Can you share the logistics of this? How are they able to use the watch to contact you? Emergencies? How well does it actually work for the purpose of them having a way to contact someone in an emergency?
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Anyone who has a cellular watch set up for your child…
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Apple Watch For Your Kids
Use your iPhone to manage watches for the whole family — even if the kids don’t have an iPhone yet. It’s independence for them, peace of mind for you.
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Set up Apple Watch For Your Kids
You can set up any Apple Watch with cellular for your child or family member, even if they don’t have their own iPhone.
I’ve recently started doing this (having swapped from a dedicated “kids” watch from KidsOclock which stopped working).
It is in some ways better and others worse than the dedicated kids watch we previously had.
Better: the ability to message (iMessage) and call, and the range of apps etc. The OS is obviously more robust and the device will likely last longer.
Worse: where I live (Australia) at least, you can’t use one of the major Telcos you have set up for you iPhone and add a kids watch as a watch - you need to sign up for a dedicated separate service (from Better Roaming) and add that to the watch. It seems ok, but people complain about the network it roams on to (I think Vodafone). It is also annoying that the watch really wants to be an accessory to a particular iPhone, meaning if the kid does not have a phone, various apps won’t work (eg Spotify says that you can’t install the watch app without having it on an associated iPhone).
Overall I think it is good, but not great, so far
It is in some ways better and others worse than the dedicated kids watch we previously had.
Better: the ability to message (iMessage) and call, and the range of apps etc. The OS is obviously more robust and the device will likely last longer.
Worse: where I live (Australia) at least, you can’t use one of the major Telcos you have set up for you iPhone and add a kids watch as a watch - you need to sign up for a dedicated separate service (from Better Roaming) and add that to the watch. It seems ok, but people complain about the network it roams on to (I think Vodafone). It is also annoying that the watch really wants to be an accessory to a particular iPhone, meaning if the kid does not have a phone, various apps won’t work (eg Spotify says that you can’t install the watch app without having it on an associated iPhone).
Overall I think it is good, but not great, so far