It's a similar LTE-enabled smart watch with GPS for parental tracking and two-way text/voice messaging within the app, but from Garmin, which has a much better reputation for privacy - including a very positive review from the Mozilla Foundation: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/garmin-.... I would trust Garmin with my son's data. He's 7, and has been wearing the plain digital Timex I got him for almost a year; when he's 8 or 9 we'll get him a Bounce.
If you really want the bare minimum, look at the Vivofit Junior:
which doesn't have GPS or LTE, just an accelerometer and Bluetooth that it uses to gamify fitness and activity tracking and (with parental management through the linked app).
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/714945#specs
It's a similar LTE-enabled smart watch with GPS for parental tracking and two-way text/voice messaging within the app, but from Garmin, which has a much better reputation for privacy - including a very positive review from the Mozilla Foundation: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/garmin-.... I would trust Garmin with my son's data. He's 7, and has been wearing the plain digital Timex I got him for almost a year; when he's 8 or 9 we'll get him a Bounce.
If you really want the bare minimum, look at the Vivofit Junior:
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/711538
which doesn't have GPS or LTE, just an accelerometer and Bluetooth that it uses to gamify fitness and activity tracking and (with parental management through the linked app).
See also DCRainmaker's reviews of the Bounce:
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/01/garmin-bounce-activity-t...
And the Vivofit Jr 2:
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/09/garmin-vivofit-jr-2-revi...