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Recommend me a smart watch I can track remotely in Home Assistant (lemmy.nz)
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I'm after a watch that I can put on a kid when they are on their own at a park etc.

What I'd like:

  • It's own data connection so it doesn't need a phone with it
  • Home Assistant support so I can track it remotely via home assistant, automations, etc
  • Some way of calling them when it's time to come home, or them calling us when needed
  • We don't have an iPhone so I think Apple is out since it needs an iPhone for setup
  • No subscriptions outside of the cost of the cellphone plan
  • Preferably doesn't need OEM servers, just connect to Home Assistant
  • Handling knocks and bumps would be a bonus
  • If you can run a non-google OS without tracking etc GrapheneOS style then yay but I don't know if that exists

Any suggestions?

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[–] 5 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

We have https://www.myticktalk.com/ for our kids. It does everything you need, there are HA integrations, however I have not tried them. It's specifically designed for kids, no games so their eyeballs won't be glued to it. All the other watches that had the features you listed also had gamification of the usage of the watch by the kids, this does not. Every aspect of the watch and app features are configurable and controlled by the parent.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 19 hours ago (3 children)

    Thanks for the suggestion, I'm definitely keen on something the kids find boring! It mentions a $10 per month subscription in the US. Is that for the data connection? I assume you can use it outside the US if you get your own data plan?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 hours ago

    Yes that $10 a month is just the option cellular data plan in the US. No issues with the tracking of the both watches we have for the two kids, both are the 5. We gave had them for 7 months. We like them because they are boring to the kids, we can restrict who they call/text and who calls/texts them.

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  • [–] 2 points 17 hours ago* (1 child)

    Looks like the subscription is for an optional phone plan. The site says it's coming soon in the US. You should be able to use any phone plan, just check that it's compatible with the 4G/5G bands in your country.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 15 hours ago

    Looks like they don't ship here anyway 🤷

    I also saw a reddit thread where everyone with the TickTalk 5 was saying how bad the tracking was. Hopefully they sorted that with the 6. But I guess for me it's ruled out if I can't actually buy one.

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