection, which nan institution says makes it nan “perfect companion for agelong airplane rides aliases market trips.”

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For example, 1 crippled is titled “Playtime With Peppa Pig,” and sees players “jump into Peppa’s world pinch a postulation of playful activities.” There’s besides a “Sesame Street” crippled wherever players believe matching pinch representation cards aliases coordination pinch connect-the-dots. Other titles see “Let’s Color,” “Storybots,” “Bad Dinosaurs,” and more.

“We’re building a world wherever kids tin not only watch their favourite stories, they tin measurement wrong them and interact pinch their favourite characters,” said John Derderian, Netflix Vice President of Animation Series + Kids & Family TV, successful a press release. “We’re creating a seamless destination for discovery, learning, and play. Whether it’s reuniting pinch Hank and nan ‘Trash Truck’ unit for caller adventures aliases making a smoothie pinch ‘Peppa Pig,’ watching and playing connected Netflix tin beryllium nan nosy and easiest portion of each family’s day.”

Netflix first launched games successful 2021 and had ambitious plans for nan space, but has since dialed them backmost aft its titles grounded to summation traction. The streaming elephantine has besides unopen down respective video crippled studios for illustration Boss Fight, Spry Fox, and an AAA studio.

Late past year, Netflix forayed into TV gaming pinch a slate of caller statement titles meant to beryllium played successful groups, including TV versions of Tetris and Pictionary. The institution has besides said it will prioritize unreality gaming, but has noted that it’s still successful nan early stages of these plans.