Android tablet for kids with case, no Fire Kids!!

[Relentless81]

Hi,

I'm at my wits end with my son's Amazon fire tablet and decided I'm done with the whole Amazon tablet for kids setup and going to start phasing them out of my house, I will pass it on to my younger son for now. It is hilariously bad and the most basic tasks are frustrating. Can't even install YouTube on the piece of ****

I want a bare bones Android tablet with decent performance (something his fire has so don't want it slower) that I can access the play store and use family link to manage

It needs to have a decent case available because he'll drop it at some point.

Any advice please? Budget under £100 inc case if possible but could go higher for something decent

Thanks

 

[Relentless81]

Samsung with it's kids mode is great. Only apps you allow can be used.
Check each model as some didn't have kids mode in the past.

I didn't know about that thanks I'll look into it

 

[Relentless81]

Thanks, pixel tablets are too expensive for him and what he uses it for at the moment

I'll have a look a look at Lenovo as well as Samsung

 

[Relentless81]

I'm using Google Family Link with Samsung Tab A9+ for both my kids and I find the combination absolutely brilliant, both in terms of hardware and the ability to control what they do with the software. £150 in the usual place if you can stretch to that, otherwise the normal A9 is £100 but smaller.

P.S. I also had Amazon Fire for a while and I agree, they are ****.

Hi, I can't see these for £150 unless it states "non UK version" is that what you have?

I take it you sign into the tablet on first setup with their Google account?

Does YouTube sign into the app with their own Google account and works with the family link specific settings?

Is there Anything else your kids use it for that can be set with family link, maybe in Chrome such as age restricted browsing etc?

Sorry for all the questions I just want to make sure family link will do everything I hope after tearing my hair out with the Amazon stuff

 

[Relentless81]

Nice thanks, just not sure on this Samsung kids, wanting to do everything through one solution such as family link

 

[Relentless81]

Just edited above post with screenshots of family link on my phone

That's great thanks for that, I think I'm going to look at getting him the A9+ and use it with family link and pass his fire 10 to his younger brother

He's hospital bound at the moment and the fire 10 just causes unnecessary stress trying to do simple things to alleviate boredom so really need something thats easier to manage

 

[Relentless81]

Why do you need Kid Space over and above Family Link?

 

[Relentless81]

Found some time time today and watched some YouTube vids on kidspace, I think he'll be alright without it and just use family link to control play store, YouTube, chrome etc

 

[Relentless81]

Yeah cheers I realized that today, I want him to get stuck in with android so I'm happy to leave kid space off and just use family link to limit the Google apps

 

[Relentless81]

Still not got around to buying him one, prices seemed to go up as soon as I started looking so I'm going to wait until they come down but haven't looked in a week or two, he's been very poorly and in hospital a lot so it slid down the priority list for now

I do intend to get him one so his younger brother can inherit his because his younger brothers is knackered, cracked screen and battery loses power quicker and takes longer to charge etc plus the frustration of a fire tablet don't matter to him yet

When I get one I'll post back here, hope you get something sorted, might be worth looking at some of the local tech repair shops in your local town that seem to be everywhere these days, they might be able to fix it or have a similar used one in