A messaging app that's safe for kids
Disney has come up with its own version of social messaging app where friends can chat, share and play.
Each generation worries about how young people make use of their time. Kids are constantly immersed in the digital world these days. In fact, recent research estimated approximately 90 per cent of teens of the age of eighteen and below to spend an average of 7.5 hours a day on digital media of all kinds. When the mobile phone becomes not just an essential item for communication but instead something that takes control of a child’s life, parents have a right to be worried.
Disney Mix – a social messaging app, is one such innovation that aims to stand out as being one of the safest and the most family-friendly app that one can get access to. It is approved for children of the age "4+" on the app store. Disney Mix allows parents to feel comfortable with their children using the app.
Messages on Disney Mix can only be exchanged if the user has approved the friend request from that member. Moreover, the issue of bullying and online harassment is especially taken special took into, in order to keep the app “clean” of such misdeeds.
"You can only send messages to someone if you have both accepted a friend request. Disney Mix has filters in place to make chats safer. Inappropriate chat, language, and personal information will be blocked by these filters and you'll see dashes instead of words when something is blocked," reads Disney's description.
Apart from exchanging messages and setting up desirable avatars, you are provided with the opportunity to follow official accounts which deliver a periodical update about their respective fields. One can even play interactive games such as Spikes, Elsa’s Winter Waltz and Card of Dooms right inside your chat screen. Disney Mix’s future update may even include the ability to share photos and videos within a well-monitored environment.
This certainly seems like an apt invention on Disney’s side especially given the rising tide of social media crimes. We are interested in knowing what the future holds for an app like Disney Mix and how it is received by both, kids as well as parents. You can currently find the app on both, iOS and Android play store platforms.