Spotify launches managed accounts for kids, lets your keep their tunes out of your recommendations

Spotify has a new feature: managed accounts. Made for kids under 13, these allow parents to control and monitor what their children listen to.

Launched on Tuesday as part of Spotify's Premium Family plan, the feature may be welcome by folks who struggled with their kids constantly stumbling upon age inappropriate content. But I bet a lot of users will be even more excited about the fact that this means your kids' songs can now be kept out your recommendations and Spotify Wrapped lists.

The new feature, launched in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, and Netherlands, lets users with an active Family Plan create managed accounts with several specific controls. These include the self-explanatory Explicit Content Filter, the ability to restrict the playback of certain artist