Amazon's idea for how to change video calls for kids is to make them more interactive. A new device, called Amazon Glow, projects computer images onto a table, where kids can interact with it. There's an 8-inch LCD display so the kids can see their loved one as well.

So, the way it works is that there will be an app the adult on the other end of the call can use to interact with books, draw, play puzzles and more. On the kid's side, the Amazon Glow projects what the adult sees on their tablet onto the surface in front of it. Courtney Holoszyc, who's part of Amazon's family tech efforts, said it's designed to be interactive and to keep the kid's attention.

She also noted that physical and digital products can interact with one another. And Amazon's partnered with Disney, Mattel, Sesame Street and Nickelodeon for interactive books, puzzles and all sorts of other items.

To protect kids, Amazon said the $249 device will have a privacy shutter, and kids can only call people pre-approved by their parents.

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