Category : Education
Love it. Though you should make it so you can watch every full episode anytime you want to. Rather then some videos full and some clips. Edit: I can not watch episodes like Birds of a feather and Neck and Neck. And others.
The program times are not accurate in comparison to the list online and comparison to the list on the actual app. Everything was fine before daylight savings, which makes absolutely NO sense. Now the app is showing shows an hour ahead of schedule and to be able to watch the shows my kids want, we're constantly putting on the SAME 4 episodes that do not rotate very often, making new educational content inaccessible. ARIZONA pbs...Arizona doesn't do daylight savings..wth? 🤷♀️
Great app but please remove the SC Johnson ad soon. It interferes with autoplay of episodes. This phenomenon is consistent on the Android app, the Amazon Fire app (both tablet and TV dongle) and the Google Onn device. Sometimes the whole app has to be closed and restarted to fix this.
Makes my Pixel 6 Pro (Android 12) act weird. Can't adjust volume or switch apps, and freezes in multitask mode with swiping poorly calibrated. Also can't Pin the app so my son doesn't switch apps.
There is very much a problem with the controls in this app, especially while casting to a Chromecast. Any interaction restarts the video. The progress indicator doesn't work. Scrubbing to any point in a video restarts the video entirely. Frequently when trying to get my phone's OS buttons visible it will register it as a swipe or click, playing another video or restarting the current video, and with the previous problems mentioned makes this an incredibly frustrating experience.
Super easy to use! just tap on the shows and you can select eps love it! Also no ads and free! Also there's content for people who are not 8 like odd squad.🥳 Think y'all should download!
I Can Watch Nature Cat or Alma's Way, But not Arthur? I tried reseting the app and uninstalling over and over again but it says OOPS WE CAN'T LOAD THIS VIDEO. It. Happens every Time. And it is one of My favorite shows too. Its an good app and all but it's Just anoying. WAY TOO ANNOYING!!! It gets on my nerves every time! It doesn't make sense because my internet works fine. I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!! 2 stars because of that irritating bug that this app has.
I'm frustrated that I can't restrict access to certain videos within the app. My young toddler enjoys watching Daniel Tiger, but often navigates into material that is much less age-appropriate. I wish I could just make the other shows disappear so she can explore without getting stuck on content for 8-10 year olds.
This is the same review except You can watch your favorite PBS kids videos! I love the new feature to download videos That way you can watch those offline Oh boy. My seven and a half year old really likes this his brother's tablet doesn't have that Anyways, next PBS KIDS app coming up!
This is the best app ever it is free they don't charge you anything down the line or free trial it's free for your child to watch my child has autism and I appreciate the time this at gives me to get some things done while he plays on the app
It's not just kids that enjoy PBS, I watch it all the time, I especially like Ready Jet Go! It's one of my favorite shows to watch, and I also like Xavier Riddle,Hero Elementary just to name a few, and I guess I'm a 61 year old kid at heart and proud of it, keep up the good work you guys as long as I live and breathe I'll always be a PBS faithful fan, Sincerely, Herbert Padilla (Jaime)☺️💯💋
Used to be great, no longer will stream to my TV from the TV app or from my phone to the TV via Chromecast.
I love the shows that PBS provides but I can't get them to play on demand on any devices. Google TV? Nope. Android? Nope. I see nothing but endless loading screens. Doesn't matter what series or episode I try to play for my daughter, endless loading screens.
Great app. Use it with my grandkids every week. PLEASE bring back the Grover Monster at the end of this story!! We have the book and there's an obsession going on over here.
This is great for all children to learn and be creative you should get for your kids also:)
I love that we can watch my kids' favorite shows on demand, but I wish it was easier to move to a specific place in the episode.
In App controls don't work while casting anymore. Trying to move to particular part of episode with progress bar fails and videos start over from beginning.
The videos are exactly what we wat h but there is no SCREEN LOCK he accidentally changes the episode every 10 seconds because of it it's extremely frustrating his shows are there but he can't keep it playing without switching it accidentally
This is a fantastic app and it's used a lot by our five year old. My only issue is the data usage. When we first started using it there was an option for lower quality video vs. HD to reduce data use when you were on your network plan. That option has been taken out (or maybe I just can't find it anymore) and the amount of data this app now uses is staggering. Make SURE you have a WIFI connection or unlimited data. Frustratingly, this app also has issues disconnecting when minimized (currently on Android KitKat, though this has been an issue for awhile now), so you can't be sure the app isn't drawing data unless you manually close it out of the tray. I still highly recommend it, but you might have to have some rules governing when it can/can't be used.
We love streaming from the PBS Kids app, and we cast to our TV. We really wish the app didn't force our phones into landscape mode the moment we launch it though! It's super frustrating, and it happens even when we have auto-rotate turned off. There's no reason for it to be in landscape when we're not watching it from that device. We'd love to see this changed in a future update. Thank you.
The content of PBS does are great as always. I use this app to cast shows on the TV. It would be helpful to have an in-picture scrolling and time bar (?). Sometimes, the kids want to rewatch a song/scene, and trying to find the start of it is like a stab in the dark. Also, the "grown up" button just changes the show that's playing. I don't understand the function or the purpose of that button.
Casting live TV to my Chromecast causes the video to completely freeze. I tried clearing data and cache, uninstalling and reinstalling, and even factory resetting my Chromecast. Same result. This does not happen when casting from the website using my laptop. No other casting issues with other apps. This used to work well, but not any longer. I am hoping it addressed and fixed. If you are just using it on the phone, everything works fine. If this gets fixed, I will change my rating.
I wish other apps delivered this consistently. Never an issue with streaming/casting content. 5 full episodes and tons of clips for the shows. The option to turn on/off auto play would be nice. As it is now an episode starts as soon as the preceding ends. Ability to create a playlist or favorites would be awesome as well. I let my kid watch 1 episode of Daniel Tiger and then 1 episode of Sesame Street before nap. Would be great if I could set them up to play instead of switching around.
This app is wonderful and we love the content in our family. We cast to our tv and could not be happier. The only reason why this doesn't get 5 stars is because there is no way to set the app to turn off/end/stop casting at the end of an episode! It autoplays forever and I can't find any way to make it stop other than sit there and hope I can stop casting fast enough before the next episode starts and the meltdown begins. Please add the ability to turn off autoplay!!
Love this app, especially on the Chromecast with Google TV. One small problem on that device - video occasionally freezes briefly while the audio keeps playing. Then in a few seconds it repeats the content that was messed up correctly and continues playing. Some days it only happens sporadically and some days it happens a lot. This is the only app where I observe this behavior.
We love this app, the only problem is when you choose the live tv option. We like our little one to only watch a certain amout of tv and we like for him to watch the more age appropriate shows, but tge app will say on the schedule that it is playing one show, but will be playing a totally different show. We have the same issue on the app on our Roku. It makes it difficult to schedule appropriate screen time.
App does stream pbs kids video content. However, there are some changes that can greatly improve the user experience. First, it would be nice to filter content as others have suggested. Filtering by age/grade level, as well as full episodes vs clips would be nice. Second, we mostly stream content to the TV via Chromecast. The fast forwarding does not work in Chromecast mode. Third, the captions don't work when doing Chromecast either.