Parental Controls for Apple Watch And Switching From a Gizmo To Apple Watch

[@JuliaDees]

Thank you for allowing us parents to find and easy way to feel more comfortable moving from a limited access (kid-appropriate) straight from the box watch to an Apple Watch!

[@NealPhalora]

I’m so appreciative of you putting all this information together. We’ve looked at several other watches and they’re all just low quality. Apple should do a much better job of helping people understand the depths to which you can control all the content. Again, thank you very much.

[@teimll]

You can now set up a geofence in the “friends” part of “find my”. 👍🏾. Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@joannaking6579]

Finally a video on this. We have been doing this for a year. My teen has an Apple Watch under family member (no cellphone). When we went to AT&T last year to try and set up cellular on watch only they had no IDEA on what I was doing. Glad this is being shared. Such a great idea.

[@anthonysimpson6738]

Do you have Siri enabled. We found often our child could overcome app restrictions because Siri would open a browser and work. So our 8 year girl could ask Siri to show her videos of horses over coming app restrictions on KZbin, ie iPad. I am liking the idea of a watch, for location and calls. But cautious as Apple screen time interface isn’t intuitive, almost design by non parents. You want control, but for it to be easy to configure. It be great if Apple were to release a specific kids version of the watch. Nice video if we get a watch we will use this video, cheers

[@megera12v]

Thank you thank you!! I have spent hours trying to figure all this out and this is the best resource I’ve found. You showed me everything I wanted to know for setting up a watch for a kid. It was exactly what I’ve been looking for and answered all my questions!

[@denjr10]

This is a great walkthrough, and probably THE only one with such detail. But still what an absolute nightmare

[@kobelebron-q8r]

When unwanted calls directly to voicemail. At somepoint voicemail might get full due to so many junk marketting calls. So does that mean we have to clean up voicemail frequently? Can we disable all.unwanted apps like browser on apple SE watch ?

[@dollydarshan24]

Gosh, Thank you so much for putting all of this together. Was breaking my head all day piecing all these things from several searches just to set my child's new watch. I still couldnt find one piece though. Is there a way to limit the usage of specific apps on the watch besides school time. For instance, Need to restrict Watch tube (youtube) during school hrs. Is there a way to do it. Any info on this will be great.

[@stephaniecruz4153]

I just set up one for my daughter, but I’m having trouble with the message settings! It says that dictation (speak to text) needs to be set up on the phone, but where?? As well, I can’t figure out how to design the pre-set responses for texts either!

[@alans3935]

Do we still need a separate eSIM for the watch?

[@Jeanie1989]

This was so unbelievably helpful. Thank you!!

[@zeemiller9704]

This was such a good video. Thank you for this. I have a kindergartner and have no idea what tracking device to use. Not sure if this will be it but still very helpful!

[@NashvilleBrian]

Hey @zeemiller9704. If you just want to track, you may want to consider an Apple Air Tag. That will be a lot simpler and cheaper.

[@Tres-Paul]

Have you had any issues with the GPS not updating for extended periods of time?

[@jadepeters1259]

What bumper is that on that watch want to get one for my daughter. Also I loved this video

[@NashvilleBrian]

The bumper was part of the watching. We hated them and actually got rid of them.

[@biol581]

This is pure gold! Thank you sir!

[@reemasipad9677]

12:20 , what do you mean here by turn it off? Can i just put them back into school time mode or turn off the watch as a whole?

[@daytrade65778]

Thank you. Since your kid doesn't have their own phone and the watch is tied to your phone, does the watch have it's own phone number for text and calls? It seems like most carriers in the US require a phone plan tied to the watch plan... So same phone number for the watch as the phone.

[@NashvilleBrian]

Yes. Both kids have their own number.

[@mapleoaks4]

Thank you so much for sharing this!!!! I noticed there were a lot of different apps on the screen. Is there a way for me to delete them so they do not have access? I want it to literally function as only a text/call/gps. So I don’t want music/podcast/etc. Can I delete these apps off the watch?

[@crossway2007]

Hi. Thanks for your video. I am trying to do the same with the Galaxy watch for my 2 sons. Originally I was told that it's possible to have it set up as a standalone device, but so far I wasn't able to do it, so my other options would be Gizmo or Apple watch. I have no Apple devices, so don't know if I would need an active line with the Iphone to set up and monitor the Apple watch or I can buy an old Ipnone and use it off cellular network. Also you mentioned Gizmo limitations. Can you eleborate on that. Thanks

[@NashvilleBrian]

We had four different Gizmos. Half the time we couldn't reach our kids, receiving a "this call cannot go through" message.

