Perfect for the tech-hungry kids in your life, this gift guide is chock-full of ideas that you’re both sure to love. We’ve hand-picked a few of our faves that offer the perfect blend of fun, learning, and connectivity, with the latest tech. Let’s go!
SyncUP KIDS Watch 2
For the littler kids on your list who aren’t quite ready for a phone of their own, the SyncUP KIDS Watch 2 is a perfect blend of fun, connectivity, and safety. This innovative smartwatch offers voice and video calling, texts, and voice messages, helping keep kids connected to their parents or guardians. Plus, it offers some fun, kid-friendly tech while also encouraging an active lifestyle—and parents can use it with the T-Life app to experience a new level of connectivity with their children. Best of all, you’ll find plenty of amazing deals on the SyncUP KIDS Watch 2 right now.
Why It’s Great for Kids:
Safety Tools: The SyncUP KIDS Watch 2 has real-time location tracking and geofencing capabilities, so parents can monitor their kid's whereabouts and get alerts if they venture beyond boundaries. There’s also an unlimited number of parent-approved contacts, including emergency contacts, a designated emergency call button (to reach 911 or a parent), and Kids' Line Privacy features1. It also has a dedicated, bright LED flashlight built-in for safety in the dark.
Healthy Living: The watch has a step counter that lets parents set daily step goals, tasks, reminders, and rewards for kids.
Durable Design: With a long-lasting battery, IP68 dust and water resistance rating, a big 1.41-inch AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 3, and built-in screen protector—this device can take-on just about anything your kids dish out—making it a family favorite for a long time to come.
Kid-friendly Features: Children will love the customizable characters and themes, not to mention the built-in games, Bluetooth capabilities, built-in microphone and speakers, as well as the dual-camera setup (5MP Selfie / 8MP World), perfect for taking selfies or capturing the world around them.
Included Accessories: It comes with a foldable charging dock, charging cable, a blue nylon watch band, and a black silicon watch band. If you want a more colorful choice, you could add a compatible PureGear watch band to the mix.
SyncUP Tracker 2
Offering peace of mind in a tiny package, this tracker is an ideal gadget for parents wanting to keep tabs on their kids' belongings. It's a small, durable device offering real-time tracking for everything from backpacks and lunch boxes, to musical instruments, sports equipment bags, and beyond. Plus, you can get a great deal on the SyncUP Tracker 2 right now.
Why It's Great for Kids:
Real-Time Location Updates: On T-Mobile’s nationwide network, parents can stay informed about the whereabouts of their kids' items from anywhere.
Durable and Water-Resistant: With a dust and water resistance rating of IP67, it’s tough enough to handle kids’ daily adventures.
Long Battery Life: With a battery life up to 10 days, there’s no need for frequent charging.
Simple to Use: It offers easy setup and tracking through the user-friendly T-Life app, which also supports the SyncUP KIDS Watch 2, so you can see the location of your child and their items all in one spot.
Meta Quest 3S
Meta Quest 3S is an amazing virtual- and mixed-reality experience that any kid will appreciate. It creates an immersive world, filled with games, learning, adventure, socializing (virtually), and healthy activities. Plus, with no wires and a light, comfortable, design, they can move around without feeling bogged down. Choose from 128GB or 256GB of storage.
Why It's Great for Kids:
Life-like Gaming: Games come alive right before their eyes with amazing graphics and intuitive controls.
Workouts and Activities On-Demand: Helps them stay active, healthy, and engaged, without even having to leave the house.
Educational Content: Piques their interest with immersive, interactive, and memorable educational content, cultural/travel experiences and more.
Social Connections: Kids can easily connect with friends or family members virtually anytime, anywhere.
JBL PartyBox Club 120
Kids who love to be the life of the party will have a blast with this animated speaker. It not only plays their favorite tunes—it comes with its own lightshow, including strobe effects that sync to the beat of your kids’ favorite music.
