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I have a verizon watch only account. I was able to get the new app working, but it was a struggle. I think it worked on the 3rd or 4th attempt. I had to star
by teliskr 3mo ago
I have a verizon watch only account. I was able to get the new app working, but it was a struggle. I think it worked on the 3rd or 4th attempt. I had to start over and lost all of the contacts that were connected to the watch. Fortunately, there were only a few.
Overall, the Gizmo watch has been nice to have, but it leaves a lot to be desired. It's surprising that there are not better products in this market segment.
- Grombobulous 3mo agoThe Apple Watch isn’t a better product? https://www.apple.com/apple-watch-for-your-kids/ https://www.apple.com/apple-watch-for-your-kids/
- fluidcruft 3mo agoAny Apple kit for your kids is completely useless if you yourself don't use Apple crap.
- gmueckl 3mo agoYou literally can't set up am Apple watch for kids without a parent-owned iPhone. It's the kind of vendor lock in thst all other companies get immediately chastised for, but Apple always manages to get a pass. I hope they pay their marketing teams adequately for those amazing ways in which they twist public perceptions.
- Grombobulous 3mo agoI don’t like that aspect either, to be clear, but the majority of American parents use iPhones and don’t have any plan to leave the platform, and there are other kids smartwatches on the market not made by carriers.
- Grombobulous 3mo agoI am sure there’s a decent product not made by a carrier, like the Fitbit Ace LTE. To be fair, that specific product wasn’t yet released when OP got their Verizon watch.
- teliskr 3mo agoI didn't realize Apple had a kid mode. Of course I see Apple watches everywhere, but I haven't talked to any parents about them. When we got the gizmo 3ish years ago, it was popular with a lot of kids around here. I wasn't hearing of kids using the apple watch. The gizmo is nice in that they can call us and that their contacts are limited. I really don't want to have more features than that. I'm just surprised that it feels like an "unpolished" set of features.
- Grombobulous 3mo agoKid mode might be newer than 3 years ago, I certainly haven’t been keeping track.
- jefftk 3mo agoNot an option, unfortunately, since my wife and I are both on Android.
- Grombobulous 3mo agoThe Fitbit Ace LTE is Google’s kids watch, although it wasn’t yet available when OP first bought watches.
- jefftk 3mo agoWith Google moving their smartwatch efforts to the pixel brand I'm worried about longevity here. It also has a lot of the downsides of the Gizmo: 20 contacts max, texting only through the app, can't interact with friends. If I'm going to get new ones for the kids I'll probably do a TickTalk or Cosmo that don't have these drawbacks.
- Grombobulous 3mo agoI almost started talking about how I think the best solution is really just a customized/locked down normal smartphone but I’m not sure how helpful that is to the discussion.
- 43920 3mo agoMaybe https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/1815501/ https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/1815501/ ?