The Touchscreen Generation: 40 percent of kids under 2 years old have used a smartphone or tablet!

Nearly 40 percent—or two in five—of children below two years old have used a smartphone or tablet, a new study has found.

But the study also showed that by age 8, 72 percent of children have used a smartphone, tablet or similar device.

Citing data from the study, Mashable said the gadgets in the little ones' hands were used for games, viewing videos and other media-related purposes.

 

Also, the study showed a rapid adoption by young children of mobile devices.

 

In comparison, computer use among children under two grew from 4 to 10 percent from 2011 to 2013, while TV viewership among such children remained stable at 66 percent.

 

Viewership of DVD videos even declined from 52 percent in 2011 to 46 percent in 2013, the study added.