YouTube Kids expands to Canada, the UK, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand

Kiddie-centric: YouTube Kids features family-friendly, educational content from National Geographic Kids, Reading Rainbow and Thomas the Tank Engine.

YouTube Kids, designed with parental controls, built-in timers to limit screen time, and G-rated content, is expanding to Australia, Canada, Ireland, the UK and New Zealand. 

Within seven months of being launched in the US, parent company Google says the app, which is available for Android and iOS devices, has been downloaded 10 million times.