For parents worried about their children’s safety, location tracking devices can be of help. If your child goes to school and you’re sitting in office worrying about whether he or she reached safely, or is on the way back home, these devices might appeal to you. The obvious answer is to give children a smartphone, and use an app such as Google’s Trusted Contacts[1] to track their location. But giving a child a smartphone isn't always an option. It's possible that smartphones aren’t allowed in your child's school, or you don’t want him or her to be distracted by the device. Wearables such as watches that can track your kid’s location can help solve this problem. Several companies have made such devices and here are some that you might want to choose from.
1. Leaf Wearables Safer Kids
Leaf Wearables is a startup that makes location tracking devices for adults[2] and children. Safer Kids[3] is the company’s wrist wearable for children. It lets them make and receive calls from seven pre-programmed numbers and features an emergency button that enables live location tracking at any time. You can add numbers via the companion app and the watch has two buttons - one to let you scroll and make calls, and the other to cancel calls. The watch can alert you about incoming calls through a ringtone or just a vibration, which can be configured through the app.
It costs Rs. 5,000, and has no subscription charges because you need to use your own SIM card with the watch. This does mean that you'll have to get a SIM and make sure it has balance, of course.
2. Letstrack Kido
Letstrack is a UK-based startup that sells...