imoo Watch Phone Z1 Kids Smart Watch, 4G Kids Smartwatch with Video and Phone Call Durable, GPS Watch with Real Time Location and IPX8 Water Resistance (Pink)

Good battery lasts more than 2 days Accurate tracking Step count Video calling through app or with another imoo watch (we don't know anyone else with another imoo watch so can't use this feature) Anyone can install imoo app on their phone but I give permission as to if they can connect with my child Can use own SIM. We went with Lebara (uses Vodafone network) for £5 a month. Incredibly accurate location (so far) Can call/receive calls which you can set to known numbers only We are genuinely delighted. It was the perfect solution for tracking/being able to track our children on way to and from school without getting a phone which they are not allowed in school anyway Can switch it to school mode so kids can't see anything, but the time, during set school hours No games or social media *************** Update after a few weeks of use: we discovered that the phone was always dropping from the network and we had to keep switching it on an off to reconnect. A bit of googling and we discovered we had to change the APN settings via the app. We did this and no more issues. The SIM provider will have the info on their website for us it was this: https://www.lebara.co.uk/en/help/phone-devices/iphone.html?srsltid=AfmBOopEYyuDU0GrvBqWyzMQ1cWmdBnonSkjRQddSrr0IHqnMp22n-kM We also found once we did this the battery seemed to last longer. I think it's at least 3 days if not 4 or 5 Location accuracy is also amazing and I've never had any issues calling or messaging. I think we're more pleased than our kids with this The only downside is that I can't work out if there's a way to text back family members that don't have the app. That would be a nice feature. All in all it's a great watch and exactly what we were looking for

Had some initial issues around getting a spare charging cable. They are custom to the watch, sand a few weeks ago, no one sold any spares. I've been back and forth with them over a couple of weeks, so coms good and fast now - they are getting spares cables into Amazon stock and on their website and I've been able to get a spare from them which is due any day now. The watch itself pretty good The best function is it flips up so the back camera can be used, makes it very usable. The app is good. To be able to chat with it, (eg grandparents) they need to be linked to the app but that also gives them full admin rights to the app and the watch. There is no sub level to allow a parent to keep full admin control but other "users" can chat but not change settings. They said that ability is on their development list. Battery life is ok. Now the initial interest of its new so on it constantly has reduced to more normal use, it will go all day and we charge over night. Charging, takes 2 hours from 0 to 100% For the price, the battery life should have been better. Seems well built and robust. Its waterproof rating is better than all the others. Thats a big deal. They will be water resistant if it gets splashed. This one is good for 20m underwater, so ok, not a kids diving watch, but means a swimming pool isnt a worry and means the robustness of the seals are better as it can handle more than will be thrown at it. GPS, if it can get a good gps signal, its accurate to 10 meters or so. If it can't, it's limited to the nearest cell tower, so can be miles out. Thats the same issue for anything that uses GPS, it needs to be outside as inside is hard on signal. It seems to be ok for strength of phone signal. Their main Imoo website lists their GDPR compliance. If they do as they say they do, it all looks fine. One doesn't need to submit any kinds of data or details that made me wonder why they are wanting it, just the bare minimum to link the app to the people using it. Overall, at £200 it is the absolute top end of kids smart watches. Of course £100 or £150 would have felt better. There are similar looking ones on Ebay, but they are not the same protection level so not as well made and use a different generic app that reviews badly in the app store. So it works, is robust, the app is intuitive, and gives all the right functions. My son finds its intuitive to use and navigating functions is fast and easy. That it's dual camera is a big deal, as he can take pictures and videos of things he likes and send them to us. It's as much of a smart phone as it should be, while still ensuring only approved people can contact him and he can't get into web sites or games with it. When I was struggling with getting a spare charging cable, I was looking to find a different one to replace it with, but there isn't any even close competition to it. Now they have sorted out cable supply, thankfully, we don't need to change. It does all it should do, well, and is well built and easy to use and use the app. Should last a few years until its actual phone time.

