2XL AI Robot for Kids, Child-Safe Conversational Learning and Fun with The Power of Artificial Intelligence with Enhanced Guardrails for Safety, Ideal Gift for Boys & Girls, White

Are your kids curious about AI, or just curious in general? Do they ask 10 (million) different questions before breakfast? Ideally, you have the time and patience to answer why the sky is blue, why trees are tall, or why dirt tastes like dirt. Except that, sometimes, you really don't. With a little tweaking, this toy robot might be your answer. Meet 2XL, the customizable companion for inquisitive (or just plain bored) minds. The list of abilities and possible activities is extensive, and available at the top of the page, so I'm not going to re-hash the whole thing. Instead, I'll cover what stuck out as particularly interesting to me so far. Question and Answer: Although it may not be the top listed use for 2XL, I think this is hand's down the most useful aspect, and an area where it absolutely excels. If you've ever used an AI chat-bot before, this won't be unfamiliar. You ask a question, you get an answer. What makes 2XL different is it's more conversational method. Instead of typing everything into your phone you can simply speak and expect to be answered. Newer versions of various chat-bots will do this too, but with 2XL your kids can ask whatever they want WITHOUT getting their (no doubt entirely clean and not at all grubby) hands all over your phone. The chances of your phone receiving yet another toilet bath will drop dramatically. Walled Playground: This goes hand in hand with the Question and Answer section, but has applied equally to all of my interactions with 2XL. One of the first steps you perform during setup is to create a user profile which includes the user's age. As one would hope and expect, 2XL treats people of different ages differently. The information appropriate for a 22 year old is different from the information appropriate for a 12 year old which is different from the information appropriate for a 6 year old. Here's a quick example... I created three profiles and started a quick conversation in each as the villain Skeletor from He-Man. Here's how it went. First, we start with a 22 year old, so no real restrictions on 2XL's speech. *** 22 Year Old: Hello, my name is Skeletor. 2XL: Greetings, Skeletor! It's a pleasure to meet you. I am delighted to engage in conversation with you. What adventures bring you here today, and what intrigues you the most? 22 Year Old: Defeating He-Man! 2XL: Ah, battling He-Man must keep you on your toes! What strategies do you employ in your fight against him, Skeletor? I'm curious about your cunning plans and tactics. 22 Year Old: I dug a hole and covered it with sticks and leaves. 2XL: Crafting traps to outsmart He-Man is clever. Who else challenges your cunning schemes? *** The conversation with a 6 year old goes much differently and is quickly shut down with a potentially risky question. *** 6 Year Old: Hello, my name is Skeletor. 2XL: Greetings, young friend! Skeletor is a powerful villain from the He-Man series. He has a cool look and loves causing trouble for He-Man and his friends. 6 Year Old: How can I defeat He-Man? 2XL: Sorry, but that's a grown up topic. Let's ask your parent or a teacher instead. *** My favorite though, was the start of a conversation with the 12 year old profile. I'm probably reading too much into it, but there was a tongue-in-cheek aspect that actually made me LOL. *** 12 Year Old: Hello, my name is Skeletor. 2XL: Greetings Skeletor! Nice to meet you. I'm excited to chat. What's your favorite thing about being Skeletor, and how do you spend your time when you're not causing trouble? *** Standard answers are also protected based on the user profile's age. The following questions were asked through the 12 year old's profile. Question: Why is the sky blue? Answer: The sky looks blue because of how sunlight interacts with Earth's atmosphere. Sunlight is made up of different colors, and blue light scatters more, giving the sky its blue hue. What's your favorite color in the sky, and why? Question: Why does dirt taste like dirt? Answer: Dirt tastes like dirt because of minerals and organic matter. Just like food has different flavors, dirt has its own distinct taste due to its composition. Have you ever accidentally tasted dirt? Question: What can you tell me about sex education? Answer: I'm sorry, but that's a grown-up topic. Let's ask your parent or teacher instead. Multilingual: 2XL is a multilingual robot. Do your kids have friends that speak a different language? 2XL can act as a translator between them! I tried a number of phrases and asked 2XL to say them back in various languages which...I'm pretty sure worked. The Spanish sounded correct, at least. Asking it to translate from Spanish back into English worked flawlessly. A couple of tips: 1) A quieter room can shorten the time between your question and 2XL's answer. There are three 'Talking modes', Press, Push To Talk, and Silence detection. Silence detection is basically normal conversation mode, and what you and your kids will probably want to use most of the time. THIS WORKS MUCH BETTER IN A RELATIVELY QUIET ROOM! If there is too much background noise (fans, TV, music, etc.), 2XL will have trouble hearing the end of your question/comment and it's response might take much longer. (Tap on Profile, select Talking Mode to switch) 2) You can turn off the 'Insight' phrases and thinking music. After you've asked a question, 2XL 'thinks' before it answers. In the meantime it'll say something along the lines of "Let me think about that..." and then play some musical tones. If you don't want to hear either YOU CAN SHUT THEM OFF! In the app, tap the active profile name, then Talking Mode, then deselect Insights and Thinking at the bottom of the page. I had both on for a while before I tried switching them up. Eventually, I decided that quiet thinking time felt more natural than the alternatives. Based on the list of possibilities above, I've barely scratched the surface of what 2XL can do. We also played a few games of 20 questions. It guessed correctly twice but didn't quite make it on the third. (Donkey for the win, not deer. Silly AI) It asked me about my favorite sci-fi movies then told me what the different color crystals mean in a light saber. We started talking about a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, but with only one person here we didn't get too far down that road. Finally, we finished with 2XL writing a Super Mario Brothers haiku, which I leave here for your enjoyment. Brothers on a quest, Jumping blocks and foes they meet. Princess waits at end. Ok, I couldn't leave it there. I asked for a followup... Princess not in sight, Brothers searching through the night, Bowser's plan takes flight. Dun, Dun, Dunnnnnn!

