HeyGilli How it works Privacy Open app

You decide what's all right. Every video gets checked against it.

Tell it what you're fine with — unboxing, sponsors, mild scares. Every new upload from the channels you allow is read against that before your child sees it.

A buddy watches along too, asking your child about what they saw — and telling you afterwards what they understood.

Free while it's early, and you can start without a Google account.

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Every combination below was screened in advance by the real thing. Nothing here was written by hand.

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HeyGilli asks you a few questions
Once, when you set up. You can change them any time.
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New YouTube uploads get screened
From the channels you approved.

Screened by us.amazon.nova-pro-v1:0 — one model's readings for one set of answers, not a rating of these channels, which publish plenty this household would be glad of. A preference never hides a video outright; it comes to you.

Questions parents ask

Where do the channels come from?
You choose them. HeyGilli suggests children's channels for your child's age and what you say they like, you can paste any channel yourself, and a Google Takeout export brings across a YouTube Kids profile. Nothing reaches your child from a channel you have not approved.
Can I use it without connecting Google?
Yes, and signing in gives HeyGilli nothing but your name and email — it does not ask for access to your YouTube account and cannot read your subscriptions or your history. Nothing about the screening or the buddy depends on being signed in at all.
Does my child sign in, or give any details?
Never. You create their profile — a nickname you choose and an age, no legal name, no photo. They never sign in, never type anything to us, and never see the parent side without your PIN.
Is my child's voice recorded?
No. When they answer Gilli out loud, the speech is recognised on the device itself and only the recognised words are sent — the audio never leaves the device and is not stored.
Can they search, or wander off into other channels?
Only if you switch search on, and it is off to begin with. Otherwise nothing reaches them from a channel you have not approved.
What happens to their watch history?
History is off by default and opt-in per import. When you do include it, only an aggregate is kept — how much, when, which channels — and the video-by-video list is discarded on your device. The privacy policy sets out exactly what is kept.
Can the screening get it wrong?
Yes, and it is built expecting to. A model reads each upload against your answers; it can misjudge in either direction, which is why a preference never hides a video outright but sends it to you. Use it alongside knowing what your child watches, not instead of it.
Does it cost anything?
Not today, and no payment details are taken. Being straight about it though: reading every upload costs real money per household, so if this grows there will have to be a paid plan. Nobody will be charged by surprise — you would be told well before anything changed for you.