Fitbit today announced Ace 3 Special Edition: Minions, making it fun and easy for kids ages 6+ to get active and build healthy habits with the whole family alongside some of the most beloved and recognisable characters of all time: Illumination’s Minions.
The newest addition to Fitbit’s Ace kids activity and sleep-tracker line, Ace 3 Special Edition: Minions includes motivating features like hourly reminders to move and daily activity goals in a swimproof design² - all powered by eight days of battery life.³
Introducing a new interactive Minion clock face, Minions-inspired accessory bands and coming soon, Minions-themed activity badges, at the same accessible price as Fitbit Ace 3, Ace 3 Special Edition: Minions will be available in Singapore starting 7 June for SGD $118.
“Parents and kids love our Ace activity and sleep trackers for their engaging and motivating features that inspire kids to stay active and build healthy habits,” said Alison Ross Powers, Head of Global Strategic Partnerships for Fitbit at Google. “Introducing Illumination’s Minions to the Ace family brings fun, new Minions inspired features that weave in even more personality and surprises into the Fitbit experience for families and kids, keeping them moving and happy alongside their favourite on-screen characters.”
In response to theAsianparent's enquiry into how Fitbit Ace 3 can help parents and their children build healthier habits, a Fitbit Spokesperson tells use, "The Ace 3 can help kids develop healthy habits by encouraging them to get active and get the sleep their growing bodies need. The device helps motivate kids to get moving to reach the 60 daily active minutes with reminders to take at least 250 steps per hour, with an option to customise during school time."
"Plus, kids can easily set personalised goals and track their activity by reviewing their stats on the bright, easy-to-use touchscreen, setting timers and racing against the stopwatch. Parents and kids can engage in healthy experiences together, including fun Challenges, on-screen celebrations, badges, and nudges to move more – allowing them to find joy in being active and build healthier habits that last a lifetime together," they added.
"According to the Ministry of Health, it’s recommended that children between the age of 6 to 13 years old get 9 to 11 hours of sleep. With Ace 3’s sleep tracking tool that automatically tracks sleep duration, parents can better understand if their children are getting enough rest on a nightly basis," they shared.
"In the Fitbit app, parents can set sleep goals for their kids and make use of features such as bedtime reminders and the silent alarm to create a consistent sleep schedule and develop healthy sleeping habits in their children to ensure enough time to rest and recharge," added Fitbit's Spokesperson.
Ace 3 Special Edition: Minions brings the loveable characters directly to kids’ wrists with a themed design built into every aspect of the Fitbit device experience.
With an exclusive, engraved accessory band in Minions Yellow with an embossed Minions design, the device is built to withstand tumbles and spills with a comfortable and secure silicone band and bumper.
"For kids ages 6 and above, the Ace 3 helps them to get active and build healthy habits, with up to 8 days of battery life in a swimproof design, Ace 3 can keep up with kids all week long. Designed with kids in mind, Ace 3 was built for up, down, all-around action with a comfortable silicone band and secure, adjustable clasp," says their Spokesperson.
Kids with any Ace 3 device can also customise their tracker with additional Minions-themed bands in Despicable Blue and Mischief Black,4 so all kids with the latest Fitbit kids and activity trackers can enjoy the mischievous and larger-than-life personalities of the Minions.
On-device, a new animated clock face, available exclusively to Ace 3 devices, allows kids to become the Minions’ latest “boss” as the expressive character runs, dances, skateboards and swims, encourages kids to get moving and illustrates their progress towards daily customisable goals for either active minutes or steps.
The fun doesn’t stop with Ace 3 Special Edition: Minions. Coming soon, all Fitbit users can enjoy new Minions-themed activity badges in the Fitbit app for various step milestones featuring three of the most beloved Minions: Stuart, Kevin and Bob. Once earned, the badges will act as glowing signs of pride in your or your kids’ profiles in the Fitbit app, and serve as a reminder to keep chasing daily activity goals.
Ace 3 Special Edition: Minions has the same extensive safeguards as the entire Ace product line, so kids can focus on building healthy habits while parents can be assured their child’s privacy is protected.
Parents can set up a Fitbit family account in the Fitbit app to access privacy controls and protections, which is strongly suggested for children ages 12 and under and required for using Ace 3 Special Edition: Minions or Ace 3.
"We recognise that each member of the family is different, which is why the devices are highly customisable in terms of the different tools available that each individual can tap into to keep track of their overall health and wellbeing, whether it is steps tracking, menstrual cycle tracking, heart rate variability (HRV), breathing rate, sleep tracking or more," Fitbit told TAP.
Through Parent View in the app, parents can easily see their kid’s activity, manage what is shown on their kid’s app experience, and approve their kid’s friend requests.
Their spokesperson says, "While each family member may have different personal wellness priorities, families can still stay connected with Fitbit’s family account where they can engage in friendly competition via Family Face Off challenges and celebrate milestones with virtual badges and trophies. By building these habits together as a family, parents and children can stay active while having fun and the entire family can embark on a journey to a healthier life together."
To promote the development of healthy habits, Ace 3 and Ace 3 Special Edition: Minions use a focused Kid View in-app that shows the data that matters most, like activity and sleep stats,5 as well as parent-approved friends, clock faces, avatars and badges.
The Ace 3 experience is designed to meet the child- privacy standards outlined by law where available, including COPPA in the United States and GDPR in Europe.
Fitbit Ace 3 Special Edition: Minions, the latest tracker in the beloved Ace 3 line (4.7/5 rating on Amazon with 78% 5-star reviews in the U.S.), will be available on Fitbit.com/cart and at major retailers in Singapore such as Best Denki, Challenger, Courts, E-Gadget, Gain City, Harvey Norman, online at Amazon and Fitbit’s Official Store on Lazada and Shopee from 7 June 2021. Ace 3 Special Edition: Minions retails for SGD $118.6 Additional Minions engraved silicone accessory bands compatible with all Ace 3 devices are available for SGD $34.90 in Despicable Blue and Mischief Black7 only on Fitbit.com/cart.
1 Minions-themed activity badges coming soon.
2 Water resistant up to 50M.
3 Battery life varies with use and other factors.
4 Sold separately
5 Ace 3 includes a heart rate sensor that is not activated.
6 Water resistant up to 50M.
7 Sold separately