- Hisense launches a dedicated remote control that connects to the child-proof Vidaa Kids
- Children cannot access adult apps with the Safe Streaming remote
- Included in the entire 2026 Hisense TV range
If you’re a parent, you probably don’t want your kids watching things on TV that aren’t age-appropriate or safe for them to stream. But stopping it can be a pain. Hisense may have a better option: the first “Safe Streaming” remote control.
Hisense has teamed up with A Parent Media Co Inc, which owns the Kidoodle TV service, to bring kid-friendly shows to its Vidaa TV operating system along with the aforementioned remote control. It will be available across the entire 2026 TV series.
Instead of trying to weed out dodgy stuff across your smart TV apps and channels, Hisense’s solution removes them entirely. The children can watch thousands of episodes on Vidaa Kids and the remote control is there to help them find their favorites such as SpongeBob SquarePants, PAW Patrol: Pup Tales, Baby shark and many more. There are over 50,000 episodes in total.
A fenced garden that is safer for children
Like many parents, I was anti-screens… until I became a parent. Sometimes a small child parks in front PAW Patrol is exactly what you need so you can prepare a meal, load a load of laundry or just take a few minutes break.
But my kids didn’t have access to the streaming and live channels that today’s smart TVs have; there is no way I would leave small children in front of the TV unsupervised or a bunch of parental controls turned on.
What Hisense offers here is an easier life for parents of young children: instead of having to block certain apps on your TV or PIN-protect profiles in multiple apps, you can simply hand the kids the Safe Streaming remote and let them get on with it.
Because it’s all in one app, you don’t have to spend time setting up the apps the adults use, and there’s no way the kids will get frustrated with multiple streaming services.
The new remote will be included across Hisense’s 2026 MiniLED and RGB MiniLED range, including the E8S, U7S, U7S PRO, UR8S and UR9S range, which launch this month – but only on sets with the Vidaa operating system, meaning in the UK and Europe, but not in the US.
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