SoundCarrot lets you turn brilliant kids' podcasts into Yoto-friendly playlists, so your child can listen on their Yoto Player without you wrestling with files, feeds, or tech. It's simple, playful, and built for curious minds.
Instead of adding a whole podcast as a stream, we give you a little more control. You choose exactly what goes onto your child's Yoto: single episodes, themed collections, or our special Curious Kids playlists. Tap, send, done.
Here's what you can do with SoundCarrot and Yoto:
First, you can add any individual episode to your Yoto. Found a story, science nugget, or history gem your child will love? Just click “Send to Yoto” and drop that one episode straight into a Yoto Make Your Own playlist. Perfect for testing new shows or sharing a favourite moment.
Second, you can add one of our curated topic-based shows as a playlist. We group episodes into fun themes like Slime, Space, Unicorns, Amazing Inventions, and more, so you can send a whole bundle of related episodes to Yoto in one go. It feels like making your own custom “channel” around what your child is into right now.
Third, you can add one of our Curious Kids collections as a playlist. These are built around big question types: How, Who, and What. They're ideal for kids who love asking questions and discovering answers in short, punchy episodes. Think of them as curiosity fuel, ready to live on your Yoto. Our lists go into the hundreds, but Yoto only allows up to 99 chapters, so we have to clip these a little.
When you click “Send to Yoto” you can choose an existing Yoto playlist or create a brand new one. Want a “Bedtime Stories” playlist? A “Science Saturdays” playlist? A “Maya's Favourites” playlist? You can build it exactly how you like, and keep adding to it over time.
Now, a quick but important note about WiFi. Yoto has two different ways of playing audio: Streams and Make Your Own playlists. Streams are online-only. Every time your child plays a stream, the Yoto Player has to fetch the audio from the internet, so it needs WiFi while it's playing. If the WiFi drops, the stream stops.
Make Your Own playlists work differently. When you send episodes or playlists from SoundCarrot to Yoto, the audio is downloaded into the playlist. Once it's downloaded, your child can listen offline. That means car journeys, holidays, and WiFi-free bedrooms are all fair game. This is one of the big reasons we built SoundCarrot around playlists instead of plain RSS streams.
So the simple rule is: Streams need WiFi every time, but SoundCarrot playlists only need WiFi to download once. After that, your child's Yoto Player can happily play those episodes without being online.
In practice, this means you get the best of both worlds. You can discover amazing kids' podcasts on here, pick out the episodes and collections that fit your child, and send them to Yoto in a way that feels safe, controlled, and reliable. Your child just sees fun playlists on their Yoto and presses play.
We built this integration so parents don't have to be tech experts to give their kids great audio. You focus on choosing what they hear; SoundCarrot and Yoto handle the rest. Curious kids, thoughtful listening, and a little bit of magic in a small orange cube.
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