Grownups are faced with countless questions when considering a mobile phone for their child. Smart or dumb? Touch screen or flip? To snoop or not to snoop? It becomes clear you need a device that helps build trust in this smart, worldly, independent person you’re raising…while also protecting your precious baby from the potential harms that unfortunately come with digital life.Some mobile devices geared at kids skimp on functionality as a means to limit how they’re used. That just gives you a product with a short shelf life. Then there’s the Bark Phone. Riding on a Samsung A Series chassis, a Bark Phone is capable of everything a smartphone should do, plus more. Parents or guardians can program it to be a reliable deputy in policing Junior’s online activities, tracking location, and even scanning content to identify potential dangers like cyberbullying. Let’s take its key features for a walk: 1. Graduated Service Plans A starter plan (intended for younger users) offers baseline support, like content monitoring and location tracking, and restricts communication to talk and text. An advanced plan (suitable for teens) lets you manage access and usage of apps (Google Play app store), curb screen time, and block text deletion. Advanced plans range in their allotment of monthly data. And there’s no contract. 2. Content MonitoringThe Bark Phone’s software examines the media and communications your child encounters and sends you alerts when content may be considered inappropriate or unsafe based on thresholds and concerns you set. It leverages AI to look out for signs of bullying, drug use, scams, predators, violence, and more. 3. GPS-Based TrackingGrownups can follow their child’s movements on their own smartphone through the Bark mobile app. Because there’s nothing like the peace of mind you get confirming that your kid’s walk to get boba tea was, in fact, a walk to get boba tea.
(Bark)
Want to learn more about what else the Bark Phone can do? Get started at bark.us.
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