"After purchasing the smartphone, parents can download an app that allows them to set several safety features. They include location tracking, up to 30 pre-approved contacts, established safe zones, customizable controls for each device, and "schedules to limit distractions during school hours." The app can also implement safety features on AT&T's amiGO Jr tablet, which the company released in 2024."
""Putting customers at the center of our business means anticipating what comes next - not just responding to what already exists," Erin Scarborough, the senior vice president of Revenue Management & Commercialization at AT&T, said in a press release. "As smartphones become a daily necessity, parents have made it clear they need better tools to help their children navigate the digital world safely.""
AT&T debuted the amiGO Jr. Phone and the amiGO Jr. Watch 2, positioning the products for parents worried about children's screentime and online safety. After purchase, parents download an app to set location tracking, up to 30 pre-approved contacts, established safe zones, customizable controls per device, and schedules to limit distractions during school hours. The app can also apply safety features to the amiGO Jr tablet released in 2024. AT&T collaborated with Samsung on the phone hardware. The smartphone retails for $209.99. Public health research links higher non-school screentime to adverse teen health outcomes, including irregular sleep.
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