As a guardian, when an innumerable online hazards are present, it can be difficult to hand over the smart device to your twin. PinwheelA kid-friendly tech company is offering a new solution to the parents who want to stay connected with their children without giving them the phone.
Pinwheel Watch The recently launched smartwatch is specifically designed for children between 7 and 14 years of age, offering a child-safe option that prevents access to social media and internet. It has parents management equipment, GPS tracking, a camera, voice-to-text messaging, fun mini-game, and-here is a wonder-one AI Chatbot.
Smartwatch has a smooth black design and a screen that is slightly larger than an Apple Watch. It currently costs $ 160, with $ 15 monthly membership. It became available for purchase Pinwheel.com Last week, and we have been testing it for the last few days.
In addition to a more standard set of parents control, some parents may be careful with the convenience of the Watch, the AI assistant, is “pinwalpt”.
Pinwhelgpt is designed as a safe option for specific AI chatbots, enabling children to ask questions about various topics, including questions related to everyday curiosity, social interactions and homework, claiming the company.
However, parents can already be cautious about AI Chatbot, as they can produce misinformation. Parents can also argue that the favorable nature of the chatbot can give rise to unhealthy patterns, where children rely on these digital companions for conversation rather than engaged in a face-to-face conversation with family and friends.
The company explained to us that there is a place of security measures; AI is trained to identify topics that may be sensitive or unfair to children, exiting these conversations and encourages children to discuss such cases with a reliable adult. During our limited trials, we confirmed that Pinwhelgpt successfully avoided answering inappropriate or violent questions.
Additionally, the parents have full visibility in all interactions with the chatbot, including both current and pre -removed chats, so if any red flags are produced, they can take steps.
Founder Dane Vitbeck said, “We have not received any pushbacks from parents because it is possible, if they are concerned, to remove the pinwallippt from the clock or close it through their control,” said the founder Dan Witbeck, who is the father of four. “We do not use any personal data provided by any user, minors or adults in training the AI model,” he said.
Witbeck’s company launched its first child-saff phone in 2020 and ranked at number 212 after four years. Ink. 5000 list Among the fastest growing companies in the US for 2024.
Entering the smartwatch market seems like a natural progress, allowing the company to almost better competition. $ 100 billion Smart wearing market against major brands like Apple and Fitbit. Pinwheel believes that this is a strategic position by focusing especially on the category of children.
It distinguishes itself from other similar devices, such as the Ace LTE of the fitbit, which focuses more on tracking space and health matrix.
In addition to the AI feature, children and twins can call and send the texts to the watch using the voice command or keyboard. There is also a camera for video calls and selfies with voice recorder app. Other apps include an alarm, calendar, calculator and mini-game, such as tetaris-like games.
Original monitoring features are available through the “Career” app. This allows parents to create a “safelist” of contacts, allowing their children to talk, as well as some phone numbers are rejected from being added to the list.
Additionally, a schedule tab allows parents to set separate mode to ensure that the children stay away from their equipment during specific times, such as when they are in school or summer camp. For example, they can choose only to limit contacts to emergency numbers during the day and switch to “all mode” later on the day, allowing their children to access everything freely.
If desired, the parents have the option to monitor the text messages, which can be particularly useful with young children. Here, an AI text summary feature features the parents interviews with children’s text messages threads.
The Pinwheel Watch is now available in the US, Australia, Canada and UK, with a plan to expand additional markets soon. This will be available on Amazon later in this summer, although the company has not provided a specific date.
