Fitbit Google Ace LTE - Kids Smartwatch with Call, Message, GPS, and Activity-Based Games, Ace Pass Data Plan Required - Spicy - Moovin

My kids and I are already in the google ecosystem, so setup was super easy. A friend of mine had a few problems setting up her account because her son's Gmail account had an issue and she needed to make a new one. It became a hassle for her but as long as the accounts are usable it should be okay. The biggest problem was that she paid for the year membership on the wrong account and that was difficult to get straightened out with customer support. They say the $119/year plan is not refundable, even when it was mistakenly applied to the wrong account. My son LOVES this watch. Like others have said, it's a great way to keep him out of a phone for a few more years while giving us quality tracking and connectivity for calls and texts. This will let us give him more freedom over the summer and in the afternoons while giving us peace of mind about where he is. He also loves the games and step tracking. He's been using it a lot in the first week or so, giving a shorter than expected battery life of just a day. I'm hoping the battery life gets a bit better in the coming weeks, especially as he uses it a bit less. The watch is a good size for the kids, the band is very comfortable and fits well. I like that by getting the year pass, we get another band for free. He's still deciding on what band to get, but we have a couple of months to figure it out. I think it will be the Minecraft one. I like that it comes with a screen protective bumper, but I spent another 10 bucks to buy a screen protector that actually covers the screen. I found several reviews that mentioned scratched lenses and I'd like to avoid that. Overall, I'd say this watch is a good value among it's competitors, even at two years after release. I hope that the battery life gets better, but part of that is just how long the screen is on per day because he is enthralled with the watch. It's a win-win for parents and kids, lots of fun while giving us the tracking and exercise data we are interested in.

Finally, after failing twice with Gizmo watches for my older kids, we found success with this watch for my 3rd child. It is simply the best kid's smartwatch we've owned BY FAR. Pro's: This watch looks great, performs above expectations and my daughter loves it. 1. The sound quality is more than adequate on the other callers end. It's not perfect on the Fitbit end but it's very close when it comes to clarity. 2. The fact that my daughter has to meet certain fitness goals (steps) in order to unlock any game features is such a great idea. She will go out of her way to meet the step goal every day and every month just so she can be earn new games. It's so cool. 3. School mode allows the parents to put the watch in a Do Not Disturb mode during school hours in order to keep them from being distracted but still allowing them to accumulate steps 4. It looks great 5. The touchscreen is responsive and simple to use 6. The texting is easy and convenient. Allowing her to talk to text and also send vocal recordings is awesome. 7. The tracking feature is very accurate Cons: 1. The battery drains pretty quickly. It is of course, affected by how much she uses it, but on average it only lasts around 24 hours. Either way, we bought a charger stand made specially for the device and she easily charges it while she sleeps. 2. I wish we could just simply press once to toggle school mode. Instead you have to go into settings and find it. It won't allow a single call or text go through in this mode. I bet you're thinking "That's what it's supposed to do." You're right, but in an actual emergency while in school mode, she would have no way to reach us and vice versa. I wish there was a simple way to toggle it on both ends. For example, the other day my oldest son dropped my daughter off at her friend's house the other day. Unfortunately, the friends weren't home but my son had already left her there. She's 9, so she freaked out when she realized she was alone. This happened on a snow day so school was cancelled. The watch would not allow my daughter to call us for help. Even though there was no school, the watch was still is school mode. (After crying a while, she's doing great now btw). All of that said, this is well worth the cost!

