What ’s the easiest way to get a Thomas Kid to wear something ? You make it cunning . Fitbit ’s next tiddler - focused wearable is puddle the rounds in Rumorville.9to5Googlehas photos that arrogate to be of the next Fitbit smartwatch mean for your Kyd , and while it ’s bulbous compare to the rest of the fittingness wearable batting order , it seems perfectly catered to the young and tumble - y. It not only tracks the natural action and whereabouts of your child , but has a built - in television camera , too .
The wearable looks like a miniature smartwatch . It ’s bulky , and the photos that 9to5Google has show it in a sky - blue variant with cherry and lily-livered action buttons on the side . There ’s a microphone on board , coupled with a front - facing camera at the top of the screen , and as evidenced by the attractive feature on the back , the watch could probably share a battery charger with the FitbitSenseorVersa . There ’s also a speaker for alarms and presumptively call , as the scout is report as have cellular connectivity .
The images circulating are from screenshots bewitch via an unnamed online listing and sent to 9to5Google via electronic mail . A few of the photograph show computer software starting up . Curiously , it appears the smartwatch for kid lam Fitbit OS rather than Google ’s Wear OS . This seems to indicate that Fitbit ’s platform - agnostic software is n’t going anywhere , despite the fact that Fitbit is a flagship seaworthiness app for Google ’s Android - based wearables . There is still no fancy due day of the month until at least 2024 .
The new Fitbit for kids looks like a chunkier VersaPhoto: Victoria Song / Gizmodo
When the rumour first burgeon forth uplast yr , we figured this would be a stripling - center smartwatch because of its codename “ Project Eleven , ” which is very much in citation to Stranger Things . But now that we have a look at the design , it seems more geared toward elemental - aged tyke who are n’t quite ready for a phone all their own .
Fitbit has made a kid - focused wearable before . TheFitbit Ace 3has a smaller footprint than the sentinel that ’s reset the round . But even at $ 80 , it was pretty circumscribed in its tracking abilities and did n’t offer blood O sensors or GPS . It was merely a gamification endeavor to get Kyd to move , which did n’t seem deserving its toll tag .
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Cute, bulbous smartwatches for kids.Image:9to5Google
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