The Messenger Kids service was first released to the United States in 2017 and to Canada and Peru in 2018.
With the spread of the COVID-19 virus and the closure of schools on the need for personal alienation, parents have increasingly resorted to technology, and they have decided to extend the Messenger Kids app to other countries as a useful means of connecting with their friends, teachers and family.
The company also announced changes to the way the app works, according to Facebook.
They have also expanded the ability of parents to monitor their children's video chat and messaging capabilities when communicating through Messenger Kids.
For this purpose, Facebook has introduced three new options to help parents connect their children with friends.
Supervised Friending
In the previous version, parents only had the ability to accept and accept a friend request for their child, and parents could do that if they wanted to provide this to their children.
Sources: about.fb.com/news
However, when children add contact, parents notify parents by notification, which allows them to review, delete, or block the contacts via the Parent Dashboard.
According to Facebook, the Parent Dashboard lets parents track their children's recent activity.
We have also sought the help of Dr Lewis Bernstein, a member of Facebook's Youth Advisors.
Sources: about.fb.com/news
Groups Through Connecting Kids
Parents can add an adult to a group of their children, such as a teacher, a coach, or another adult, and the person enrolled in this group can only interact with the other children in the group, if they are approved by the parents.
Also, if children want to create a group with their friends or join an existing group, children must submit a link from the group to their parents and obtain permission.
The new version also allows parents to view their child's friends in the respective groups via the Parent Dashboard.
Sources: about.fb.com/news
More Friends With Helping Kids Connect
Through Messenger Kids, parents have the option of making their child's name and profile photo visible to friends and friends of their children who are already connected with their child.
Sources: about.fb.com/news
With all these features, the new version will be available from April 22 to Messenger Kids users in the United States and will continue to be rolled out to other countries in the future, Facebook said.
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