Unlimited plans | Just Kids Plan FAQs

The Just Kids plan is a child-friendly smartphone plan that gives kids an unlimited ability to learn, grow and stay in touch with family. Just Kids lets parents manage screen time, content and more (with Smart Family features).

Just Kids comes with the Verizon Smart Family app, letting you select your kid's contacts, set data usage, enable content filters to block inappropriate content, limit access to certain apps, track location and more.

The Just Kids plan includes:

• Unlimited 5G Nationwide / 4G LTE data at a maximum speed of 5 Mbps
• Verizon Smart Family Premium for parental control and location tracking ($9.99/month value)
• Unlimited talk and text with up to 20 parent-approved contacts
• DVD-quality streaming (480p)

Note:

• Just Kids is not eligible to add 5G Ultra Wideband access.

Just Kids includes Smart Family Premium, an account-level service you can use to set smarter boundaries for the Just Kids line and other lines on your account, including:

• Set up to 20 trusted contacts with whom the child line has unlimited talk and text.
• Pause the internet.
• Filter content and set limits and alerts for data usage and purchasing.

The Smart Family Premium location feature lets you monitor your child's whereabouts:

• Set alerts to know when your child arrives at home or school.
• Your child can view your device's location (when your device and Smart Family location are set to "on").
  • For location accuracy, you need to pair the Smart Family app on your phone with the Smart Family Companion app on your child's smartphone.

Visit our Verizon Smart Family FAQs to learn more.

Yes, all of the Just Kids smartphone lines count toward the limit of 10 lines you can have on your account when you mix and match unlimited plans.

Note: You can no longer add Just Kids to lines on your account.

You must have at least 1 unlimited plan on your account to have a Just Kids plan on the account. If all unlimited plans are removed:

• The Just Kids line is suspended in 48 hours and is disconnected within the next bill cycle. After disconnection, you can't add Just Kids back to your account.
• You'll get a message letting you know you can change the Smart Family Premium service to regular pricing.
• You can choose to change the Just Kids line to a different plan.

Note: If you suspend your unlimited line, the Just Kids line stays active.

You can change your plan any time in My Verizon. If you want to keep Smart Family, after changing the Just Kids line in My Verizon, you can add Smart Family as a separate service to your account.

Note: After you remove Verizon Smart Family from your account, your restriction settings stay in place for up to 7 days.

You can no longer add Just Kids to lines on your account. The cost of the Just Kids plan depended on:

• How many lines with unlimited plans are on your account.
• If you use Auto Pay and paper-free billing you get a $10/month discount per line.

Just Kids plan cost with unlimited plans:

As part of our commitment to support the men and women who serve our country and our communities, Verizon offers discounts on products and services to eligible nurses, teachers, military personnel, veterans, students and active duty, retired and volunteer state and local first responders.

This discount depends on how many unlimited data plans you have:

• 1 phone - $10 discount per account
• 2 - 3 phones - $25 discount per account
• 4+ phones - $20 discount per account

Visit our Shopping & Deals page and view our discount program FAQs to learn how to register for your discount.

Note: This discount changed on 8/5/19. If you had the discount before 8/5/19 you keep the previous discount amount.

Other discounts

Just Kids isn't eligible for an employer or corporate plan discount. But Just Kids customers can get a $10 discount per phone line each month for using Auto Pay and paper-free billing.

No. Just Kids doesn't come with Apple Music included and isn't eligible for the 6-month free Apple Music promotion. You can add Apple Music directly from Apple as a paid subscription.

No. The Just Kids plan is not eligible for the Disney+ promotion and does not come with Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu included.

You can learn more about Verizon Smart Family services by visiting our Verizon Smart Family overview page.

Yes. You can set a different Unlimited line to be the "parent" line for the Just Kids plan.

Before setting a line as a parent, first set the line as an account manager in My Verizon website or the My Verizon app. Go to Profile Settings, then Assign Account Managers.

Visit our Verizon Smart Family FAQs for steps to set up another Parent device on your Smart Family account.

When Just Kids is added, you'll get an email with a link to Verizon Smart Family to set it up on your phone and or desktop.

Visit our Just Kids set up page to:

• Go to the Google Play™ Store or Apple® App Store® to download the Smart Family app.
• Get everything you need to get Just Kids up and running.

Yes, your child can use the Just Kids line and smartphone outside of the US by adding an international calling plan.

• The Just Kids line will incur roaming charges if used outside the US (including Canada and Mexico) without an international calling plan.
• The trusted contacts restriction doesn't work when the Just Kids line has service outside the US.
• Some Smart Family features may not be available outside of the Verizon's domestic coverage area.

The Just Kids plan, through Verizon Smart Family, includes unlimited international text messaging from the US to trusted contacts. Additional charges apply for International long distance calling.

If your child often needs to make calls to another country, you can add one of our international calling plans for the Just Kids line.