Apple Watch For Your Kids — the family setup experience for children — is now available for users in India. It allows adults to set up cellular Apple Watch models for their children, allowing them to make calls and send messages even if they don’t have an iPhone. Notably, the Cupertino-based tech conglomerate is also marketing its ‘Apple Watch For Your Kids’ feature via a new page on its website, while the ability to set up an Apple Watch without a connected iPhone was launched a couple of years ago.
Apple Watch for your kids: how it works
According to For Apple, the For Your Kids functionality on Apple Watch lets kids connect with family and friends, if they have the cellular version of Apple’s smartwatch. They can take advantage of the smartwatch’s communication, health, fitness, and safety features with some safeguards. For calling, parents can pre-approve which contacts children can access on Apple Watch.
Apple Watch For Your Kids also includes safety features like Emergency SOS, Apple Maps to find your way home, and Find People to locate family members or share their current location with them.
Kids can also track fitness activities through Activity rings and create goals for different workouts. They can challenge their friends by sending them Activity Sharing invitations. The parent or guardian can monitor all the above activities from their iPhone.
In addition to these features, it brings a dedicated Schooltime mode that appears as a distinctive yellow circle on the Apple Watch face for easy recognition. When enabled, it blocks notifications, restricts apps, and turns on Do Not Disturb. According to Apple, this mode can be turned on or off manually, while parents can also schedule it via their iPhone.
Apple Watch System Requirements for Your Kids
Apple says the feature is available to users with an Apple Watch Series 4 or later or Apple Watch SE, paired with iPhone 8 or later running the latest watchOS and iOS. To activate cellular service, an Apple Watch wireless service plan is required.
Additionally, users will need an Apple ID for themselves and the family member they want to set up the app for. Both accounts must have two-factor authentication enabled.
With the Apple Watch For Your Kids feature, the smartwatch’s battery can last up to 14 hours on a single charge, depending on the model, according to Apple.
