# What is the Green Button? > Keep up to 20 of your childs favourites on speed dial Line up their Green Button playlists in the Yoto App then theyre just one twist away Source: https://support.yotoplay.com/en_gb/what-is-the-green-button-SkSgDTpOMg Last updated: 2026-09-30T16:06:15.418Z ### The Green Button gives kids quick access to audio chosen by a grown-up in the Yoto App. Kids twist to browse and press to play, without inserting a card. Each player has separate Day and Night playlists, with up to 20 titles in each. A title can be any compatible Yoto Card, Make Your Own playlist or digital audio from the app. ## **Which players have it?** The Green Button is new on **Yoto Player (4th Gen)** and **Yoto Mini (4th Gen)**. ![](https://cdn.prod2.kustomerhostedcontent.com/media/69d522f66edcac3fee157fa8/6941c64e9495c8fff27f0217da5889d8.png) There is no Green Button on Yoto Player (3rd and 2nd Generation) or earlier Yoto Mini models - but the quick-access feature exists there too: there are two pieces of content stored on the Right Hand Button and they can be configured for day or night time from a pre-set list in the app (including Yoto Daily, Yoto Radio stations & timers). ## **Two playlists: daytime and night-time** Each playlist holds **up to 20 titles**, and are initially set this way: * **Daytime** starts with Yoto Daily and Yoto Radio. * **Night-time** starts with Yoto Sleep Radio and Yoto Dreams ![](https://cdn.prod2.kustomerhostedcontent.com/media/69d522f66edcac3fee157fa8/51c584fcd5a9fc9d3da2e7a243fce7df.png)![](https://cdn.prod2.kustomerhostedcontent.com/media/69d522f66edcac3fee157fa8/16baeb1f5cfd6ca031c0deedf42f6f0a.png) Your player switches between them automatically, based on the **morning and bedtime hours you set in the Yoto App** - the same Day and Night settings that control things like the okay-to-wake night-light colour and the night-time volume limit. ### **Here's where to find them:** 1. In the Yoto App, go to **Settings**. 2. Select your **Yoto Player (4th Gen)** or **Yoto Mini (4th Gen)**. 3. From either **Day mode** or **Night mode**, tap **Green Button playlist**. ![](https://cdn.prod2.kustomerhostedcontent.com/media/69d522f66edcac3fee157fa8/e124092a113c2c9b69a9565e529e5bb8.png)![](https://cdn.prod2.kustomerhostedcontent.com/media/69d522f66edcac3fee157fa8/c1e3924eb4446743228b005c5577407c.png) From there, you can customise both playlists, adding audio from your library: * Stories and music * Podcasts and radio stations * Soundscapes and sleep sounds * Timers * Even **your own recordings** Add, remove and reorder titles - and **choose which title comes first** in either playlist; that's the one that plays on a single press from the clock. For the full walkthrough, see our step-by-step guide.  If you can’t see content that you’d expect to see (e.g sleeps sounds, podcast, radio), then first go to the Discover Tab on the App and Add to Library and then add to the Green Button. ## **Green Button Controls**  ## **The short version** * **Twist** to browse through titles on the display.  * **Press** to play the title you’ve chosen. * **Press again** to pause. * **Press and hold** to eject the audio and return to the clock. * **Press when no audio is playing** to instantly play the first title in the current day or night playlist.  ## ## **The deep-dive**  **The one-press shortcut** * **With the clock showing, a single press of the Green Button starts the first title in the current playlist**, no browsing needed. Out of the box, that’s **Yoto Daily** during the day and **Yoto Sleep Radio** at night, and you can choose your own first title in the app. * Titles pick up **from wherever they left off** last time (radio stations play live), so a press mid-story carries on the story. ![](https://cdn.prod2.kustomerhostedcontent.com/media/69d522f66edcac3fee157fa8/9423cdab062dea009a5a0878382f7ec6.png)![](https://cdn.prod2.kustomerhostedcontent.com/media/69d522f66edcac3fee157fa8/26e3861c3d501c6e7bda8825f31eea63.png) **Browsing the menu** **Twist to browse** - each turn brings up one title at a time, with its artwork on the display. Twist clockwise to browse from the **start** of the playlist; twist anti-clockwise to jump in from the **end**. The faster the twist, the faster the titles go by. ![](https://cdn.prod2.kustomerhostedcontent.com/media/69d522f66edcac3fee157fa8/ee84e6cfd7b8c6584581061ecff19dd0.png) **Press to play** the title on screen. It starts straight away - from the beginning, or from wherever it was left last time (live, for radio stations). The **track number** pops up over the artwork for a few seconds (podcasts show the episode date instead). ![](https://cdn.prod2.kustomerhostedcontent.com/media/69d522f66edcac3fee157fa8/064f342a9d611b4c48c690fefee9f456.png)![](https://cdn.prod2.kustomerhostedcontent.com/media/69d522f66edcac3fee157fa8/09fa046d942ba00916cefc7ef01c4472.png) Something already playing? **Browsing never interrupts it** - the audio keeps going while they look, and the now-playing title has its own spot in the menu, so twisting back to it is easy. Pressing a different title