Set up Galaxy Watch for Kids (2025)

1. On your Samsung Galaxy phone, open the Galaxy Wearable app.
2. On the “Galaxy Wearable” screen, tap Next.
3. Select your child’s Samsung watch.
   • If you can’t find your device, tap Scan again.
4. Check the number on your watch.
5. Tap Confirm.
   • Your child’s watch might take a few minutes to get ready.
6. To set up your child’s watch, tap Start setup for your child Next Let’s go.
7. Select your Google Account.
8. Tap your child’s account.
   • If your child’s account isn’t created yet:
     1. Tap Create account for child Let’s go.
     2. Follow the on-screen instructions.
9. When you find “You’re all set!” message, you’re done with the set up.

Important: School time is available on select watches with Wear OS 5 or later.

Add a school time break

Delete a school time break

Tip: If your child’s watch has connectivity, changes take effect immediately.

You can approve which apps your child has on their watch. Your child can send you a request when they want to add an app.

1. On your child’s watch, they select an app they want.
2. They receive a notification to ask a parent. Your child taps Send request Got it.
3. On your device, you receive a notification. When you open the notification, you receive information about the app, like cost.
4. Tap either:
   • Review: To review more information about the app and approve or deny the app download.
   • Deny: To block your child from downloading the app on their watch.

Tips:

• Your child receives a notification of your decision on their watch.
• You can also manage app download requests through your Play Store settings:
  1. Tap Play Store Settings Family.
  2. Tap Manage approval requests.
• Not all apps are available to find and download on a kids watch. App selection may be limited based on standalone capability for app to work without requiring connectivity to a phone or age appropriateness if you decide to limit app access through Family Link.

Your child can check from their Galaxy Watch the parental control settings.

1. On your Galaxy Watch for Kids, open Settings .
2. Tap Google Parental controls.
3. Your child can review:
   • School time: The schedule for today, parent can change settings for school time, and allowed apps during school time.
   • Blocked apps: List of blocked apps.
   • Call & text: Parent managed contacts and if they are blocked from specific contacts.
     • Your child can always call emergency services.
     • Your child can text or call their emergency contacts if they are added as approved contacts.
   • Location: Parent can monitor your watch’s location.
   • Other settings: You can find supervision details like:
     • Content restrictions for Google products
     • Account settings
     • Device information

• Learn how to set up location sharing
• Learn how to get alerts based on your child’s location
• Learn how to manage your child’s screen time
• Learn how to set app time limits on your child’s device
• Learn how to set up your child’s contacts