[RagingCactus]

The Bundesnetzagentur does not have the capacity to ban random devices for children.

They banned these devices because they are essentially bugs/covert listening devices and are even marketed as such. Devices that look innocious (such as children's watches or teddy bears) but in reality are covert listening devices are banned in Germany by §90 TKG. [1]

This is why the Bundesnetzagentur banned the smartwatches in question. They even cited cases in which these watches were used to monitor teachers in classrooms. [2]

"Normal" smartwatches are NOT banned. "Normal" smartwatches for children are also NOT banned. Only watches with monitoring functions fall under the §90 TKG law. [3] Note that using an app to bring covert listening functionality to a phone or watch also converts that device into an illegal listening device.

[1] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/tkg_2004/__90.html (Just for reference)

[2] https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilung... (German, but google translate works sufficiently well)

[3] https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunik... (German, use a translator)

[Gaelan]

Amusingly, in your second link, Google refers to watches as “watches,” “clocks,” and “watchmen.”