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

After reading other reviews and really carefully considering this purchase, we are happy we decided to give it a try. I have had fitbits for over 7 years now, and my husband and I currently each have the fitbit versa 2. I was a little worried the Ace might be too big for my 8yo's wrist, but its actually a great size. It is a little thicker than the versa, but I expect that given its meant to have the housing to be able to use a 4G network. Setting it up was quite easy, and being able to add other family members was great. The app is easy to sync to the phone, and both parents have the app (as well as grandparents for emergency uses). It seems pretty durable, as someone who has knocked the crap out of her Versa 2, I dont really have any concerns for the Ace. I did buy a protective case for it that is really thin and came in a 2 pack, just because things happen and its an 8yo, but I really dont have any concerns about its durability. It is fairly accurate in letting you know when the watch is on or off your kids wrist (came in handy when I was able to figure out why they weren't answering my messages) and gives you a close approximation of where they are via GPS. Did it know that my kid was at a neighbor's house? Yes. Was it so accurate that it knew the moment he crossed the street? No. Once they were further into the neighbors yard, it showed as much, but to expect 100% accuracy is probably just going to let you down. It does at least get you 95% accuracy, so you can make sure they haven't wandered off to somewhere they shouldn't be, and again, lets you know if the watch is on, which could be a useful feature if your kid is prone to trying to sneak. The keyboard on it is incredibly small, again not surprising given its a watch. My kid enjoys it because its like a little spy watch, but mainly uses quick responses or just chooses to call if he needs something more elaborate. So far, we haven't encountered any low signal issues, and we truly live out in the middle of no where (i.e. 20 minutes from the closest town, not even city) and its worked well. However, because it is on 4G and always looking for signal, we've found we can only go 1.5 days before needing to charge the watch. I really dont know how they could make that better, considering phones do the same thing if they dont have signal with a much larger battery. For as small as it is, I'm impressed it lasts that long, with my kiddo turning the screen on every 10 minutes to check step progress and time, lol. Overall, this has been a great purchase for our family and a great alternative to a phone!

Man this is awesome! Simple, effective and safe. My kids love to play on it. And we limit their calls to who we trust. Great value for the money, the monthly “cellphone fee” for calls is only 10.00. This has gps etc, no social media.. this is a parents dream for communication and safety

Super easy to use! My 7 yr old loves it. It’s very accurate when showing me where he is at. It’s also motivating for him to see when he has reached a move goal or step count. Very nice quality and totally worth the price. It does not look cheap at all.

We have been looking for some kind of a tracker watch for our younger kids who we do not want to have phones yet. Our daughter is six and our son is eight and they sometimes go off and play with other kids in the neighborhood and we wanted to be able to track where they are. I like that there is a messaging and phone feature on these watches. It cost $9.99 a month per watch run them. We had a different brand before called Junior tracker and it was incredibly unreliable as far as messaging, calling or tracking. We also tried a simple tile attached to a watch strap but those weren't that great either. I think the kids didn't really care to wear them so they would just get left behind no matter what we did. So we tried that Junior tracker watch but the watch would disconnect and it would still show up on the app like it was tracking so we would think our kid was in one place but it turns out they would be all over the place and we weren't getting the feedback properly. We came across this one and bought it. So far, I am very happy with how it works. Super easy to set up. What I'm not happy with are the built-in games. There's no way to delete the built-in games. On the upside, they can't use the games unless they do movement tracked by the watch. I guess that's pretty cool. Sometimes they run around the house to try to get their 1,500 steps so that they can play the games, but I really don't like it that games are on there at all, and especially because they can't be deleted. You can increase the movement goal to make it a little harder to get to the games (note: only the kid can modify their goals on the watch directly, you can't do it in the parent app for some reason). And of course they know how to hack it already by swinging their arms around like monkeys and stuff to gin up more steps than they deserve. If anyone buys this and wants to try my work around, this is what I do: you are able to set the watch to "school time" which blocks incoming calls and games, so I just have school time running 24/7. It doesn't allow me to call them if it's on school time, but they can call me, and I can message them, though they won't get a notification from my message. It seems like the best way to have a tracker. I suppose if I ever needed to call them, I could go into the app and disable the school feature temporarily. I'm going to try this out for a week or so and if it seems like it's functioning as just a GPS and communicator then we will keep it. If it doesn't work because of having to turn it on school mode all the time, then I would probably return them and look for something else. I really just want a tracker with a very basic phone and messaging service. I wish this was that!

Got this for my autistic son so he could keep an eye on his heart rate during activities. He wasn't all that active before, but since getting the watch he has become way more active trying to meet the daily goals! It definitely gets him wanting to move more. The tracking feature and ability to call me, or whoever else I have approved on his watch is an added bonus. The only downside to the calling feature is that you must do it through the app on the phone since it doesn't have a phone number. So anyone you want to add on there, must download the app to their phone. Safer for children who don't really need or have interest in wanting a phone yet, but still allows you to communicate with and keep tabs on them. Battery life isn't amazing, roughly lasts for most of the day. It charges up pretty quick so it isn't too much of an issue. It's water resistant (not waterproof), up to 50 meters I believe. Kid forgot it was on and wore it in the bath and it survived. Screen is bright and easy to read. Overall a great purchase that keeps my kid motivated to be more active, and allows me and family to communicate with him as needed.

CANADIANS: DOES NOT WORK IN CANADA.