Why can a smartwatch for your child be a great gift ⌚🧒? Aside from being an attractive gadget for kids, it also has several useful functions for parents, such as a GPS locator or a discreet SOS button. And these are extremely important for a child's safety.
What functions should a children's smartwatch have?
Ideally, such a gadget should meet the expectations of both the child and the guardian. From the child's perspective, the device should be colorful, lightweight, and have functions designed for younger children's entertainment. For example? Many children have fun with the voice modulation feature, which changes their voice and records it as a message. Numerous emojis and the ability to paste photos will help liven up chat conversations.
What other features or functions should a children's smartwatch have?
- Water resistance.
- Resistance to shocks and dust.
- GPS location.
- SOS button.
- Ability to make calls and send SMS messages.
- Additional features such as step counting and sleep time tracking.
And there's an idea for a challenge for your child to beat their daily step count 👣. Hey, parent! No problem, you don't have to thank us for this phenomenal idea! Nor for treating sleep tracking 💤 as an interesting pretext to talk about dreams and the power of imagination.
What to do after buying a smartwatch for your child?
We give a smartwatch to a child not because of its entertainment functions, but for our child's safety. Therefore, the device should be tested and reliable when it comes to its functions.
What do manufacturers of such devices say? Let's start from the beginning. You spend a few hundred zlotys on a children's smartwatch, put it on their wrist, check if it's fastened properly, and… you'll need a special app that you download to your smartphone. In it, you can conveniently set all the necessary parameters. These can be as simple as reminders and alarms that will be displayed on the child's smartwatch screen. Also, decide who can call them (if the smartwatch is equipped with a SIM card) and who cannot. Choose the apps your child can use.
GPS locator in a children's smartwatch
Children's smartwatches should have a GPS locator 🛰️. Some models are equipped with multiple location systems (e.g., Wi-Fi, LBS, AGPS, BDS). According to the manufacturers' assurances, this allows for determining the child's position on a map with an accuracy of up to 5 meters.
Thanks to the communication between satellites, we can quickly find out where our child is currently. The parent receives the longitude and latitude of the child's location, mapped on their app. In fact, the technology allows for real-time monitoring of the child's movements, which is of great importance when the child gets lost or is in danger of some other kind. Importantly, a watch with GPS for a child will require installing a SIM card with internet.
Using the app, you can also set a safe zone for your child. Exceeding it will send a signal to parents that something is happening. If you think some of the gadget's functions might distract your child at school, you can remotely disable them during that time.
Children's watches support 3G connectivity (which allows for audio calls and chats) or 4G (which enables video calls) and can be equipped with a camera.
SOS function in a children's smartwatch 🆘
The SOS button, besides the locator, is the most important functionality in a children's smartwatch. Manufacturers most often place it on the side of the watch or near the screen. However, regardless of where it's located, it remains a feature of almost every smartwatch today for a reason.
Its function is invaluable. It notifies the parent that their offspring has found themselves in a situation where they will definitely need help from an adult. You just need to hold the button for a few seconds, and an alert will appear on the guardian's number. The notification may vary depending on the smartwatch model, but most often, the parent's phone will display information, the location, and the shortest route to reach the child.
Smartwatch for a child – summary
Of course, when deciding to buy a smartwatch for a child, we can consider the issue of whether tracking their activity will be too much of a privacy violation and how far to go in this regard. We leave this decision to you – the parents. However, the fact that technology helps us ensure the safety of our loved ones is indisputable. Therefore, a smartwatch for a child will be a good choice, allowing both the child and the parent to feel more secure in times when safety can sometimes be uncertain.
