Spotify offers parents new kids app filled with bedtime stories

The owner of the world’s largest paid online music service is expanding the reach of its kids app after successful tests in more than a half-dozen countries. — AFP Relaxnews

Spotify Technology SA is offering parents cooped up at home a new way to entertain their kids.

The Swedish audio streaming giant will roll out a kids app in the US, Canada and France, the company said on Tuesday. The new app includes more than 8,000 songs, as well as audio books and bedtime stories, all of which are handpicked by the company’s editors. More than half of the songs and stories are tailored to the local markets.