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

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

Our child had two smart watches before this one. Both had very short battery lives (required daily charging) and very short lives in general (they stopped working after only few months of usage). This watch is absolutely amazing. In the sea of children’s smart watches available on Amazon, this was one of the rare ones offering all functionalities we needed (sim card option but not locked to one provider, gps location, chat function so we can easily message with our child, and video calls). After one month of usage I can say that the watch works perfectly, exactly as on add, location is very accurate (down to 8-10 meters of accuracy), and most importantly - battery life is excellent (we charge it after 6-7 days of daily usage!). imoo differentiates itself also in other terms - the packaging itself, the meaningfulness of the English version of the manual, the materials the watch is made of, how well the charger magnet holds to the watch - we can definitely see it is made at the higher end of the quality range. Couldn’t recommend more!

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.

Consistent issues with the watch losing network connection in the imoo app despite having verified WiFi and 4g data available and according to the actual watch info, both operating fine. No connection means no location available and no way to message the watch / your child. This watch appears to be a novelty item and whilst fun for a child will only bring anxiety to parents when you can't observe location or make contact. Imoo support, whilst polite are largely tortuous, and I've lost hours of back and forth, try this and that, make a video, then often days or hours before a response and typically when they do respond it's a case of back to the start. The latest suggestion from imoo is to return the watch so they can observe it- no suggestion or offer of replacement. It feels very much like they do not recognise that these z1 watches are marketed and sold as a safety device to help locate your child. I would never recommend this device to anybody who is purchasing with safety of a child in mind.

I really like these. They give me peace of mind when kids out playing and i know not anybody can try call them. We got a nice cheap tesco sim and it worked well

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!

This is a great looking, sturdy and well built watch that my 10 year old was excited to receive for Christmas. Like many others parents we've been holding off giving our son a phone and were looking for a stop-gap solution that would let him keep in touch with approved contacts. I'll start by saying that if you're looking for a watch that only allows parents to contact their child and view their location, then this is a great option. But for an older child who has friends and relatives with phones, then it's an ultimately disappointing experience. Once the parent has approved a contact, the child is free to make and receive voice calls to that person. They are also able to receive text messages from that contact, but they have no way to reply. I'm not sure why this is - the phone does have a built-in keyboard for configuring WiFi passwords, but the child is not allowed to use this to send messages. The parent is able to install an app on their phone, which allows the parent to locate the child via GPS, start a video or audio call, send a text message, audio voice clip, photos and emojis. The child is able to make video and audio calls to the parent's app, send photos, audio clips, emojis, but not reply with a text message. If multiple parents install the app, there is also a family group chat. So the first thing my son wanted to do is contact his older cousin who has a phone. I added her as an approved contact and he was able to call her. Later she sent him a text but my son was unable to reply. So the next thing my son asked is if his cousin could install the app so he could send and receive photos and emojis. She installed the app, and then we found out she had full admin settings over the watch, which means she could alter any of the settings. There is no way to set some users (eg grandparents) to have a non-admin permissions. This means the child cannot ask friends or family with a phone to install the app - unless you are happy for them to have full admin access. So we allowed a few trusted family members to install the app (eg cousins and grandparents). The next thing my son asked for was to create a chat group with him and one set of grandparents. He wanted to be able to chat with some selected family members but not include everyone. This is also not possible. So in summary, he was left disappointed by the limitations of the app and it has not bridged the gap until he gets a phone. As a software developer myself I think these features would be quite easy to implement and would make a massive improvement to the experience.

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.

Il migliore smartwatch su questa fascia di prezzo. L'orologio è arrivato nei tempi in una scatola composta dall'orologio, il suo carica batterie e istruzioni. E' adatto a bambini dai 8-11 anni in età pre cellulare. Infatti cercavamo uno smartwatch che effettuasse chiamate e avesse la geolocalizzazione. Questo smartwatch fa anche le video chiamate con una buona qualità. E' dotato di una fotocamera da 2MP che permette anche di scattare foto. Ha diverse funzioni fra cui, fotografie, timer, sveglia, contapassi, gps, chiamate, videochiamate, chat vocale. Per farlo funzionare bisogna scaricare l'app IMOO molto semplice ed intuitiva da utilizzare e accoppiare il telefono con il QR code. Ho trovato molto utile anche la funzione class mode che permette di non ricevere chiamate durante la scuola. Il gps è veramente accurato. Per farlo funzionare serve una nano sim dati e chiamate

The price is way too high. The watches don’t last long. I bought two, and both stopped working after just a year and a half.

Wir haben uns nach einer Uhr von XPLORA und einigen negativen Erfahrungen aufgrund der Rezensionen für die Imoo entschieden, nicht nur aufgrund des günstigeren Preises und der Fülle an Einstellmöglichkeiten der App hat uns diese einfach „mehr“ überzeugt. Die Akkulaufzeit ist im Vergleich schon mal höher - nicht nur aufgrund der Möglichkeit eine automatische „Nachtabschaltung“ über die App mit frei einstellbaren Zeiten zu hinterlegen. Auch ist das Display subjektiv „heller“ und lässt sich auch besser und flüssiger bedienen - klar ist es „klein“ aber auch für Kinderfinger gedacht. Tonwiedergabe und Gesprächsqualität ist top, aus der App kann man sogar einen Videoanruf starten - hier ist auch die Qualität absolut ok! Einrichtung und Inbetriebnahme selbsterklärend - einziges kleines Manko ist die dazugehörige App, sie läuft sehr stabil und ist ebenso intuitiv aufgebaut - allerdings merkt man dass hier und da die Übersetzung ins Deutsche noch etwas verbesserungsbedürftig ist ;-) nichts was man mit einem zukünftigen Update der App beheben kann - auf der Uhr selbst ist das Menü einwandfrei übersetzt! GPS-Ortung bisher auch besser und genauer als auf der XPLORA - da wir die Funktion jedoch selten nutzen nicht so wichtig, uns geht es um einen schnellen Anruf bzw. Erreichbarkeit des Juniors bei Bedarf - und das macht die Imoo bisher einwandfrei! Schulmodus ist ebenso am Board - an weiteren Einstellungs- und Personalisierungsmöglichkeiten fehlt es auch wirklich nicht….

This kids watch is over my expectation. I worried about the quality before I purchase it. It turns out great. App is simple and easy , calling and messaging are very convenient, and the most important you can find your kids anytime. My boy use the watch to track his step every day, take photos, call us and siblings. So far battery seems not bad too. Recommend too all parents!

Quite pricey, although the software is really good and it's built like a tank (very durable!). Speaking of the software in particular it's obviously developed in China, so you have to give a little leeway there. The UI wording could be doing with a little more work, but everything works exactly as expected and it's all quite cute - resulting in a very safe device for children that is also easy to use, despite being packed with features.