Ooma Launches MyPhone, a Modern Landline for Kids as Parents Delay Smartphones
Advanced safety features built on Ooma’s trusted phone platform – launching nationwide at Walmart
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260505463355/en/
MyPhone by Ooma is a modern home phone designed for kids whose parents want to delay smartphone use while keeping them connected.
Across the country, parents are delaying smartphones as concerns grow around social media exposure, excessive screen time, cyberbullying, and unwanted contact from strangers. But many families still want their children to stay connected with friends and relatives — without the distractions and risks that come with smartphones. As a result, families are rediscovering the value of the household landline — a simple way for kids to communicate while avoiding social media, apps, and endless notifications.
MyPhone delivers the solution many parents have been asking for: a modern landline phone service that keeps kids connected with friends and family while giving parents greater visibility, control and peace of mind.
Built on Ooma’s trusted cloud-based home phone platform used by households across
“There’s a growing body of research suggesting that delaying smartphone use can be beneficial for younger children. MyPhone brings together the simplicity and safety features parents want for their children with the reliability they expect from Ooma,” said
A Safe and More Complete Phone Experience for Kids
MyPhone combines the simplicity of a home landline with advanced safety and parental controls not typically found in basic children’s calling devices today.
Features include:
- Trusted Circle Calling — Allows calls only between approved contacts.
- Quiet Hours — Blocks all calls during homework, bedtime or family time.
- Screen-Free Communication — No apps, texts, social media or internet browsing.
-
Unlimited Calling — Across the United States,
Canada andMexico . - Address-Based 911 — Automatically provides the home address to emergency responders, with the user to update the MyPhone location if it is moved from the registered home address.
- Emergency Alerts — Notifies parents or loved ones via text or email if 911 is called.
- Online Call Logs — Allows parents to monitor incoming and outgoing calls.
-
Party
Line Calling — Lets kids chat with multiple friends or family members at once. - Voicemail — Allows children to receive messages from friends, grandparents and loved ones with a built-in answering machine on the MyPhone base station.
Kids enjoy the fun of calling friends and family, while parents benefit from modern safety features and greater visibility into their child’s communication.
Each MyPhone bundle includes an Ooma base station along with a home phone designed for easy use by kids and families and decorative stickers for personalization. Phones are available in multiple colors including white, black, pink, blue and green. The system connects through the base station and can be installed in minutes using a home internet Wi-Fi connection.
MyPhone service costs
Parents and families can learn more about MyPhone, explore available phone options and get started at www.myphone.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical or current fact constitute “forward-looking statements.” The forward-looking statements contained in this press release include, without limitation, statements related to the functionality, features and benefits of MyPhone. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unknown factors that could cause the actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in Ooma’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
About Ooma
Ooma (NYSE: OOMA) delivers phone, messaging, video and advanced communications services that are easy to implement and provide great value. Founded in 2003, the company offers
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260505463355/en/
Media
phillip@bleucooper.com
917-446-4123
Investors
Director of IR and Corporate Development
email: ir@ooma.com
phone: (650) 300-1480
Source: