I have a friend who has a six year old who’s birthday is coming up, as it is the six year old is constantly asking the mother for her phone to use to plays spotify songs or whatever. So they are looking for some/any easy to use alternatives, and he (the father) doesn’t want to get his son sucked into any eco system (I don’t believe he even agrees with him having access to her phone, but that’s another story), if he can avoid it, as he is also slowly working on his own opt out project.

Are there any relatively cheap devices alternative to the amazon dot echo that may be more applicable to a child than home-assistant?

The child has a lenovo tablet (I don’t know anything else about the tablet), but I guess too bulky to use as a carry around option or like echo dot type device (which they seem set on).

Even if there are any kid/privacy safe devices in existence?

TIA.