Why It's Great for Kids:
Out-of-the-World Light Show: This speaker’s sound isn’t the only thing that wows. It also delivers and amazing lightshow featuring starry lights, cool light trails, and strobe light effects—all synced to music.
Keep the Party Going: Kids get up to 12 hours of play time on a single charge and, if it happens to get low, a short 10-minute charge gives them about 80 more minutes of playtime. There’s even a replaceable battery they can swap out to keep the party going (sold separately).
Take It Along for the Ride: The folding handle makes it easy to pick up and take just about anywhere. It’s also splash-proof, so a little rain or poolside play shouldn’t be an issue.
Wall of Sound: For a concert-like experience, this stereo can pair with two more JBL PartyBox Club 120s for a wider soundstage, or connect multiple JBL Auracast-enabled speakers wirelessly via the JBL app.
JBL Clip 5
This small but mighty Bluetooth speaker not only travels easily and clips on to just about anything, it’s also big on sound, style, and value.
Why It's Great for Kids:
Light and Easy to Carry: Weighing in at just .63 ounces, theultra-portable Bluetooth speaker is small enough to hold in one hand, yet it provides nice, smooth audio.
Just Clip and Enjoy: The fully integrated carabiner is big enough to clip to just about anything. It’s perfect for listening to music and more at home, outside, at the beach, or on-the-move.
Great Price + Style: Costing just under $80, this stylish accessory makes for a great gift idea and comes in two color choices: blue or black.
Long-Lasting Battery & Durability: The JBL Clip 5 has a dust and water resistance rating of IP67, and it provides up to 12 hours of playtime on a single charge.
Apple AirPods with Charging Case (2nd Gen)
Another great tech gift for kids who love music, these deliver lots of listening time on a single charge. Plus, they’re easy on the wallet compared to pricier versions, and they’re packed with the features kids want.
Why It's Great for Kids:
High-Quality Sound: Offers a solid audio experience, whether for music, movies, talking on the phone, or online classes.
Easy to Use: They can simply say “Hey Siri” to adjust the volume, change a song, make a call, and more.
Comfortable and Secure Fit: Designed for all-day comfort.
Long Lasting: These give them five hours of listening time on a single charge (or 24 hours with the case.) The quick charge feature also delivers three hours of extra listening time in just 15 minutes.
REVVL Tab 5G
This durable, affordable tablet is equipped to handle their favorite games and apps, making it an ideal companion for kids on the go. With or without Wi-Fi, it keeps them connected and entertained through a stunning 10-inch full-HD display, immersive sound, and long-lasting battery. The included two-year limited warranty delivers peace of mind, while the great T-Mobile REVVL deals sweeten the pot.
Why It's Great for Kids:
Big, Colorful Display: 10.36-inch FHD Display brings all their favorite content to life.
Long Battery Life: Keeps kids engaged in learning and play without frequent charging, thanks to the long-lasting 7,040mAh battery
Impressive Specs: With 6GB RAM, dual speakers that deliver dynamic audio, a dual-camera setup that’s perfect for capturing memories and video calling, and seamless integration with the Google ecosystem—this tablet has it all.
REVVL 7 5G
REVVL is not only known for its budget-friendly tablet, it also has a pretty impressive smartphone that’s great for kids! If you want 5G capabilities, a big, colorful screen, a long-lasting battery, and reliability you both can count on, this may be the perfect kids’ gift.
Why It's Great for Kids:
Lots of Features for Less: With a long-lasting 5,000mAh battery, a fingerprint reader with face unlock, 6.58-inch Full HD+ display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 processor, triple rear-camera system, and front selfie camera—all for under $200—you get a lot of bang for your buck. Plus, you’ll save even more with the T-Mobile REVVL deals going on right now.
Expandable Memory: They’ll have plenty of storage, thanks to the expandable memory (Micro SD card sold separately).
120Hz Refresh Rate: Now, they can seamlessly stream their favorite shows and content.
