Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Item arrived exactly on date as promised by seller and item is exactly as described and good value for money. Every smart device now requires you to agree to a series of terms and conditions before you can use it — contracts that no one actually reads.

The rounded body of the speaker is perfect for the choice of characters: a Tiger (my favourite) and a Panda. And, this update has been rolled out to existing Echo, Echo Dot and Echo Plus speakers, so any of these can be turned into Kids speakers. The speaker has only been announced for the US so there's been no word yet on a UK release date or pricing. These are all accessed via the Alexa smartphone app, so it's very easy to keep track of what your child is up to when using the smart speaker. Of course, if they’re supposed to be doing homework and learning by themselves, you may want to pause the voice assistant (see below).Wake Up to Favourite Characters — Kids can start the day with alarms featuring their favourite characters such as Ben 10, Dorothy and the Scarecrow from Lost in Oz, and more.

If you want to take manual control, the Parent Dashboard lets you pause all of a child’s devices, including the Echo Dot Kids. Alexa is here to help - whether your child is working on a project and wants to check their spelling, or they're just feeling curious. Of the new Echo Dot variations available, my favorite is the one that comes with the LED display built into it. Selected lines only, determined by size, weight or whether delivered direct from one of our suppliers. The item may be missing the original packaging or protective wrapping, or may be in the original packaging but not sealed.Parents need to give permission to set up this device and can review, delete or choose not to have voice recordings saved at any time.

This is great if your kid just needs an answer innocently, but less helpful if they’re meant to be working out maths themselves. For example, it would be nice if you could either select a selection of smart devices to use, or set it to only work in a room: that way, your kids could turn on their own lights, for example, but wouldn’t have any control over the rest of your home. I was going to put a normal echo dot in my daughters room but then I saw the tiger and showed my daughter and she loved it!

Poor Alexa is harassed on a daily basis from Alexa do the cake song to Alexa get funky, honestly if you have children they will love this, personally as a single parent I enjoy telling Alexa I love you for her to sing me a sweet little tune. The Echo range has expanded in recent years – but we have got plenty of hands-on time with the devices.

Another great feature is you can see what’s been said to Alexa, and delete anything from the archive to provide extra privacy and keep tabs on just how much of the maths homework they did themselves. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The only thing it annoys is her parents at the moment when she’s up early 6 am on wkends blasting out her tunes . Alexa makes your life easier, more meaningful and more fun, by letting you control your world with your voice. Use parental controls to set volume and daily time limits, review activities, and filter content for up to 4 child profiles.

In addition to using sustainable materials, Echo Dot Kids also has a Low Power Mode* to intelligently conserve energy during periods of inactivity and deliver energy savings over the lifetime of the device.