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The Fitbit Ace LTE smartwatch now lets kids buy stuff

Close-up of the Fitbit Ace LTE in the Spicy Pebble variant with a neon green bumper.
Fitbit’s rolling out Tap to Pay in time for the new school year. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge

It’s officially back-to-school season, so Fitbit’s updating its kids-focused Ace LTE smartwatch with some helpful features for parents and children. Namely, it’s adding a Tap to Pay feature, launching two new games, and later this year, will allow users to add siblings as contacts in the Fitbit Ace app.

Tap to Pay was mentioned as “coming soon” when the Ace LTE launched back in May. The idea was to give kids the freedom to buy things on their own, while also allowing parents oversight. To do that, Google — which owns Fitbit — is partnering with Greenlight and GoHenry, which offer debit cards for children and teens. If you have accounts with those services, you’ll be able to add them to the Ace LTE, and kids will be able to use their…

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