We were excited to get this for our soon to be 10 year old daughter. She was excited as well when she opened the box and saw it. The hardware is great, the watch software is great, the user interface is great. The setup was super easy on my Samsung phone. I was immediately able to call and text her, as she was able to call and text me. We set up my wife's phone, but we had to tweak her Pixel's permission settings, which was fine since we know how to do that. Sadly, that is where the good ends. Here are the problems, from minor annoyance to outright design failures, which are quite surprising since I expected more from such a major tech company. 1) The grandparents got stuck with the app setup on their phone, as they don't know how to go into settings to allow the proper permissions. They were able to call my Daughter, but she was not able to call them, which is very disappointing as we listed them as emergency contacts. We can fix it, but it shouldn't be difficult. 2) I have a Galaxy Watch 7. If my daughter called me, I would not get a notification on my watch. If she texted me, I would get a notification but could not answer. I use my watch so I don't always need to have my phone with me. However, in order to ensure my daughter can always reach me, I need to have my phone near by at all times. Ridiculous that there is no support for Android Watches to receive or make calls to the Ace LTE. 3) Android Auto support is even worse. While driving, a call or text from my daughter was not sent to Android Auto. Therefore, if my daughter calls while I am driving, I will not know until I check my phone. Again, unbelievable that Fitbit/Google did not anticipate that parents would want to get notifications or calls on their Android Auto screens. 4) My wife's car doesn't have Android Auto, so she connects through Bluetooth. However, her Bluetooth connection would not recognize an incoming call either. 5) We paid for the 50% full year subscription in advance. Be aware that if you purchase a full year upfront, and you find you don't like the Ace LTE experience, you will not be refunded the cost of the subscription. It is truly surprising that this product would be released with all of these connectivity limitations by Google. There are at least 6 other similar products available. While the Ace LTE may have better quality hardware, it seems like the other options have a much better thought out infrastructure plan for their products. The other companies seem to understand their customer needs. Surprising, Google was clueless with their approach for a kid's LTE watch.

This watch is just what I’ve been looking for for my two kids who are eager for more independence but in my opinion too young for a smart phone. The kids previously had Fitbit Ace fitness trackers, which they wore daily and enjoyed checking their step and exercise count on, so they were already used to having a watch on daily and are extremely pleased with the Fitbit LTE as a major upgrade. CALLS & MESSAGING: Main functionality we as parents were looking for. I love that they don’t have to carry around a phone (that inevitably would be dropped / lost) and the call functionality works really well (can even leave voice messages). Messaging works great too. Kids say that it’s a bit tricky to type on the tiny watch face keyword (understandable!) but the watch provides suggested replies that often works really well and can just be tapped on to reply back. You can add emojis to messages which of course is being used frequently. We look forward to having more friends using the watch so that the kids can text with them (this functionality can be turned on / off as far as I understand). LOCATION TRACKING: Love this functionality as we give the kids more freedom to roam the neighborhood and expand their range to be independent. Great to check that they arrived to school in the morning as they walk there on their own. I love that I can check their location to see if they are on their way home when they say they are, versus calling/messaging them as I think this allows them to feel much greater independence (without mom having to worry about them being a few minutes late…). DESIGN: Great size watch face for little wrists. Cute comfortable bands. We have tried both the fabric and the silicone type bands. The kids slightly prefer the fabric ones, but are good with either type. It’s nice to have the silicone one for sweaty exercises in my opinion. We wish there were even more designs to choose from. It’s really fun for the kids that adding new bands unlocks new things on the watch. SET UP & APP: Set up was very easy, we didn’t experience any issues and the set up flow was easy to follow. The App interface is simple and easy to navigate. I can see both kids profiles on one page and select which one to call/text/locate from the same page. I can track their movement, including steps and exercise. GAMES / incentives to exercise: The games can be used for short times before the kid is asked to complete a movement task to unlock more ‘screen time’. Great functionality! Son, 10 years old: The games kept his full attention for some time, and now he uses them once in a while. That being said, he’s an active kid already and moves plenty without the game incentives (i.e. they aren’t providing much additional motivation for him and that’s OK). I think the games are adorable so he might just be a tad old for them. Daughter, 9 years old: Absolutely loves the games and moves all the time to unlock additional game time etc. She loves the cute interface, the rooms and the avatars. The functionality of unlocking extra stuff for the games / avatars is really engaging to her. COST: Main con for me is the cost of the watch, but compared to getting them an Apple Watch or a smart phone with a data plan, I think this is a much better option/value for kids/tweens. BONUS: Option to add schedules when certain functions are turned off, for example games or calling during school time (you select the hours yourself). Lots of settings are customizable, which is great. Love the plastic free packaging!!! That’s how all electronics should be packaged.

Love that I can text and call my child and back. However I don’t think I’m able to monitor heart beat? Weird considering it’s a Fitbit. ☹️ Watch looks great and the motivation to move to be able to download a game is great too! However it seems I can only add to his approved contacts people who have Gmail accounts, so have to force friends and family to create one. I don’t know how to track sleep unfortunately. Not sure if can be worn while in the pool either, says it’s water resistant but NOT water proof.

