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You can also use the app change the volume and display settings, visit the card store, read news and troubleshoot. Your library is stored in your app so that if you happen to lose or snap a card (I would imagine this is very hard as they’re similar to credit cards, but you know kids…) you can play it directly from the app. The son took to it immediately(once the parents had easily set up some music associations to the tokens via the phone app), loving that he can switch out music on command in such an easy and fun way(for a 2-3 year old it is extremely accessible). The parents loved it...so much the father commandeered one of the tokens just for his favorite podcast! Their nanny was head over heels about it, so much so that she was telling all her other clients about it. Everyone really liked that it came with five tokens and not just two or three(the tokens are such cute figurines!). Also a big hit was that it was so flexible about music sources. That you could load up a micro-sd card so that you didn't need wifi, but also it could play online playlists and podcasts from Spotify and not some proprietary service. The Yoto Player is easy to set up; switch it on, pop in the credit-card sized ‘welcome card’ and listen to the instructions which will lead you through the different features (in a pleasingly British accent – I’m not a huge fan of toys which come with American voices so I liked this!). There’s an app which gives you step by step instructions for pairing it to your home wifi and we managed this first time. Features of the Yoto Player You access the Bluetooth speaker by changing the settings in the Yoto Player app to allow bluetooth pairing and following the instructions (press left hand button in for three seconds to pair).
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Recently there has been an explosion of intuitive, screen-free audio players for children on the market. We have reviewed several of these; the tonies Toniebox, the Jooki and the Timio. The latest is the Yoto Player. You can choose your Yoto Club Cards whenever you want them, and keep the Club Credits for up to 12 months. It is quite large and bulky, and we sometimes had trouble connecting it to our wifi. You have to provide the content; you can’t buy stories etc. Read more about the Jooki audio player in our review here. The Jooki children’s audio player is not currently available to buy in the UK. The TIMIO
It’s soft and comes in a range of fun colours. The characters are appealing to children and the audioplayer is really simple and easy to use even for younger children. Jooki is the favorite 3-to-9 years old educational toy that fosters their imagination with music & storytelling, and helps build the core foundation for their future. First up, the tonies Toniebox. The tonies is probably the best known of the children’s audio players due to a very successful marketing campaign. It’s relatively large and soft and squishy, and comes with cute characters which you can place on top to hear stories and music.
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then...you need to connect with your phone to the same wifi network where the jooki box is and only then you are allowed to interact with the product. Press once for the daily podcast. It’s is only a few minutes long but it’s a nice touch and the kids enjoy listening to the riddles and child-friendly content which changes every day. Like the Jooki, the Yoto Player can be used as a bluetooth speaker to play music from a streaming service such as Spotify or Deezer via your mobile device or tablet. The TIMIO is worthy of a mention. Aimed at slightly younger children (aged 3-8 years) the TIMIO comes with pre-loaded ‘discs’ with a selection of songs, stories and words for vocabulary building which can be played in English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese and Dutch. the strange part is where you will have to register and give some of your data to them. Without this you can't use the product at all. It gets worse. Then you need to give location permissions and only then you can configure the wifi on the product.. Yes the wifi.
The Yoto Player can be used a nightlight by placing it on its ‘face’. You can alter the colour of the nightlight in the Yoto App.Next, kids just place that figurine or token on Jooki to start the playlist… or lift it to pause, stop or change. The Yoto Player can be used whilst charging and once fully charged the battery will last approximately eight hours.
While the Jooki is awesome and is a great concept, we are disappointed by the control buttons on it. They are difficult to use/ to turn when choosing/skipping a song. Such an expensive item should be easy-to-use for the child who uses it, but it is even difficult for an adult to use. The button needs to be turned A LOT to skip a song and the tokens on the Jooki can get in the way. A different system should be used to skip the songs. Suggestion to jooki. Please really improve on the connection method of this product. I'm not exactly illiterate (I'm an IT engineer) and I didn't find it user friendly at all.Although the cards might not be as cute and collectible as the tonies characters, they are around half the price per story as well as being easier to store. Jooki made the TIME Best Inventions of 2022 list (Toys & Play) and was ranked 3 in the 2022 USA TODAY Readers Choice Award (Best Gifts for Families). Jooki won the CES 2022 Innovation Award (best personal audio), the 2022 Edtech Cool Tool Finalist Award (arts, music and creative solutions) and the 2022 Creative Child Magazine Awards as Product of the Year. Jooki is the favorite educational toy for 3yo+, fostering their imagination with music and storytelling. The software is constantly being updated and improved meaning it should get better over time, for free – and last a lot longer, growing with your child. This a question that has been asked in my parenting group, so I thought I’d answer it here as well as I can!
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