AT&T’s budget-friendly cellphone for teenagers was designed with parental controls in thoughts

It is likely to be near impossible to be a child lately and not using a smartphone, however AT&T desires to supply dad and mom an honest compromise. The wi-fi provider launched its AmiGO Jr. Telephone, which mixes Samsung {hardware} and AT&T’s app, to supply youngsters a smartphone that has parental controls baked proper in.

The AmiGO Jr. Telephone is only a Samsung Galaxy A16, which nonetheless stays a strong finances smartphone decide with a 50-megapixel principal digital camera, a 6.7-inch show and dependable battery life. Nevertheless, AT&T tweaked the Samsung {hardware} into its kid-friendly smartphone by together with options like dwell location monitoring, protected zones and screentime restrictions that may be managed through the AmiGO app. It is not the primary time we have seen a smartphone with parental controls, since opponents like Bark and Pinwheel have been in the marketplace for a few years now, however it’s the primary time a significant cellular provider is providing its personal standalone product.

As for the AmiGO Jr. Telephone, it is now obtainable on AT&T’s website for $3 a month, however you may should decide to a 36-month contract that gives invoice credit. You continue to should pay on your month-to-month service prices as an AT&T buyer, however it’ll be cheaper than shopping for a Galaxy A16 outright for $200. For much more safety, AT&T additionally launched its AmiGO Jr. Watch 2 to increase its ecosystem that already features a pill designed for teenagers.