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Manage the contacts on their Bark Watch

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Paola Rivera

Set Up Contact Approval

To manage what contacts your child is allowed to contact with their Bark Watch:

On your dashboard, tap on your child's profile and then on Contacts. new UI Bark Watch contacts.png

Types of contacts

✅ Approved Contacts — Allows calls and texts to and from this number (unless blocked by your routines).

 asterisk-solid.svg  Emergency Contacts — Always allows calls and texts to and from this number (unless the text app is blocked). Can also be quickly contacted with the SOS side button.

🚫 Unapproved Contacts — Blocks calls and texts to and from this number.

Schedule what types of contacts can call with routines

  1. On your Bark parent app / dashboard, tap your child's profile.
  2. Tap ✏ the pencil under the routine you'd like to edit and look at Contacts.
  3. Review "Who can your kid contact when using this routine?" to make your changes.
    • Tap Emergency Contacts Only if you only want your kid to be able to text and call emergency contacts during this current routine.
    • Tap All approved contacts if you want your kid to be able to text and call any approved contacts during this current routine.
  4. Repeat for any other routines you've scheduled.

How you can block or allow numbers

You can block or unblock contacts on your parent app at any time.

  1. Open up your Bark parent app / dashboard.
  2. Tap your child's name.
  3. Tap Contacts.
  4. Tap +Add contact.
  5. Enter in the phone number you'd like to block or unblock.
  6. That's it! It may take a few minutes for changes to take effect on your kid's Bark Watch.

When an unapproved contact reaches out:

  • Text messages and calls from them won't show up for your child.
  • Their calls to your child won't go through.
  • They won't be able to leave a voicemail.

How to open contacts on the Bark Watch

Quickest method:

  • Short-press the bottom side button twice (2x).

Other method:

  1. Short-press the top side button to open the home screen.
  2. Swipe from left to right to open the apps list.
  3. Tap Bark Watch - contacts icon.png Contacts.
  4. Any contacts you've added on the dashboard (that are allowed to be contacted during this routine) will be visible. Your child can tap on the contact and then tap on the call or text option.
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How to quickly call an emergency contact on the Bark Watch

  1. Short-press the top side button to wake up the watch, if applicable.
  2. Long-press the bottom side button to start calling emergency contacts directly. If the first call is not answered within 20 seconds, it will call the next emergency contact on the list.
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How to contact 911 or 988 on the Bark Watch

Method A:

  1. Short-press the top side button to wake up the watch, if applicable.
  2. Now, short-press the bottom side button.
  3. Tap 911 SOS Call or 988 Lifeline.
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Method B:

  1. Short-press the top side button to wake up the watch, if applicable.
  2. Quickly short-press the top side button once and the bottom side button twice.
  3. Swipe right on the SOS Call button to call 911.
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