• The Fitbit Ace LTE now allows parents to add siblings as contacts on their respective watches, allowing direct messaging and calls between them.

• A new group chat feature in the Fitbit Ace app makes it easier for family members to communicate.

• New Family Quests, Noodle Watch Faces, and Daily Quests encourage kids to reach their daily move goal.

THE Fitbit Ace LTE is a laptop that is on every parent’s wish list, but not for themselves. The kid-friendly wearable, released earlier this year, provides peace of mind for parents with its industry-leading location tracking and easy-to-set parental controls.

In August, the laptop won Tap-to-Pay functionality with kid-friendly GoHenry and Greenlight debit cards and a new Lunch break to fall over which deactivates the watch School time functionality at specific times. Additionally, at the time, Google announced plans to introduce a later feature that would allow children to add their siblings as contacts on the wearable. A little over three months later, the feature is currently being rolled out. deployment.

For reference, kids using the Fitbit Ace LTE are not free to text or call anyone. Parents control which contacts can be added to their child’s mobile via the Family Link app, with a maximum of 20 adults/guardians able to be added at a time. With today’s updateHowever, parents can now add siblings to each other’s trusted contacts, allowing them to message or call each other directly through their Fitbit Ace LTE.

Additionally, to keep the whole family connected, the companion Fitbit As the app now offers group chat functionality, with all users under one Google Family can be added to group chat, making it easier to coordinate family-wide activities and stay connected.

Fitbit Ace LTE now offers 50 new daily quests

Elsewhere, the update continues to highlight Google’s commitment to leveraging fun games to help kids stay active. With its new Turkey Berserkey family quest for Thanksgiving, families can stay active and meet their daily step goal to unlock tickets, which can then be exchanged for fun items for their children’s Eejie, a virtual Tamagochi-like character who can be personalized with different clothes. , accessories and hairstyles.

Additionally, to track daily progress, Fitbit is rolling out two new Noodle watch faces with a dedicated simple interface to help kids track their progress toward their daily movement goal, paired with 50 new daily quests developed alongside the Alliance for a Healthier Generation which cover topics like sleep hygiene, nutrition, and more. The new watch faces can be accessed by long-pressing on the Fitbit Ace LTE’s home screen, while daily quests can be accessed by swiping right.

If you want to buy a new Fitbit Ace LTE for your child, you can get it for $50 less, combined with $20 off bands from the Google store starting November 21.

Fitbit Ace LTE

The Fitbit Ace LTE is a new kids’ wearable from the company now owned by Google. It tracks activity, integrates calls and messages, and is water resistant. To ensure privacy, location data is deleted after 24 hours and activity data is deleted after 35 days. The device costs $230 and requires a separate monthly or annual data plan for full functionality.