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The process of letting go between parent and child becomes increasingly difficult as they get older. Children want to become more independent, but "being out on their own" often worries parents. To support this process during childhood, the Anio 6 Kids Smartwatch offers a GPS tracker for your child—all without turning you into a "helicopter parent." How exactly does it work? Find out here!
What exactly does the GPS tracker function do?
The Anio 6 Kids Smartwatch offers your child several features such as phone, chat, stopwatch, step counter and the GPS tracker function. Using the Anio Watch Parent App, you can locate your children and view their location on the map. IMPORTANT: If needed, the children's watch GPS tracking can also be switched off via the Anio Watch Parent App! The Anio Smartwatch is currently the only watch where tracking can be switched off. Your child cannot deactivate the tracking themselves.
Using a so-called school route time, you can track the route to school or to extracurricular activities. The exact route will then be displayed in the app, and your child can call you using the Anio 6 as soon as they have arrived at their destination. In addition, you can set up safe zones via the Anio App and will be notified as soon as your child enters or leaves such a zone and the watch's position has updated.
How you can use the GPS tracker for children
The children's watch GPS tracking, controlled by intervals via GPS/Wi-Fi, allows you to always know where your child is. Thanks to the geofence function, you will receive a push notification when the Anio Smartwatch enters or leaves a specific area. Once everything is set up in the app, your child can walk to school alone and become more independent.
What is the best way to locate my child?
It's very simple: Set the desired tracking intervals, which determine how often the watch updates its position.
!Also keep the battery life in mind: Shorter tracking intervals consume more battery!
The Anio only has a connection to GPS satellites outdoors. A position calculated via GPS is marked on the map with the red GPS icon. Inside buildings, the watch usually has no GPS reception. Here, the watch scans for available Wi-Fi networks inside buildings. This position will then be displayed to you on the map with the green Wi-Fi logo. After setting the GPS tracker tracking intervals and school route times, your child can set off alone, and you will receive updates on your child's position at the preset intervals.
Children's wristband with GPS?
Most children's wristbands with a GPS function are just that: a children's wristband with a GPS function. That's all well and good, but it's also great to know whether your child has arrived safely at their destination. They could call you, but your child would need an additional smartphone for that. The best thing about the Anio 6 GPS tracker for children: Your child does not need a children's phone with tracking. Often, a tracking function is integrated into the smartphone. However, at Anio, we stand for an age-appropriate introduction to the digital world and therefore consider a smartphone too early for children under 10–12 years old. The Anio 6 Kids Smartwatch offers the ideal alternative to a children's phone with tracking while simultaneously offering more features than a simple children's wristband with GPS. This way, you can both locate your child and call and chat with them—all without a children's phone. Therefore, no children's wristband with GPS or smartphone is necessary, as the Anio 6 Kids Smartwatch with GPS tracker combines and expands all the necessary features.
More safety thanks to the GPS tracker for your child?
While you can be more relaxed when sending your child alone to school or to friends' houses thanks to the children's watch GPS tracking, what happens in emergencies? How can your child reach you if you are not nearby? For this purpose, the Anio 6 Kids Smartwatch has an integrated SOS emergency call button. When this SOS button is pressed, 3 pre-defined emergency numbers are called one after another until someone answers. In addition, the watch's last location is sent via SMS message to all 3 numbers.
Letting children wander the world alone is a difficult process that involves a lot of trust and must be handled with great care. Therefore, the aspect of safety during childhood should not be underestimated, so you can always know your little ones are safe. To support this safety, we want to help children become more secure on their path to independence with the help of the Anio 6 Kids Smartwatch and its features such as the GPS tracker for children or the SOS button.
The Anio 6 children's watch with GPS tracker can support your family in all the points mentioned above. Not only thanks to the GPS tracker function, but also thanks to the phone, chat, and SOS functions—and all without distractions such as games or a camera.
Your Anio Team!
