Redmi Kids Phone Watch Pro Launches in China With Offline Tracking and Dual Flip Cameras

Tuesday, 14 July 2026 at 09:39

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Xiaomi just added its most capable kids' smartwatch yet. The Redmi Kids Phone Watch Pro goes on sale in China today at 1,199 yuan (~$175), with an early-bird price of 1,045 yuan for the first batch. It's the brand's most feature-loaded children's wearable to date — and the two things that set it apart are genuinely useful rather than gimmicky.

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Summary

Dual 5MP flip cameras: A camera on the front bezel and another on a flip-up housing on the back — kids can use both for selfies and outward-facing shots.
Offline tracking for 5 days: Even after the watch powers down completely, it keeps sharing location data for roughly five days using nearby Xiaomi devices as relay points.
Third-gen AI floor positioning: Pinpoints not just the building a child is in, but the specific floor — updated every second.
Water-proximity alert: Automatically notifies parents if the child gets too close to a lake, pool, or river.
Parental controls and school mode: Screen-time limits, app usage monitoring, and automatic watch disabling during school hours.

The Offline Tracking Feature Is the One That Matters

Most kids' smartwatches stop tracking when the battery dies. The Redmi Kids Phone Watch Pro doesn't. A dual-core architecture combined with Xiaomi's Find My network allows the watch to keep broadcasting location signals for up to five days after it shuts off — using nearby Xiaomi devices to relay the position back to the parent's app. For a child who forgets to charge their watch, that's a meaningful safety layer.

The AI floor-positioning system builds on what Xiaomi introduced in January with its Kids Watch AMOLED model. The third-generation version updates every second and can identify subway stations, log commute routes, and save them for parents to review. If your child takes the same route to school every day, the watch learns that pattern and flags deviations.

The previous Redmi Kids Watch

Cameras That Kids Will Actually Use

The dual flip camera setup is unusual for a kids' watch. One 5MP sensor sits on the front of the octagonal case as expected. The second one is mounted on a small housing that flips up from the back — essentially a selfie stick built into the watch. Both shoot at 5MP. Whether kids find this genuinely fun or quickly lose interest is a question parents will have to answer, but the mechanical design is at least distinct.

Safety, Social, and School Controls

The water-proximity alert is a standout safety feature. It doesn't require GPS coordination with a pool or lake — it detects proximity to water surfaces and sends an automatic notification to parents. The watch also supports child-safe messaging through WeChat and QQ, and lets kids add friends by tapping watches together, including devices from rival brands.

Parental controls cover wear time, app usage, and screen time. The school mode auto-disables the watch during class hours based on a schedule parents configure.