Samsung Galaxy A35 5G
The A35 is proof, yet again, that a great 5G phone for kids doesn't have to cost a fortune. Its 5G performance and other features make it one of the best phones you can buy for the money. But kids won’t care about the price—they’ll love the big, vivid screen, cool design, and camera system.
Why It's Great for Kids:
Massive Display: The 6.6-inch Infinity-O Super AMOLED FHQ+ display is big, crisp, clear, and colorful.
Extras That Sweeten the Pot: The long-lasting 5,000mAh battery, combined with 128GB Storage (expandible up to 1TB) and 6GB RAM, means they’ll have room for it all and plenty of power to enjoy it.
Triple-Camera Setup: With a 50MP Main, 8MP Ultra Wide, and 5MP Macro Camera, not to mention the all-important 13MP Selfie camera—kids can capture fun with family and friends and make lasting memories.
Moto razr+ 2024
While you’ll shell out more for this device than the above two, kids will absolutely flip-out for this flip phone! Especially since this razr+ brings advanced AI to the table, not to mention its biggest external screen ever. The wildly popular Hot Pink color option will be popular with some kids, while others may prefer Midnight Blue.
Why It's Great for Kids:
Fun AI Features: Moto’s artificial intelligence (Moto ai) technology is infused everywhere (the camera, battery, display, messaging, and more) but it really shines with two features kids will love: Magic Canvas, which lets them use text prompts to turn descriptions into graphics they can use for messages, social media, wallpapers, and more—and Style Sync, which lets kids create wallpapers and themes that coordinate with their outfits!
Cool Displays They’ll Flip For: With an easy-to-read 4-inch external display and really massive 6.9-inch inner display with HDR10+, this phone delivers big, whether it’s open or closed.
Top-of-the-Line Specs: With a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor, 4,000 mAh battery, and IPX8 rating—it has everything to keep them seamlessly connected.
Memories in the Making: The camera setup includes a 50MP Main, 50MP w/2X optical zoom, and a 32MP Selfie camera, not to mention an AI-powered Photo Enhancement Engine that makes capturing the perfect moments with friends and family fun and easy.
Budget-friendly Accessories
You know the saying: Big things come in small packages. These accessories are no exception. Here are a few very cool tech gifts for kids that are especially perfect if you’re on a tighter budget.
Great Accessories for Kids:
PopSockets PopGrip for MagSafe: Every kid loves PopSockets. Not only do they offer a fun way to hold their phone, they also double as a stand. Plus, you’ll find PopSockets in lots of fun patterns and designs that are perfect for kids.
PureGearKids Stylus Pens for Tablet: You can’t go wrong with these colorful and easy-to-grip stylus pens that make drawing, writing, navigating, and creating even more fun—all for under 20 bucks. They’re just the right size for smaller hands and they’re lightweight and comfortable, too. Best of all, you get two pens per pack, and it includes a handy strap for tethering to their tablet. They also feature anti-scratch tips.
Chipolo Trackers: With versions for both Android and Apple lovers, these Card and Point trackers are great for keeping tabs on kids’ important items. The Card trackers are as slim as two credit cards and are great for tracking things like wallets, passports, IDs, etc., while the Point trackers can attach easily to things like backpacks, keychains, handles and more. If something gets misplaced, it can be easily tracked via Google’s Find My Device network or Apple’s Find My app. Unlike the SyncUp TRACKER 2 we mentioned earlier, these trackers use Bluetooth connectivity, which is great for nearby tracking, while the SyncUP Tracker 2 utilizes T-Mobile’s nationwide network to keep tabs on items.
Kate Spade New York Wavy Case: The unique, wavy design in your choice of Opal Iridescent or Nightfall (with oh-so-glam glitter) makes this a cool gift for kids. It also offers a nice level of protection for their device. While this one is specifically for kids who already have an iPhone 16, be sure to shop all the available Kate Spade accessories and our entire collection of other accessories to find the perfect gift for that special kid in your life, including:
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