switches over instantly. The **clock** lives in the menu too. While browsing with audio on, pressing the Green Button on the clock **stops the audio** and returns to the clock - a tidy “we’re done now”. **Pausing and stopping** * **Short press** while listening to **pause** - a pause icon appears over the artwork. * **Press again** to carry on where they left off. * **Press and hold** while listening to **eject** the audio - an eject icon appears, and the player returns to the clock. ![](https://cdn.prod2.kustomerhostedcontent.com/media/69d522f66edcac3fee157fa8/542a869587f7eda641d43b91a1431af5.png)![](https://cdn.prod2.kustomerhostedcontent.com/media/69d522f66edcac3fee157fa8/0393693a9e5b501aa8cbf8c82b369d23.png) * One clever detail: **while browsing the menu, holding the button doesn’t eject** - releasing it simply plays the title on screen. Little hands press that button with all sorts of enthusiasm, so a long, determined press while choosing still does what they meant: play the thing. ## **It works offline, too** Once added, compatible audio **downloads to the player**, so kids can browse and listen even offline or on the move. The exceptions are audio that streams by nature - radio stations and podcasts need an internet connection. If the player is offline and the first title is a podcast, you’ll see a **spinner** on the display while it tries - a sign it needs Wi-Fi for that one. ## Need to know more? ### **What can I add to the Green Button?** You can add: * Any compatible Yoto Card in your Library, whether it contains an audiobook, album, activity or something else. * _Make Your Own_ card created using your own recordings or uploaded audio. * Digital audio available in the Yoto App, including podcasts, radio stations, sleep sounds, soundscapes and timers. We call each thing you add a **title**. Each Yoto Card, _Make Your Own_ card, podcast, radio station, sleep sound or timer uses one of the 20 slots in your Green Button. ### **How many titles can I add?** Each player has separate Day and Night Green Button playlists, with space for up to 20 titles in each. You can add as many or as few titles as you wish - there’s no need to fill every slot. ### **Can I only add Yoto Cards?** No. As well as compatible Yoto Cards from your Library, you can add _Make Your Own_ card and digital audio from the Yoto App. This means podcasts, radio stations, sleep sounds, soundscapes, timers and more can be added directly to the Green Button without first linking them to a _Make Your Own_ card. ### **Can I only add individual tracks?** No. A complete Yoto Card or Make Your Own card takes up one title slot, even if it contains multiple chapters or tracks. Individual pieces of digital audio from the Yoto App can also be added, with each one taking up a title slot. ### **Can I add Make Your Own cards?** Yes. Make Your Own card created using your own recordings or uploaded audio can be added to your Green Button playlists. ### **How will a** _**Make Your Own**_ **card appear on the player’s display when selecting a title?** The display will show the artwork you’ve chosen for that _Make Your Own_ card. If you haven’t added custom artwork, it will show the default artwork selected in the Yoto App, such as a strawberry, unicorn or apple. ### **Are Green Button playlists saved separately for each player?** Yes. Every Yoto Player 4th Gen and Yoto Mini 4th Gen has its own Day and Night Green Button playlists, which you can set up in the Yoto App. This means you can choose different audio for each player - perhaps audio ready for a road trip on a Yoto Mini and stories, music and routines on a Yoto Player at home. ### **Are Green Button titles prioritised for download?** Yes. Titles added to a Green Button playlist are automatically prioritised for download and storage on that player. ### **Will Green Button titles always work offline?** Downloadable audio will work offline once it has fully downloaded to the player. You can check its download status in the Yoto App before leaving Wi-Fi. Some audio still requires an internet connection. Live radio stations and connected experiences that use live or regularly updated information won’t work offline. ### **Are Green Button titles protected from being removed when storage is full?** Yes. Titles added to a Green Button playlist are automatically prioritised, so they won’t be removed from the player to make room for more recently played audio. ### **What if I don’t want my child to have access to audio through the Green Button?** You can remove all titles from both the Day and Night Green Button playlists in the Yoto App. When you clear a playlist of titles, pressing or twisting the Green Button while the player is idle won’t start any audio — the display will remain on the clock. If a Yoto Card is playing, or audio has been started from the Yoto App, pressing the Green Button will pause the audio. Twisting the Green Button will just move between the current chapter’s pixel icon and the clock. Selecting the clock stops the audio. No other titles will be available through the Green Button.