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This is an interesting move by Google. The watch market for kids is huge and growing. Look at the major companies sales here. Also look at the amount of kid'
by ugh123 2y ago
This is an interesting move by Google. The watch market for kids is huge and growing. Look at the major companies sales here. Also look at the amount of kid's smart watches available on Amazon and number of reviews (I know, i'm sure some of those are fake yada yada).
The detractors here say "let the kids be free" and "no new tech for kids", but I wonder if those people have kids today? Parents WANT to give their kid's more outdoor freedom in this f'd up world. Tracking products like this give them more peace of mind.
At $10/month (or $5/mo with annual buy), this is competitive and possibly a new recurring revenue stream for Google's consumer products group.
- dgacmu 2y agoDoesn't even have to be about tracking - we got a limited watch for our kid when she was 9 or 10 so she could call and text us if anything came up, and used that as the basis for letting her do her own thing even more. Was fantastic. I'm pretty anti-device for kids (said 11yo is still grumpy I won't get her a phone), but watches with cellular are quite great.
- barbazoo 2y ago> Tracking products like this give them more peace of mind. Good job big tech marketing departments!