KidsComing soonA first phone.
A closed circle.
Nothing else gets in.
HALO Kids is a first phone for 7–13s. The same safety core as HALO Phone — a closed circle, no strangers, no app store — in a phone made for a kid. Chat, photos, video calls and I’m OK with the people who matter. Nothing else.
- No app store
- No strangers
- Parents approve every app
Why it’s different
Everything a first phone should be. Nothing it shouldn’t.
A normal first phone is a full smartphone with rules bolted on. HALO Kids starts from nothing and only lets in what you choose.
A closed circle
Only people you’ve invited can call or message. Grandparents, a best friend’s family, the childminder — you decide who’s in, from the Circle app.
No strangers
Unknown callers are silently blocked. Nothing rings, nothing buzzes, nothing to report. There is no way in from outside the circle.
- No app store
You approve every app
There’s no store on the phone. Approve an app from the Circle app and it installs remotely, through Managed Google Play. Take it away again just as easily.
Bedtime and daily limits
Quiet hours when the phone dims to a clock, and a daily limit for each app. Set it once; no nightly negotiation.
School-day mode
A schedule for the week: calls and “I’m OK” during school, the rest waits until home time. A wind-down mode for the evening.
Family chat and video
Photos, voice notes and video calls with the circle, one tap on a face. No links, no accounts, no feed to scroll.
The phone
Made for a kid. Built like HALO.
Their own photo behind everything, the time over it, and frosted tiles for the apps you’ve approved. Chat, Video and Call sit in the dock, always one tap away. Hold the red button for help. And the eye, top right, opens the same transparency board as HALO Phone — Sam always sees who can see what, so trust runs both ways.
Location and “I’m OK”. See where they are when it matters, get a nudge when they reach school, and a one-tap check-in that says they’re fine.
SOS to every guardian. One long press. Everyone in the circle knows within seconds, with location.
Nothing covert. The phone shows Sam exactly what you can see. No silent monitoring, ever.
Grows with them. Add a game, a bus timetable, a music app; loosen the limits as they earn it — all from the Circle app.
Two-guardian rule. Removing a guardian or deleting the circle takes two of you to agree. No one acts alone.
HALO Kids shares its safety core with HALO Phone: the closed circle, the transparency board and the two-guardian rule. It’s a different phone for a different person — with the same rules underneath.
HALO Kids waitlistComing soon
Join the HALO Kids waitlist.
HALO Kids is coming soon. Leave your details and we’ll email you when the first phones are ready — and nothing else. Like HALO Phone, it comes pre-set-up, with a HALO Circle subscription for the family.
- · No spam, no sharing your address. Ever.
- · Parents and guardians — one circle per family.