Prepare the tablet
- Install QuickApps from the Amazon Appstore on your own (parent) profile.
- Open Settings › Device Options › About Fire Tablet and tap Serial Number seven times to unlock Developer Options.
- In Developer Options switch USB debugging on.
- Connect the tablet to this computer with a USB cable.
In QuickApps, Parent Settings › Open guide ticks these off for you as you go.
Connect the tablet
Click the button, pick the tablet in the browser window, then look at the tablet: when it asks Allow USB debugging?, tick Always allow from this computer and tap OK.
On Linux, allow the tablet once. Run this in a terminal, then unplug and replug the cable:
echo 'SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1949", MODE="0666", TAG+="uaccess"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/51-fire-tablet.rules > /dev/null && sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger
Choose your child's profile
Tick every child profile that should get YouTube Kids. The ones already used on this tablet are ticked for you.
Google apps and YouTube Kids
YouTube Kids needs four small Google packages. The list below shows what the tablet already has and what this page will add.
Drop APK or bundle files here or
Install and set up
All done
The tablet is restarting. One last step on the tablet, because Amazon Kids only shows apps you have shared with the child:
- Open your child's profile and tap the gear (Settings for parents) in the top-right corner.
- Tap Manage Content › Shared from your library, enter your parent PIN.
- Under Apps, switch QuickApps on, then go back to the child's home screen.
QuickApps now appears on the Kids home screen and YouTube Kids is already in its Favorites.
The first time YouTube Kids opens you will be asked to sign in with your Google account and set up the child's profile inside YouTube Kids.
Forgot the QuickApps parent PIN?
Pick the profile where QuickApps asks for the PIN and click the button. Only the PIN is removed: apps, favorites and settings stay as they are. Set a new PIN in QuickApps afterwards. Needs QuickApps 2.0 or newer on that profile.