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How the Apple Watch can be your kid’s phone with Family Setup
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The setup is easy, but getting my kid to wear it wasn’t.
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Thank you for this review. I also have an 11 year old son that I am contemplating doing this for. He has a basic cell phone right now with no internet or apps but in light of recent events w school shootings and such, I worry about something happening and he might drop his phone or it might get taken away. A watch isn’t as obvious and would (hopefully) stay on his person if god forbid he needs to run or something.
How long does the battery last with only LTE connected (no iphone around) all day?
Great review
Is their any way I can set up apple watch for my kids but me not having an iphone? Because samsung doesn’t have watch options for its own cellular option
My child has my old iPhone they use on WiFi with their Apple ID. Would my child’s texts sync with both the watch and iPhone on family sharing?
I have a brother with autism and I’ve used this feature with an SE mainly to track him incase he wanders off. He knows how to tell time and he knows how to answer phone calls and tell Siri who to call. Although he is not high functioning this watch has given me and my family a peace of mind knowing where he is and always have a way to contact him.
My kid is 8. She has had a phone since 6 which was the upgrade from the 3rd battery ridden tablet. I’d like her to have a watch for the sake of not wanting her to lose or have the phone stolen at school. I just wondered is the band small enough
Sadly not next year
It’s not weird to share health data if your kid has chronic illness. It’s great.
Does not work with Spectrum (no Family Sharing feature)
Dude’s afraid of his shadow.
T‑mobile said that if you choose the $10 monthly fee, you cannot use the family watch! Maybe I should switch to Verizon
2023 update :
At your timestamp of a 1:40 . And this secondary Apple Watch under family share cannot be set up. I have talked to multiple carriers that swear it cannot work. Only one watch per iPhone will only allowed to be number sync.
It is a great idea to give your kids an Apple Watch with cellular. But an iPhone is required to set up the secondary watch. Otherwise it will not work. ….. there needs to be an update video regarding this.
Very helpful review, thanks.
Good video but I wish you’d focused more on the Find My aspect. You may not care about tracking your 11 year old, but we absolutely want to be able to trust our 7 and 9 year olds. I wish Life360 had a stand-alone Apple Watch app.
We went down this route for our 11 yo instead of a phone. It works well for calling, messaging, Find My etc but we can barely download any apps that we/she wants. Strava, Google Maps, Spotify can’t be used on the standalone device and I can’t really figure out why, it’s so frustrating though. We may have to look at other options.
We just bought one for my 9 year old. Picking it up tomorrow !
I know this is a 2 year old video, but if I have an android phone and an apple watch ultra, If i were to set up the watch under a family member’s iPhone and activate the cellular line, would I be able to have my phone number that is on my android be the same number on the apple watch ultra?
Thank you.I just got a apple watch for my kid and he loves it
Bro I tried my moms Apple Watch today and I dropped it on hard tile
Can kids make phone calls on their own line using this watch without having their own iphone?
This video did not age well. Also seems like the reviewer was confused more about what he wanted, than what was available.
I am a kid and this is kind of a curse cuz i could have gotten an iphone instead of an apple watch
I want my kodnto get a watch no phone
Could this dude have made worse points throughout the video? “$349 is the price of a phone!” No it’s not. “You have an extra charge for cellular!” Yeah, $10 unlike the $40 you’re paying for a phone line. “Health sharing for kids is weird!” No, it’s not. It’s a great way to have information to share with a doctor. “School time is weird!” Why? “Tracking my kid’s location is weird!” No, it’s not. All parents do it. If you don’t want to do it, don’t. “A kid won’t want to wear an Apple Watch!” Yes, they will. If they want a phone, they’ll take the watch over nothing.
I agree, you would get this for my dad if was less techy… he definitely could or would not want all the features. (In love them). It needs to be easy button simple for my dad and longer battery life. This product would be amazing!!!!
apple watch se 2 set up for family doesnt work from iphone 11 pro