My 7yo daughter is begging me to fix Google. Further, the founder of Linus Tech Tips also briefly spoke out in an episode of TechLinked clearly frustrated over the restriction. One user on Twitter posted how his daughter can’t listen to music anymore and there’s nothing he can do about it. This is a problem for many parents right now, as it’s crunch time to move from Play Music over to YouTube Music. Your child will be able to use YouTube if you added supervision to their previously existing Google Account. However, they can’t use any other YouTube apps, websites, or features until they turn 13 and manage their own Google Account. When you use Family Link to create a Google Account for your child under 13, your child can use the YouTube Kids app where it’s available.
This restriction is described on a Google support page (emphasis our own) and was highlighted back in June by our friends at Android Police. Currently, any child under the age of 13 cannot use YouTube Music in any capacity, meaning when you switch from one service to the other, they’ll lose all of their music and playlists instantly with no way to get it back until they turn 13.
Google has been working to bring more features to YouTube Music over the past several months as we’ve covered heavily, but with days to go, family plans still aren’t fixed for kids. That’s a real shame for families because YouTube Music just isn’t up to par. It’s already dead on Google Assistant speakers. With Google Play Music, families were able to get their own libraries on a single subscription, kids included! Play Music is set to shut down this month, though, meaning the service could quite literally stop working at any moment. It’s a handy way to save some cash while still allowing each family member to have their own account.
With YouTube Music, though, family plans get complicated for younger kids, and there’s no fix in sight either.įor quite some time now, parents have been able to sign up for Google’s various family plan offerings for everything from ad-free YouTube to sharing movie and app libraries. With streaming music being the norm now, just about every major service offers a family plan so everyone can enjoy it at a discounted rate.