Electronics for kids include smartwatches with safety features, tablets with pre-installed games and virtual pets. Whether you're looking for electronic educational toys or a kid-friendly tablet, you will find many options to please your little ones.
Kid-friendly tablets feature protective rubber bands to safeguard the device from accidental drops and bumps. Some models offer advanced parental control features, so you can decide which content your children can see and for how long. Some models come with pre-installed games, kid-friendly content and fun apps, so your children can enjoy their first tech gadget right out of the box.
Some electronics for kids offer advanced safety features that allow you to track your child at all times. Many smartwatches have an SOS button the kid can press if they feel unsafe. If this happens, you'll get a phone call or a special alert on your smartphone. Other models let you set a ""school time,"" during which the phone will only display the hour, and no games will be available. You can control most kids' smartwatches through an app on your phone. Some models also let you see the child's location from the app at all times. Most kids' smartwatches come with pre-installed games and educational apps.
Toy walkie-talkies lend themselves to pretend play, helping your children to imagine they're spies, superheroes or cops. Some walkie-talkies for kids feature cartoon characters, while others offer additional features, such as low battery alerts, talk confirmation sounds or a keypad lock feature. Remote control toys such as quadcopters and RC speed boats augment your child's pretend play experience.
STEM toys such as the Xiaomi® Mi® Robot Builder teach coding basics to your children, while piano mats are a fun way to learn how to play a musical instrument. Educational electronic books introduce kids of different ages to a variety of subjects, from math to shape recognition and pre-writing skills.
Electronic pets allow taking care of a virtual pet without the hassle of keeping a flesh-and-blood dog or cat at home. These electronic educational toys teach the child to be more responsible and to take care of a puppy or another creature. The Tamagotchi® lets kids raise a little alien. Children can feed the creature, discipline it when it misbehaves and give it medicine when it's ill. Tamagotchi will evolve in different characters based on how well the player takes care of them. The most recent versions of the hand-held game allow kids to have their virtual pets marry and have children. The Furby® is another fun electronic pet that can dance, sing, play games and interact with the child. Furby Connect can interact with a dedicated smartphone app, which allows the child to feed the pet, have it learn song lyrics. The player can also hatch virtual pets called Furblings.