How much does the AT&T amiGO Jr. cost?

It is $259.99, or $2.99 a month for 36 months on a new line with an eligible AT&T unlimited plan, after bill credits. There is a $35 activation fee, the phone plan is extra, and if you cancel service the rest of the phone's price is due. It launched at $209.99 in February 2026.

Can the amiGO Jr. be used on Verizon or T-Mobile?

No. AT&T says phone service requires an AT&T postpaid wireless plan.

Can parents read texts on the amiGO Jr.?

Yes. The amiGO app shows the kid's message threads. Calls and texts also work only with contacts a parent adds, unless the parent lets the kid manage their own contacts.

Does the amiGO Jr. have a web browser?

It has the amiGO Web browser, which opens only sites a parent approves. A blocked site shows a Request Approval button, and parents approve or deny from the app.

How is the amiGO Jr. different from Pinwheel, Gabb or Troomi?

Those phones work on more than one network and come with their own plans. The amiGO Jr. is tied to AT&T but is the cheapest for a family already there, at $2.99 a month on a new line. Its controls are similar: approved contacts, approved apps, schedules and location.

AT&T amiGO Jr. Phone – WISE Score & Parent Review | Screenwise

AT&T amiGO Jr. Phone

Name: Screenwise
Author: Screenwise

Product2026kid-phone

76%

WISE Score

AT&T's own locked-down Samsung phone for kids: approved contacts, websites and apps, texts parents can read, $2.99 a month on a new AT&T line.

AT&T amiGO Jr. Phone

Product

2026, kid-phone

76%

WISE Score

AT&T's own locked-down Samsung phone for kids: approved contacts, websites and apps, texts parents can read, $2.99 a month on a new AT&T line.

Jump to

Where to Buy

Visit official site

Screenwise Verdict

The amiGO Jr. is the easy button for an AT&T family. It is a real Samsung Galaxy phone, it looks like everyone else's, and with a new line on an eligible unlimited plan it costs $2.99 a month. AT&T locks it down on day one: calls and texts only to contacts you add, websites only once you approve them, and apps only when you turn them on.

The controls go further than most parents need at first. You can read your kid's texts, see where they are, get an alert when they reach school, and schedule school hours and bedtime. That makes it a phone you can open up as your kid shows they can handle it.

Two cautions. It only works on AT&T, and the $2.99 price is a 36-month deal that ends if you cancel. And buyers on att.com rate it 1.6 out of 5, so try it inside the return window before you commit.

Age Fit

AT&T built it with families of kids up to 12, and the controls suit 8 to 12: a first phone for the walk to school, calls to parents and texts with a few approved friends. A 13-year-old will push for social apps and an open browser, and at that point the question is whether you loosen the settings or switch phones.

WISE Breakdown

Wholesome

A full Android phone with the open parts closed until a parent opens them: approved contacts, approved websites, approved apps. What it becomes depends on what a parent switches on.

Imaginative

A good camera once a parent turns it on, and whatever creative apps the family approves. Out of the box it is a calling and texting phone.

Safe

Contacts, websites and apps are allow-lists run by a parent, voicemail is off so unknown callers cannot leave messages, and parents can read texts and see live location. The limits live in an app on top of stock Android, so the settings are only as tight as a parent keeps them.

Enriching

A kid learns to run a real smartphone with a parent close behind, which is the skill a first phone is for. How much it teaches beyond that depends on the apps a family allows.

Parent Info

✓

Why It Might Be Great

A real Samsung Galaxy A16 5G, so it looks like a normal phone: 6.7-inch screen, 50 MP camera, a battery that lasts a school day.
Calls and texts only with contacts a parent adds. Voicemail starts off, so strangers cannot leave messages.
Websites open only after a parent approves them, and the kid can request one with a tap.
Live location, Safe Zones with arrive and leave alerts, school-hours schedules and screen-time limits in one free app.
$2.99 a month on a new line with an eligible AT&T unlimited plan.

