The need for kid-friendly devices has increased as technology has become an integral part of our everyday lives. Launched in Malaysia earlier this month, myFirst‘s Kids Tech Collection includes cutting-edge gadgets, and myFirst Circle – an effective substitute for social media platforms for children. myFirst Fone R1s, a smartwatch-shaped device from the brand, offers a gateway for children to stay connected within a safe ecosystem, with full parental control.
The company’s myFirst Fone R1s watchphone integrates a phone for voice and video calls, messaging app, music player, camera, clock, GPS, and fitness tracker into one convenient device. The watchphone not only counts steps but also monitors heart rate and encourages its users by allowing them to earn adorable badges for their efforts. It also allows parents to record their own customised voice reminders for their children, and to train children how to use alarms and reminders. The R1s’s watchphone face may also be personalised by selecting from a library of in-device photographs, selfies, and animated backgrounds.
G-Jay Yong collaborated with his eight-year-old daughter RuFaye Yong, the world’s youngest product manager, to create the R1s as the latest secure digital gateway for kids. The firm saw a need to help youngsters socially and emotionally by encouraging them to use technology while still keeping them safely connected to family and friends.
With the goal of enhancing a kid’s development with learning experiences through entertaining and creative devices, myFirst was designed to be the first safe tech encounter for a youngster.
“We wanted to rethink the way kids learn and play in hopes of creating a community where children can grow up with technology introduced safely in their lives prior to facing the challenges of the adult tech world,” said G-Jay Yong, founder of myFirst.To amplify this safe experience for children, we have designed a safe social circle app for myFirst device users called the myFirst Circle,”
According to G-Jay Yong, they designed a safe social circle app for myFirst device users called myFirst Circle to amplify this safe experience for children.
MyFirst Circle, dubbed the “World’s first kids social circle,” is an app that links the smartphone app of a child’s parents with that of the child’s R1s smartwatch to create a fun and engaging environment for the child. The social circle app is the first of its kind to provide a safe and secure environment for children to communicate with their loved ones and friends through voice and video calls, text messages, location sharing, and social media. Children will not be accessible to strangers through this app, and there will be no advertisements to compromise their privacy and safety.
Aside from the R1s wristwatch, myFirst has also developed bone-conduction headphones called myFirst Headphones BC, Wireless, or Lite. Bone conduction technology enables kids to listen to music without blocking their ear canals, allowing them to be aware of their surroundings at all times. In addition to providing kid-safe technology options, myFirst also offers a selection of creative outlets for kids to enhance their visual and artistic skills – myFirst Sketch is a digital notebook for budding artists that stores their work digitally for future viewing, and the myFirst 3dPen is a 3D modelling pen for kids. The myFirst Camera is a great option for kids who want to try their hand at photography.
Children need early exposure to technology so that they can keep up with the ever-increasing rate at which technological development is occurring in the world of cognition. myFirst’s products provide a number of possibilities for kids to play and learn in a secure and convenient environment.
The brand’s official Malaysian online store can be found at my.myfirst.tech, but parents can also purchase myFirst products at selected brick-and-mortar shops. 
