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TOP 10 FACTS ABOUT TALKING ANGELA
I have noticed a lot of grief over this game so i desided to do some research because we love the talking apps at my house. i found these top 10 tips and narrowed it down so its not to long. if you want to see the rest of it go to [...]
1. There isn’t a pedophile ring. We can’t stress this enough
2. Talking Angela is mostly like the other Talking Tom and Friends apps.
3. Yes, it does use the camera. There’s a feature that encourages the user to make faces and gestures at the screen: nod or shake their head, smile, yawn or poke their tongue out. The app detects the motion, and gets Angela to copy the expression. It’s intended as a fun feature, rather than as a way for the app to capture photos of your child for nefarious purposes.
4. THERE IS A TEXT APP THAT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN. Talking Angela actually has a ‘Child Mode’ which you’ll be asked whether you want to turn on the first time you load up the app.
5. The Child Mode is easy to turn off. It just involves tapping on a smiley face at the top of the screen, then moving the toggle from on to off.
As a parent, if you’re allowing your child to use the app, you should a.) make sure you’ve turned Child Mode on from the start, and b.) talk to your child about why they shouldn’t turn it off (and check that they don’t, regularly).
6. The app connects out to YouTube. One of the buttons children can press in Talking Angela takes them to the Talking Tom and Friends YouTube channel to watch videos based on Angela, Tom and the other characters. These videos are safe to watch for children:
7. There are adverts in Talking Angela that lead elsewhere. This is a free-to-download app, which is making its money in two ways: from advertisements and in-app purchases.
8. Talking Angela uses virtual coins and in-app purchases. Whenever you download a free app for your children, we can’t stress enough how important it is to understand whether and how it uses in-app purchases for virtual items – as well as setting your restrictions to ensure your children can’t spend money without your permission.
9. Talking Angela isn’t a ‘kids’ game’ and that’s the big problem. Well, they aren’t all children, strange though it may seem for adults to be chatting to, dressing up and spending virtual coins on talking cartoon animals.
Talking Angela is trying to cater to two audiences: kids and grown-ups, and that’s why it’s in trouble
10. Should you let your kids play Talking Angela? That’s your (informed) decision. We are very deliberately not giving a blanket “Yes, it’s fine” or “no, it’s dreadful” piece of advice.
April 2016 · Unknown · verified purchase