Let’s face it, the idea of letting the little ones use a messaging application, even if dedicated and supervised by parents, is certainly not one of the most attractive. Despite Meta declaring that Messenger Kids has more than 7 million users, there are several criticisms that have been leveled at the giant, especially from parents who fear that it could negatively affect their offspring. The application in question is currently receiving an update, of which we find out the details together.
New features land on Messenger Kids
The first novelty introduced by Meta in the Messenger Kids application concerns the dark mode, one of the most requested features in every application in recent times. Although children do not use Messenger Kids late at night (or at least hopefully so), the introduction of dark mode can be useful to avoid straining the eyes of your children: in fact, in certain light conditions, their eyesight suffers more, just as a display brightness that is too high is harmful. With the new update, it is, therefore, possible to activate or deactivate the dark mode at will in a simple way through the settings.
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The second novelty concerns voice messages and is designed to make this experience more fun for children through new voice effects. The procedure for recording the message remains unchanged, as well as similar to any other messaging application, but at the time of sending it is possible to choose different effects to give to the voice: it is now possible to speak with the voice of a robot, a ghost, of a gorilla, of a mouse or even have an effect similar to that obtained by speaking in a shell. At the moment this feature is only available on iOS, but will soon be released on Android as well.
The latest news concerns games, you know, any child holding a smartphone or tablet cannot resist the myriad of games available. With the introduction of the new function, it will no longer be necessary to leave the conversation to start a game with the friend on duty. In fact, a new “Play” button has been introduced on the chat screen, by clicking on it you will be directly redirected to the games (chess, tic-tac-toe, Daily Doodle). In conclusion, despite Meta’s efforts to reassure parents, there are still many who look suspiciously at this type of application.