AT&T's amiGO Jr. phone offers built-in parental controls for $3 a month
AT&T has unveiled a carrier-designed smartphone for kids called the amiGO Jr., developed with Samsung and appearing to be the Galaxy A16. The device is priced at $3 a month with bill credits, plus your regular monthly service. The amiGO Jr. has standard budget-phone specs and a decent-enough camera.
Built-in features include location tracking, alerts when a child leaves or arrives in a preset area, screen time limits, contact and content controls, and an IP54 rating for water and dust resistance. Parents manage settings through a dedicated app available on Android and iOS.
AT&T also announced the amiGO Jr. Watch 2, which similarly lets parents track location and control contacts. There are already kid-focused phones such as Bark and Gabb (also Samsung devices), and Sprint once offered the WeGo handset in 2014 before discontinuing it in 2019; many existing solutions rely on third-party apps that may not always work as intended.