360 Children's Watch 3S Preview: A Positioning Device for Children's Wrists

While you are still considering whether to buy a smart watch for yourself, many manufacturers have already targeted the children's market for smart watches.

From a safety perspective, 360 children's watches have gone through three generations of changes. On January 16, 360 continued to innovate and released the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S. Like the naming method of the iPhone, the "S" in the product name means an upgraded version, and the product was also experienced at the first time. After the upgrade, does the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S better meet the needs of parents and children?

Like previous children's watches, this 360 Children's Watch 3S also provides children with a variety of lively and bright colors to choose from, including the cyan color in our hands. From the packaging style, we can also intuitively feel the strong children's cartoon atmosphere. The design of the entire watch can be roughly regarded as a plastic version of the Apple Watch.

Having a rubber handle is undoubtedly a major feature of the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S packaging. This handle may not really allow you to carry the box easily, but it definitely makes the product look more like a gift for children.

Under the cute packaging, the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S comes with a magnetic charger, a screwdriver for removing the back cover, four spare screws and a paper card signed by 360 CEO Zhou Hongyi. It has to be said that the 360 ​​Children's Watch's usual animated-style strap is still very eye-catching.

The purpose of removing the back cover is to install the SIM card. From the back of the watch, we can also see that the magnetic charging position of the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S has changed compared to before the upgrade, and it is closer to the side for more convenient use.

The 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S is compatible with the Micro SIM card specification, which is what we commonly call a "medium card". Of course, a classmate who "graduated" from Foxconn also successfully installed the Nano SIM "small card" commonly seen on high-end mobile phones. The built-in battery of the watch is fixed on the back cover of the watch. The capacity of 520mAh is not small for any wearable device, and it should be designed for more than three days of normal use.

The 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S uses a SIM card to realize functions such as network positioning, online voice, and phone calls. Regarding the SIM card, it can be learned from the reminder card in the package that the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S supports China Unicom and China Mobile 2G networks. Users need to activate a data traffic service of more than 30MB/month, and the watch also needs to be activated through the network.

As the most significant upgrade of the entire watch, the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S is equipped with a 1.3-inch IPS true full-color touch screen with a pixel density of 261PPI. It is known as the children's smart watch with the highest resolution screen at present, and its actual viewing and fineness is indeed quite outstanding. The main interface mainly displays time information, and the mobile network signal strength display method is similar to that of Apple iPhone.

The operating logic of the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S is very simple. Swipe down on the screen to call out motion detection data and alarm clock. Swipe left to call out contacts. You can return by swiping in the opposite direction, or use the side buttons to complete the same action. The threshold for getting started is extremely low.

In terms of telephone communications, the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S supports the "press and hold to speak" function like WeChat, and can also use the most basic phone calls. The former uses data traffic, while the latter uses the most basic phone functions of ordinary mobile phones.

The most important thing about children's watches is pairing with parents' mobile phones. After installing the corresponding mobile phone APP, the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S needs to scan the QR code on the instruction manual in the package and complete the connection between devices by recording the mobile phone number on the watch SIM card in the APP.

Setting baby information is a more interesting project. In the 360 ​​Children's Guardian APP corresponding to the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S, the birthday of the "baby" can be set as early as January 1, 1970. You can also set a "big baby" with a height of 2 meters and a weight of 90 kilograms.

Communicating with the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S using a mobile phone is even simpler than sending WeChat messages. Language is naturally the most direct and efficient means of communication. It is also worth noting that the emoticons built into the 360 ​​Children's Guardian APP are very detailed. After all, some young children are most sensitive to the meaning expressed by the patterns.

Regarding the core positioning function, the performance of the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S is real and usable. We can determine the approximate location of the watch in the relatively closed environment inside the office. I believe that in an open outdoor environment, with the GPS inside the watch, the positioning will be more accurate.

However, unlike the positioning needs of mobile phones, which are mainly based on map navigation, parents have different needs for their children's location information, such as where did the child go today? How can parents find their children? In this regard, 360 Children's Watch 3S is relatively comprehensive. On the APP, parents can view the activity path map drawn by the location information of the watch on a daily basis, or directly mobilize the map software from the APP to go to the location of the watch, which is fast and efficient.

Making calls between a mobile phone and a watch is not much different from ordinary dialing on a mobile phone, but the watch side does not support dialing. Before use, you need to preset specific numbers as parents, brothers and sisters. The 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S cannot be connected to headphones, but fortunately the external speaker is large enough, so even in a noisy outdoor environment, it is not stressful to hear the conversation clearly by putting it close to your ear.

Different from the mobile phone apps of general smart devices, the 360 ​​Kids Guardian APP that works with the 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S is more attentive. The reason for this is that in addition to connecting to the watch, more additional functions have been added to the APP.

"Circle" can be regarded as the circle of friends in 360 Children's Guardian. The content is concentrated in several life categories such as local services and parenting experiences, and is aimed at parents of children.

The 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S supports using the mobile phone's Bluetooth to locate the watch within the mobile phone's Bluetooth connection range. However, in reality, if the APP software is killed by the background of the mobile phone, the Bluetooth will be interrupted, so you need to pay attention when using it.

However, the emergency release of "looking for baby" information is an extremely practical function. When browsing the message list, we found that the first message on the first screen was about a 12-year-old female junior high school student from Hefei, Anhui who was lost. It can be seen that no matter what age the child is, there is a risk of getting lost. This also reflects from one aspect the necessity of children's personal safety smart products in society.

There is no doubt that most people may not really need a smartwatch, but attributes such as children and safety do give smart wearable devices a different meaning.

Whether from the function and value of the product itself, or from the inherent concepts of schools and parents, equipping children with a mobile phone is always a questionable approach. Now, the emergence of a children's smart watch that can insert a SIM card, locate, and make calls undoubtedly provides a reasonable compromise method to obtain children's location information and communicate with children remotely.

The 360 ​​Children's Watch 3S, priced at 499 yuan, will be officially launched on January 19. Yes, this watch is not as expensive as other watches, nor does it look as cool as other watches. However, as Zhou Hongyi, chairman and CEO of 360, said at the press conference, children's smart watches have high social value, which is of great significance to families and society.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.