⚠

What to Watch For

It needs an AT&T postpaid plan. It will not work on another carrier.
The $2.99 price is a 36-month installment with bill credits, plus a $35 activation fee. Cancel early and the rest of the $259.99 is due.
Buyers on att.com rate it 1.6 out of 5 across 73 reviews. Parents rating the amiGO app on iPhone mention confusing contact setup and missed notifications.
Parents can read every text. Decide with your kid what you will look at, and tell them.
PCMag notes AT&T has not promised how long it will get software updates.

Conversation Starters

"Which friends should be on your contact list first?"
"Which websites do you want to ask for, and why?"
"I can read your texts. What should I look at, and when?"
"What would you need to show us before the camera goes on?"

Deep Dive

AT&T's own kids' phone is a Galaxy with the doors shut

AT&T launched the amiGO Jr. on February 6, 2026, the first kids' smartphone a major US carrier sells under its own name. It is a Samsung Galaxy A16 5G running AT&T's amiGO software, built for families with kids up to 12.

The AT&T amiGO Jr. Phone from the back, with three cameras and a Samsung logo, and from the front, with a lock screen showing cartoon dogs and a turtle around a campfire A Samsung Galaxy A16 5G underneath, in black.

The hardware is an ordinary mid-range phone: a 6.7-inch screen, a 50 MP main camera, a 5,000 mAh battery, 128 GB of storage and Android 16. It is rated IP54 for splashes and dust.

Everything starts closed

Out of the box, the phone is close to a calling-and-texting phone:

Contacts. Calls and texts work only with people a parent adds, unless the parent lets the kid manage contacts.
Voicemail is switched off, so people who are not on the list cannot leave messages.
Camera starts off. A parent turns it on in App Management.
Websites open only in the amiGO Web browser, and only once a parent approves them. A blocked site shows a Request Approval button.
Settings need a parent's permission.

Four kids outdoors looking at phones, with an amiGO app screen labeled Parent Control listing App Management, Screen Time Limits, Website Management and Schedules The parent side of the amiGO app, from AT&T's own product page.

The free amiGO app, on iPhone and Android, is where a parent opens things up: apps, websites, screen-time limits and schedules like school hours and bedtime. It also shows live location, sends alerts when the kid arrives at or leaves a Safe Zone, and shows the kid's texts.

Three girls lying on a bed looking at a phone, beside a phone screen that reads Blocked Website: This website has not been approved and cannot be viewed, with a Request Approval button A site nobody has approved yet. The kid taps Request Approval and a parent decides.

What it costs, and the catch

The phone is $259.99. With a new line on an eligible AT&T unlimited plan it drops to $2.99 a month over 36 months, through bill credits, with a $35 activation fee and the plan on top. Cancel service and the rest of the phone's price is due. It launched at $209.99, and AT&T raised the price since.

It only works on AT&T postpaid service. For a family already on AT&T, that makes it the cheapest locked-down phone going. For anyone else, Pinwheel, Gabb and Troomi come with their own plans. This comparison covers those three.

What owners say

Buyers on att.com give the phone 1.6 out of 5 across 73 reviews. The amiGO app itself rates 4.7 on the App Store, though that covers AT&T's kids' watches and tablets too, and the complaints there are about confusing contact setup, missed notifications and wrong locations. Reviews.org called it the best solution it had seen. Android Police argued a stock Android phone with Google's free Family Link covers most of the same ground.

So buy it inside the return window, set up the contacts and the schedules in the first week, and see whether the app keeps up with your kid.

For every other option, from home landlines to kid watches, see the guide to every new kid phone.

What Parents Ask

Ask Anything

Get a personalized guide on any topic

Related Guides

The New Kid Phones Leave Out the Feed: Freckle, Tin Can, Commodore and Every Option for 2026

Home landlines, kid watches, a phone built for going outside, locked-down smartphones and calm phones for adults: what each one does, what it costs every month, and the age it fits.

Writing about AT&T amiGO Jr. Phone? Put this WISE score on your site