I am completely against the idea of children having smartphones and it saddens me that we have reached a point in human evolution that we can't even walk along the street without looking at a screen. I think the problem with giving children smartphones is partly because that parents don't know what else to do—they want to keep an eye on their children and for them to be contactable which is perfectly reasonable but smartphones are everywhere. After quite lengthy research I ordered one of these for my 10yo. I didn't like the idea of a dumb phone for fear it might cause ridicule or bullying so this seemed kind of a cool alternative and it's proven to be a complete hit. We bought it with a GiffGaff sim which costs us £8 p/m but I'm sure I could drop to a lower tarrif and so far we've had zero problems. My son isn't a bit bothered that it isn't smartphone, his friends think it's cool, we are able to see where he is, and we're able to call each other. The sound quality is just as good as any phone, video calls are excellent and he doesn't have to carry a device around with him as it's on his wrist. What lets this watch down is the messaging side of things. There are two ways to send messages; by SMS or via the Imoo app, both of which work fine, except that messaging is largely one-way i.e. we can send messages to the watch but the watch can only reply with a voice message and only if it's through the Imoo app. To explain that a bit better, if I send an SMS to the watch it's received ok but my son cannot reply to it at all. If I send a message through the Imoo app, my son can reply with a short voice message. This hasn't really caused a major problem but it is a little bit inconvenient. A lack of keyboard is perhaps partly the reason for this but there is a keyboard on the watch for entering the wifi password. The app also allows two way sending of an animated emoji type thing as messages, basically a character that looks like a rabbit with various meanings, but the emojis available on the watch are different to the ones on the phone app. We couldn't see a reason for that until my son made the astute observation that he thought the emojis sent from the app are mostly commands e.g. it's dinner time, bedtime, drink etc and the emoji's on the watch sent to the phone are mostly responses to this which makes a lot of sense. The "class mode" function is great allowing the watch to be disabled, except the telling the time, during certain times of day e.g. at school or at night time (although the watch turns itself off during the night and comes on again early morning). Battery life is good, it lasts about 2 days with normal use but charges quickly. All in all we're very pleased with it and don't regret buying it one bit. It's just a shame the messaging side is a little bit unorthodox.

Please look at the reviews on the app store as this watch was littered with problems. The location services are unreliable and do network the vast majority of the time. You cannot type messages you can only send pictures or voice notes. And often, the messages show as sent on the watch but they are never revieved by the recipient. The app had issues when being down loaded onto an iPhone, but did download smoothly onto Android. In theory this is a great idea, but the reliaty is, it doeant actually work. It's WAY to expensive for the reliability. It's a 10 quid watch at best. Amazon customer service was though excellent and they have offered me a full refund upon return of the watch so alls well that ends well.

I don't usually leave reviews but these are amazing! Got one for my son and daughter because we don't want then having mobile phones but it's good for them to keep in contact with us when they're staying with grandparents or going to the park.. When we first started them up there were a few issues like bot loading the new contacts on to it and not being able to call eachother but once we turned it on and off it reset and all worked well. The kids love them and we're really impressed with the quality. So easy to use. You can see where the kids are on maps, can voice note and video call them. Great little watches!

