{"id":767694,"date":"2026-09-11T21:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/767694\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T21:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:58:09","slug":"bark-watch-is-a-galaxy-watch-8-with-special-safety-features-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/767694\/","title":{"rendered":"Bark Watch is a Galaxy Watch 8 with special safety features for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 40mm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/galaxy-watch-8-vs-watch-4-everything-has-changed-after-four-years\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"16618515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Galaxy Watch 8<\/a> serves as the foundation for the latest Bark Watch, made by US-based Bark Technologies. The hardware is Samsung&#8217;s while the safety-focused software ensures that kids stay safe from online threats.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/bark-technologies-samsung-offer-new-smartwatch-experience-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">positioned<\/a> as an adult-grade smartwatch that kids, particularly those who are ready for more independence, can safely use.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOlder kids can now have a more age-appropriate smartwatch experience\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kids face a number of digital dangers these days, from cyberbullying to explict content and online predactors. Most smartwatch solutions offered for kids are better suited to younger children. Bark Watch offers a suitable solution for older kids that can appreciate the increased funcitonality while also providing their parents with the safety features they value.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The device takes care to ensure reasonable boundaries are drawn for the users. Bark Watch has no social media apps, internet browsers or mobile games. It doesn&#8217;t allow unrestricted app downloads as well. Bark&#8217;s AI platform also runs in the background to scan incoming and outgoing media sent through text, so that parents can instantly be alerted to issues like cyberbullying or explicit content.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bark Watch is available for purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/bark.us\/bark-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">online<\/a> starting at $10 per month for 24 months. A separate $15 per month plan for cellular service and parental controls needs to be purchased as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 40mm Galaxy Watch 8 serves as the foundation for the latest Bark Watch, made by US-based Bark&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[786,3810,86,56,54,158,55],"class_list":["post-767694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-gadgets","tag-galaxy-watch-8","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-united-states","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}