[@crossway2007]

@@NashvilleBrian thank you

[@karensabolcik2511]

I’m finding a lot of cell services listed as allowing family set up aka two or More apple watches to one phone under that setup- they actually don’t allow it. I almost bought a new apple watch bc I was told yes then when tried to set up my old apple watch in family set up the service didn’t allow it

[@swatijain937]

Thanks Brian, not sure if you covered this but is there an option which totally blocks surfing the web or watching videos on the watch?

[@dollydarshan24]

Hi, really looking for this feature. Could you tell me how to block surfing web or youtube during school hours. Thank you.

[@isaac-alves]

Great information. Thank you for making these instructions available.

[@SofíaTais-i8s]

When I try to manage my kids contacts it says waiting for “name of child” to approve this request!! I have done everything!! Help! Don’t know what to do

[@Jessica197]

Thank you this is fantastic info. For my son’s contacts. When I add contacts it adds all his contacts from his iPad (friends etc). I would just like to add specific contacts but it only allows this during down time. If I schedule a 24 hour downtime, the iPad is on downtime and not usable because the watch is. Hope this makes sense. Can you help me please? 🙏🏻

[@Jessica197]

I figured this out, disregard.

[@vietalogy]

How would you compare the battery life to gizmo?

[@NashvilleBrian]

300x better.

[@brianwaugh8482]

Really, wow? I have one kid with a gizmo and it seems to last several days especially on just standby where my older kid has an SE apple and it needs charged about every day or day and a half.

[@LFY_OFFICAL]

What’s the case called?

[@shwetadesai857]

Can we connect watch and phone without having phone line to wstch

[@OlisYFaby]

Thank you so much for making this video. God bless you

[@lorayaht.lenore6646]

could you switch you gizmo # to the apple watch?

[@laurasmith6464]

Yes you can. I confirmed this with Verizon.

[@cjcjacinto09]

Does it matter what series of watch it is?

[@tarynriver]

I think se and later have school mode so yes I have the Apple Watch 5 and mine doesn’t have school mode on it the se is the least expensive and has all the features a kid would need in my opinion

[@sarahfabares911]

Thank you so much for this! We’ve had a gizmo for the last 2 1/2 years for my oldest, and now looking at options for the next kid to see if we stay in the ecosystem or move to Apple. Do these parental controls allow you to keep social media out? Can they open the phone keypad and just manually dial a strangers phone number?

[@ninamccoy1465]

Where did you buy the band?

[@KK-rl9xb]

You can find on amazon

[@NashvilleBrian]

This was it, but we hated it. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B091YLK35L/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[@amberslilrose3954]

Can I do all of this using a refurbished phone from eBay? Thank you!

[@NashvilleBrian]

you should be able to.

[@amberslilrose3954]

@@NashvilleBrian Thank you! I got auto-corrected. *One* not phone! 😄

[@kaeharrison3538]

Great video! Thank you!

[@U2bSurfN2]

Does it matter if one of their contacts have an android?

[@NashvilleBrian]

It does not.

[@jassy4507]

Hi Brian, Do you still prefer the Apple Watch vs the gizmo 3?

[@NashvilleBrian]

Yes. 100%. We moved over and I've not regretted it at all.

[@tricia9883]

Thank you so much friend! ❤

[@chrisandsamaltman8398]

@Brian do you have a video or platform where you have posted why you are moving from GIZMO? I just had a Verizon Agent tell me I should go the GIZMo direction. Just don't my research. Thanks in advance.

[@NashvilleBrian]

I do not. But Gizmo was just so unreliable. We had several inconvenient situations trying to find our kids at school and couldn't reach them due to connectivity issues. And we had more than four Gizmos. We had the same issues on each one.

[@Samie-Jo]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It was really helpful! My daughter has been saving her pocket money for a smartwatch. She is looking at the new Garmin Bounce or an Apple Watch. I’m thinking to future proof, it would be best to go with apple.

[@tarynriver]

I’m not sure how much she’s saved or if she’s gotten one yet but if you have T-Mobile right now they have a deal on the SE series 2 it’s on sale for $100

[@RobloxKartingGroupRKG]

I got one for free as a kid and that didn’t include christamas or anything

[@RobloxKartingGroupRKG]

😂😂😂

[@Haylee121902]

Thank you!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!!!

[@BigBobbyBoLo]

Love the watch and ecosystem, but man!! I don't want an iphone.. I love my samsung .. I just want the watch and access it 😢

[@alexandervelezfuentes4356]

Gracias saludos cordiales Hduhwu por favor me puede

[@RobloxKartingGroupRKG]

No Christmas or anything

[@RobloxKartingGroupRKG]

😂

[@RobloxKartingGroupRKG]

I got one for free