Spotify is expanding parent-managed accounts for kids to more countries, including the US

Spotify Announce Google on Tuesday announced that Managed Accounts, a shared account feature that allows parents to control what their children listen to, will be available to users in more countries. Managed accounts are now rolling out in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France and the Netherlands after a Test launch last year.

Managed accounts are available to Spotify Premium Family plan members and allow account holders to manage a separate music-only listening experience for their children under 13.

Since these are separate accounts, your children’s music choices will not impact your algorithm and will not appear in your annual Spotify Wrapped experience. Kids can add songs to their favorites, create their own playlists, and get their own personal recommendations.

With managed accounts, parents can restrict access to certain features, such as watching videos, playing content, or viewing Canvas videos, which are the recurring visual elements that appear during music playback, for any content that is labeled as explicit. Parents can also control and restrict playback of specific artists and songs.

Interaction features are also limited in managed accounts, meaning children won’t be able to access age-related features like messaging.

Managed accounts allow parents to make more detailed decisions about the type of music their children can listen to, without forcing them to use more restrictive music Spotify Kids app.

To set up a managed account, Family Plan account holders need to go to their account pages in the app, select the “Add Member” option, select the “Add Listener under 13 (or market equivalent)” option, and then follow the instructions to navigate through the different options.

Managed Spotify accounts are already available in New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia.

The broader launch comes amid broader efforts by big tech companies to provide parents with greater control over how their children use online platforms and what features they can access in response to regulatory pressures.