This is for the Z1 watch. I spent a good 25-30 hours researching phone watches. Eventually went through Amazon, YouTube, and independent gadget reviews for 23 devices. So I can tell you that I did my checking. I don't normally review stuff - but - as there was a serious lack of decent reviews on phone watches on Amazon, I thought it may be useful. Eventually went for this one for a 10 year old, even though it was more expensive than some others out there. Key things wanted INITIALLY - Entertainment (games etc), GPS tracking, phone capability (standalone - not needing to be linked to a mobile), Calendar, Alarm, Stopwatch. Now - let's make this clear - NO phone watch had all of these. If you wanted GPS - it would probably not have games. If you wanted a habit tracker calendar - it would probably not have calls. Something would always be absent. So I reduced my key "want list" to - Calls and Entertainment. Calls being the dealbreaker. After a lot of thought, I realised that it wasn't worth sacrificing GPS tracking, or going for a more plasticy "toy" watch, for a couple of really bad computer games (maybe good for a 5-8 year old - but not for my 10 year old - she can source games elsewhere). So we're down to calls and GPS as they're key requirements. I cannot fault this watch so far. - Packaging - pretty classy. Doesn't look like a kids watch. The only things it has on the box are the brand "imoo" and "Z1". - Instructions - clear and easy to understand. But it's not hard to guess your way around this if you've ever had a smartphone of any type. - Build quality - solid. It doesn't feel cheap at all. The strap is a fake leather/silicon hybrid. - Touchscreen - very responsive - it's not in any way worse than my own mobile phone. - Screen definition - very clear. Everything looks and feels good quality - Camera - for a 2mpx camera it takes surprisingly good pics. - Battery - so far so good. About 2 day's charge in there if you have medium usage - Social Media - NONE. <3 - Calls - very clear. Some people say it's tinny - but I would say that's using a very strong word for how it sounds. It's just lacking in some bass - but that's to be expected on a speaker this small. What's important is that the clarity is excellent. You can hear everything being spoken with no interference. The watch doesn't need to be raised to the mouth unless you really want to. - Disabling - In addition to the dialpad, you can also disable the odd shake game, the step counter and friend video. - Class mode - You can also disable all incoming and outgoing usage for any sets of dates and times (no limit to how many) so you can make sure the user isn't using the contacts part of the watch during school or tuition or night time etc. It has a backdoor you can toggle so that calls to parents can still be made during this time period if you want. So be aware that you shouldn't send your kid stuff or they'll get in trouble. - SIM - Utterly easy to install. Pop out the "lid" on the back using the plastic tool in the box. Put the Nano SIM into the lid. Clip it back in. When you turn on the watch, it recognises it straight away. I am using a GiffGaff SIM. - Texts/voice messaging - You can send texts TO the watch, but the watch can't send texts. Not a problem, as sending a voice message is a piece of cake. If you do this from the app to the watch and vice versa, it's immediate delivery, and you can send emojis through there too (limited choice). App to watch contact is not linked to your provider so it's free. But phone to app needs WiFi or data. - Video calling - this is ONLY from app to watch or vice versa. If you want someone to be able to video call the watch, they have to download the app, and you have to invite them to your family. Not possible for anyone other than people you've approved to do this. Again you need WiFi or data to do this. - "Binding" - you can "bind" numbers to the watch from the app. If they are bound they can join family chats (group chats) with the watch, call directly, download the app and make FREE facetimes and calls to the watch. Watch to app needs WiFi or data. - Dialling out - You can choose to disable the dial pad if you want from the app. Stops the kid making calls to anyone who isn't bound. If you don't disable this, they can call anyone, and this will be charged to your phone provider. Any phone calls made to "bound" contacts is charged to your provider as this is a phone call and not watch based. - Blocked calls - the watch won't accept ANY calls from numbers that aren't preinstalled on the watch. All numbers added have to be from the app. You can't do it from the watch, which is great. - Emergency SOS - You can set this up so if they draw a "C" on the screen it auto dials the admin of the app. Pretty useful and nice to have this emergency feature. You can't do this if the watch is turned off. - On/off button - It's on the back of the phone. And doesn't stick out. So it's not something they can accidentally turn off (or say they did!). If you're finding it hard to turn it off, press the button using the SIM card tool that comes with the watch. The button isn't easy to press on purpose so there is no chance of accidental turn off. - GPS - SO FAR - pretty decent. The app didn't recognise the watch at first, but if you click refresh on the app, it located the watch to 1-8 metres in 3 seconds. When tracking the watch whist moving, it struggled while it was in a car (you need to refresh the app screen and it located to about 20 metres), but was much better at walking speed. Either way, it's more than fine to get an idea as to where you kid is. - Games - "one" pseudo game. It's hardly a game. You shake the watch and it it logs that you did it. Very odd. You can shake 6 times a day - as you do this daily you unlock little prize chests and achievements. I can't tell you what they all are as we haven't had this long enough to know - I will update when I know more. God knows what this is about - but hey - this wasn't a priority. Don't get this watch if you want games! - App - very user friendly. Over a million downloads on the Google store. Easy to navigate and lots of useful options. Easy to figure things out and try things out. - Step Counter - pretty accurate. Maybe a little off, but close enough to give the user an idea of how much activity is being done. - Security guard. You can set an area based on WiFi for when the watch (and therefore the user) is safe. When they enter that WiFi area you get a message on the app that they're in the secure zone. So for example you could set one up at home, and another at the youth club that they're walking to. When they arrive they don't need to do anything, and you get a notification. Hope this helps! Enjoy!

It does its job. I like that it works independently of the SIM card. Navigation is sometimes inaccurate, but it's not a problem, I text or call my child when I want to make sure where he is. These glitches are short-lived, so in most cases I just wait a few minutes and update the geolocation in the app. I will buy the same watch for my younger son. The quality satisfies me.

This is a very unreliable product of poor quality for the price paid. I would not recommend it. The main issues are: - GPS tracking fails all too often. It won't update real-time sometimes not for hours. This makes tracking my child on way home from school impossible. - Time zone keeps changing on an ad hoc basis and it is very fidgety to have to reset again. - There are mobile data connection issues, even when our phones are in the same area and on the same network! - The English in the notifications is poor and makes it seem this is a watch designed by amateurs. Same with the UX design of the app - it is not intuitive and therefore difficult to navigate. - The home wifi network gets lost from the settings and we need to connect it again. - It took a while to manage to link the parent phone to the watch... again very fiddly - but at least that gets done only once. On the plus side it does make and receive calls and the imoo support people eventually get back with answers to queries (give or take a day or two). The voice chat function on the app works well if connected to a network. Battery lasts a day at most - but that was expected. Good fit for a 10yo slender wrists.