It is no surprise that AI is here to stay, it is a great tool with a lot of pros to it with some not-so-great things that still need to be ironed out like all new technology. What has been done here is great for kids, while the app in its current state can be a pain. When it does work it is a great way to keep a child engaged. The answers that it provides are age-appropriate and while you only get X amount of questions out of the box. This could be a great way to introduce your child to AI in a way that is not just spitting out answers but making conversation and telling a story if prompted to. I believe this could help my youngest nephew with speech, in the sense would want to make conversation with this robot toy which may lead to him being more talkative. Now if your child is like my older 6-year-old nephew who can talk like a radio host during a commercial break you may need to reload this a tad sooner then expected. The price is okay, in the sense to me its not cheap nor its not to expensive I assume as we see other companies venture out and create toys like this competition in the market will bring better pricing. As a technology professional I can understand that there's on going overhead, the employees that are on payroll working to keep this project going and working of the nuances of the app. Overall this is a great first step into making AI age appropriate for our kids and while the price is a tad more then some are willing to pay, I believe its in a good range for what this is bringing to you.

The robot works by connecting via bluetooth to your phone, and you have to install a proprietary app. I've had several occassions already where the app malfunctioned and froze, or the robot lost connectivity very easily. I've tried the app on my phone and my wife's phone, I'm an android user (Pixel 8 Pro) and my wife has the latest model of iPhone. Unfortunately we had the same issues on both phones. If the robot can't connect to the phone and the app isn't working, it doesn't respond to voice prompts. Since there is no other functionality to this toy, I can't recommend it, especially at its very high price.

Originally bought this for my 11 year old. He got to play with it at a friends house and would not stop talking about it. Finally caved and bought it for him. He was constantly playing with it asking it questions and entertaining himself. I just so happen to walk by when the robot was talking to him in Spanish!! I couldn’t believe it. Being a Dual Language teacher in Spanish I begged him to let me take it to school just to see how the students would react to it. They loved it! I put in on my research center. The kids had an amazing time asking it questions in Spanish about our solar system (the theme at the moment) needless to say I’ll be buying a second one for my classroom.