My kids (2nd grade and 4th grade) have absolutely LOVED their Ace. It provides me peace of mind because of the tracking and communication aspect, it provides my more anxious kid peace of mind that he can text me easily, and the kids genuinely enjoy the games and features on the watch which encourage movement. Pros - kids love the games, which encourage movement. They'll jog in place or dance around just to earn points and complete quests. It's fun to have them ask me how to pronounce certain city names that are featured in games, so they've learned how to read/pronounce Nagasaki or Nairobi. I appreciate the 'school mode' feature so the kids aren't tempted to play the games at school. - Kids easily use it to text me, including voice memos - Kids always know the time instead of asking me for the time - Location tracking works well for me; haven't had any major complaints. Very occasionally it'll take an extra second or two, but it's not annoying enough to merit concern. - Kids have self-taught themselves how to use all the various features on the watch, and will explore the features using the tutorials or just by poking around - Step tracking encourages them to increase their daily movement/step count. Cons - Kids love the games, like kaiji golf where they mimic a golf swing, and they'll whack me in the face if i round a corner and they're standing there trying to advance the level - Kids easily use it to text me (the time I panicked during basketball camp because I got the message 'Help'...then followed by 'coach made us plank for 5 min and my arms are dying'; or they text me to tattle on each other), including voice memos (a 60 sec long clip of my kid saying 'BLORP BLORP BLORP BLORP' - Kids always know the time instead of asking me for the time, so when I say "it's 7:30 let's get going before you're late", they say "NOOOO it's actually 7:29" - LTE plan is separate and can't be more cheaply bundled with existing plans, but this is super minor. - The tiny screen and text makes me feel super old when I try to look at it or text using it. How the heck are my kids navigating it so easily!? - Step tracking means the kids ask me what my step count of the day was, and they smugly tell me they got 3x my count.

These watches have everything kids need. They’re easy to use, and the features are great for children. The only downsides are that the battery drains pretty quickly, and the watch tends to overheat during the summer. Overall, it’s still a good product.

My 8 and 10 year old have been begging me to let them go out on their own and do things like bike to school for a while, but I haven't wanted to give them a phone and I didn't feel comfortable not having a way to contact them to allow them to do that. But the Fitbit Ace 3 LTE has been a game-changer, making parenting a whole lot easier and more fun! Why our fam loves it: - Actually feels made for kids and looks stylish without being super chunky and awkward like other competitor kids watches. The bright colors and quirky clock faces have made it an instant hit. My kiddo loves showing it off and it's comfy enough for all-day wear, even during their wildest escapades. - Gets them moving: I've never seen my kids more motivated or more excited to get off the couch and move around! I love coming home and watching them try to play golf or fish in the living room. They actively ask me to walk instead of drive to the local shops, and the look of joy when they get something cool for their eejie character makes me so happy! - Brings us closer together: I didn't really realize how exciting it would be to get my first messages from them and to be able to contact them whenever I wanted. They send me short messages saying Hi or telling me they got to the zoo; the first time I got a voice memo from them telling me about their favourite animal they saw I was so much more touched than I thought I would be. Especially because my 8 year old is so young and it's so exciting for her to have a way to talk to me she sends me emojis and messages throughout the day and it gives me a way to stay connected with her even when I'm not around! - Peace of Mind: The GPS with LTE mean I can always check in and see where they are, and the inclusive subscription price is the same I'd have to be paying if I got them another watch line. Super reasonable price for what you get! In a Nutshell: I'm not sure why some of the other reviews are saying Wifi only – I was a little confused at first but after reading a lot of reviews not on amazon I went ahead and bought it to take a chance. The watch works completely fine off Wifi and it everything I needed to hold off having to get my kids a phone for a few more years. Excited to see what else they come up with!

Bought this for my daughter and absolutely gutted that it does not work in Canada. Amazon.ca why have it on your platform when it does not work in Canada. Actually ships from the USA.

Es una barbaridad que vendan un articulo que no se puede usar en mexico por que la app del celular ni esta disponible en mexico, Amazon deberia hacer algo

Really annoyed that this is unusable yet bought from Amazon in the uk. Product discontinued so unlikely to be able to sell on to a US buyer

This item doesnt work in the UAE, do not buy if you plan to use it in the MENA region as it is not made for it. I dont understand why Amazon would sell such an item in our region. should be removed or atleast notify the buyers.

CANADIANS: DOES NOT WORK IN CANADA.