StoryPhones: Keeping your toddlers entertained - and off the screens

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StoryPhones: Keeping your toddlers entertained - and off the screens
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Review: These headphones play stories via swappable discs, and a tie-in with Disney brings Frozen and Toy Story into the mix

Digital entertainment presents a conundrum for parents. While we all should appreciate the logic in restricting screen time, it is hard to avoid it completely, whether that entertainment comes in the form of tablets, video games or going online. And for many people it’s not realistic to cut digital devices out completely; sometimes it is a choice between screen time and your sanity, and if you really need to sell it, there are educational benefits to some of the apps aimed at children.

The story discs attach to one ear cup. The first time you attach the disc – and you are in wifi range – the stories will download to the headphones. Even if the disc is removed, the download will continue as long as you are in wifi range. Swapping the discs is simple; they pop on and off, held tightly on to the ear cup by magnets.Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra review: Bigger, bolder, brighter...

Speaking of volume, the headphones do well on this front. No parent wants to damage their child’s hearing in toddlerhood. Volume can be limited, with several options suitable for protecting a toddler’s hearing, for example, and a slightly louder limit for an older child. They are also quite durable, and survived several rounds of toddler-powered bashing without any ill effects.

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