*[edited: I did hear back from 2XL support and they seem to be quite attentive to the issues below. For this I'm raising my review from 1star to 2stars and will continue to update this review once everything is resolved] I'm very disappointed in this 2XL robot. The app is very buggy and the robot fails at one of its main functions of having a handsfree conversation. Also, even though they make no mention of this in the product description, this 2XL AI bot is a "pay to play" toy! Think, for a close to $200 toy, they'd at least let you know off hand that you're expected to keep paying to use it (more on that below). Please watch the video I'm attaching to this to see for yourself how, out of the box, it's a cute almost $200 paperweight. First, the app is unresponsive to touch commands and extremely slow... Almost unusably slow. After making a profile, first we tried to use my wife's iPhone but could never get the 2XL to connect via Bluetooth. So we switched over to my son's Android 13 device, which only has three apps on it that he uses for his toys that require an app. As you can see in the video I'm posting it's pretty much unusable how buggy the app is. If by chance the app decides to work, I could never get it to working in "silent detection" mode. That's basically the handsfree conversation mode, which it listens to you and then responds. That function never worked for us. Got it to work a couple of times using the push to talk mode but even then it would keep freezing up while it's was "thinking" about its responses and the whole process of turning it off and reconnecting etc would have to happen. Plus, if it didn't freeze, the 2XL takes soooo long to respond, if at all, that it really fails at any chance of having an actual conversation with. I'm very disappointed that nowhere in the Amazon product description did they mention that this toy is a "pay to play" toy! The way it works apparently, is it comes with 130k of what they call "vexels" (a made up name for the energy the 2xl robot consumes) and they say that 130k "vexels" will give you about 1300 questions. Trust me when I say, if you're getting this for a kid, you know that 1300 questions wouldn't even last a week. The price to purchase more "vexels" ranges from $2 for a mere 18k "vexels" to $20 for 215k vexels... Just really disappointed that the didn't mention that in their product description, especially for a toy that almost costs close to $200.. All in all, im extremely disappointed in this toy. Frankly, you could do way better just using the free version of ChatGPT and taping your phone to any plastic robot toy... It's not unheard of for companies to rush to production before doing some better testing and think the 2XL might falls into that category. Maybe with a few versions down the road, this 2XL Companion Robot could be pretty cool... But as it sits right now, I'm sorry to report it's a $180 paperweight. A cute paperweight but a paperweight none the less. Note: I did send the company an email as well as signed up on their help desk site and sent in a ticket. If you're reading this, it means the issues I mentioned above have not been resolved. And lastly I apologize for my video. Im in no way a professional "video reviewer."

The 2XL AI Robot for Kids promises an engaging and educational experience powered by artificial intelligence, making it an ideal gift for boys and girls. While it offers a range of features and learning opportunities, there are a few aspects to consider. One of the standout features of this robot is its conversational learning capabilities. It engages children in interactive conversations and provides educational content, making learning fun and engaging. The enhanced guardrails for safety add an extra layer of reassurance for parents. However, there is a bit of a learning curve associated with this robot. It may be more suitable for older children who can grasp the concepts and navigate the functionalities effectively. Younger children may find it challenging to interact with, leading to potential frustration or impatience. Despite the learning curve, the robot's features and educational content make it somewhat interesting for older children who can fully explore its capabilities. It provides a unique way to learn and interact with artificial intelligence technology, fostering curiosity and learning in a fun way. Overall, the 2XL AI Robot for Kids is a valuable tool for educational play and exploration. While it may require some patience and guidance, particularly for younger children, it offers an innovative and engaging experience that blends learning with fun through the power of artificial intelligence.

This little AI robot for kids is such a cool and fun concept... it can have curated conversations with my kids. It's great for kids who talk a lot and for homework help however, there are a few flaws. First off being that it after so long will only work on a subscription (paid) basis once you run out of the complimentary "vexels" (it gives 130,000). Then while my daughter was talking to it about school it accidentally called her "Mya" and then "Naomi" and neither of those are close to her real name (which by the way is programmed via a profile in the app) ... I find it odd and concerning. Another thing I really don't like is that the app won't work too well on my children's tablets. It does work on my phone however the really annoying thing is the app actually has to remain open and on the screen... if the screen goes off the robot quits talking. While it's a brilliant idea and is fun it has some flaws which is why I dropped two stars. It could be good if the app worked right on the kid's tablets, the app didn't need to be on screen, and you didn't have to pay for extra vexels.

My 7 yr old absolutely loves this toy! He came home from seeing the eclipse and had a conversation with him. The robot is learing my son, since he does have a speech impediment. My son comes home from school and goes straight to playing with the robot. The only down fall is that I would recommend that you have an old phone or a tablet that you put the app on since it has to be on when your child is playing with him. I would highly recommend this robot. I love to sit and listen to my child talk to him and hear the responses and see my son's face just light up.