AT&T's latest kid-friendly tablet comes with 5G support, a bigger screen, and a great price
Your children will probably love the new AT&T amiGO Jr. Tab 2, and your bank account will not be hurt too much if you decide to order this thing today.
The AT&T amiGO Jr. Tab 2 sports a tough built-in case and a generously sized screen. | Image by AT&T
As great as they can (theoretically) be for users of all ages, the best Android tablets and Apple iPads available right now may not satisfy a child's needs to their parents' liking, often requiring the installation of third-party software to guarantee the highest level of online (and physical) security, not to mention the separate purchase of a protective accessory like a case or cover.
But that's where product lineups like the AT&T amiGO come in, and following the announcement of the family's second-gen smartwatch and first-gen phone around six months ago, an upgraded new slate for kids is now also being released by the third largest wireless service provider in the US.
These are the middling specs of the AT&T amiGO Jr. Tab 2
- 8.7-inch display with 1340 x 800 pixel resolution;
- Octa-core MediaTek 8755 processor;
- Android 15;
- 64GB internal storage space;
- 4GB RAM;
- microSD card slot;
- 8MP rear-facing camera with autofocus;
- 5MP front-facing camera;
- 6,000mAh battery;
- Wi-Fi 5;
- Bluetooth 5.3;
- 4G LTE, 5G, and 5G+ support;
- 211.8 x 125.47 x 8.4mm dimensions;
- 365 grams weight;
- Shadow Grey color.
The improvements over the first edition are actually pretty substantial
While so many of the new "mainstream" tablets unveiled thus far in 2026 have brought minimal changes and/or important price hikes to the table, the second-gen amiGO Jr. Tab manages to expand the 8-inch screen size of its 2024 predecessor to a more generous 8.7-inch panel (with largely unchanged and unimpressive resolution), improve the rear camera's megapixel count, beef up the cell capacity from only a little over 4,000mAh to 6,000mAh, and perhaps most notably, add 5G speeds to a connectivity suite that previously capped off at 4G LTE.
Both the case and the stylus are included in the new tablet's list price. | Image by AT&T
Yes, that means your children will be covered by a faster and more reliable nationwide network, allowing them to surf the web with even more ease than before wherever they want and giving you increased peace of mind with better location tracking. And yes, the amiGO Jr. Tab 2 even supports AT&T's ultra-fast mid-band 5G+ service with n77 C-Band technology.
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Another key upgrade over the original amiGO Jr. Tab bundles the new 8.7-inch slate with a stylus designed with "little hands" in mind in addition to a robust bumper case. Unfortunately (although unsurprisingly), that bumps up the starting price from the first-gen's $165.99 to $239.99, which... may not sound ideal.
The (lack of) competition will make you appreciate AT&T's latest kid-friendly tablet more
Did you know that T-Mobile doesn't sell any children-oriented tablets... anymore? That's certainly a little weird, but for some reason, the "Un-carrier" has never released a sequel or newer alternative to 2022's Alcatel Joy Tab Kids 2, which is obviously too old now to still be of interest to any of T-Mo's customers.
Verizon's costlier Galaxy Tab A9 Plus 5G Kids Edition is probably your best alternative for AT&T's latest children-oriented slate. | Image by Verizon
That's not what I can say about the Galaxy Tab A9+ 5G Kids Edition, which Samsung unveiled just a couple of years ago and Verizon still sells... at $319.99. Despite what the name might suggest, the Galaxy Tab A9 Plus sports an 11-inch and not a 9-inch screen, so in at least one major way, that higher price point than AT&T's amiGO Jr. Tab 2 feels fully justified.
Still, I'm sure many parents will prefer paying less for their kids' next tablet than getting all that screen real estate, and if $239.99 continues to feel like a tough pill to swallow for those of you on AT&T, you can obviously always break that down in 36 monthly installments of just $6.67. Even better, a limited-time launch deal lowers your monthly cost to a simply unbeatable $4.99. How cool is that?
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