Gabb Phone 4 Quick User Guide
Welcome to the Gabb Phone 4 User Guide. This User Guide will help you get to know & set up your new Gabb Phone 4.
Activating your Gabb Phone 4
You can activate, pair & set up your new Gabb Phone 4 in a few easy steps. Find out how in this article or this YouTube video.
Get to Know your Gabb Phone 4
Security features & parental controls
Gabb’s proprietary operating system provides a safe tech environment for kids. GabbOS comes pre-installed on the Gabb Phone 4.
The Gabb Phone 4 is equipped with GPS location tracking & customizable Safe Zones.
Gabb Messenger flags or blocks messages that may be harmful to your child. You’ll get a notification from the Gabb Messenger Parent app when this happens. Download Gabb Messenger Parent from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to be notified of flagged messages & more.
Learn more about Gabb Messenger for parents
Learn more about Gabb Messenger for kids
Gabb Messenger allows your child to make app-to-app safe video calls to other Gabb Messenger users using a Gabb phone. You can make video calls to your child using the Gabb Messenger for parents app.
Keep your kids safe from potentially harmful content and encourage them to spend time off screens.
The Gabb Phone 4 offers a select few limited apps available for download from the Gabb App Store.
Learn how to download apps in this YouTube video
Gabb Music and Gabb Music+ don’t bleep out lyrics—instead, we use our industry-leading tools and proprietary technology to filter out explicit and suggestive songs. Gabb Music is included on Standard plans, and Gabb Music+ is included on Advanced Plans.
Learn more about Gabb Music
Gabb Guard automatically blocks up to 90% of suspicious calls and texts, keeping unknown callers from contacting your child.
A Gabb ID is a secure account login that you create for your child when you activate your Gabb Phone 4. This allows your data to be backed up on Gabb Cloud.
Gabb Cloud backs up the phone’s data every night, as long as your child is logged into the Gabb ID app on the Gabb Phone 4.
You can monitor your child’s text & call usage history from within your Gabb account. These logs allows you to see how often your Gabb Phone 4 is being used.
Apps
The Gabb Phone 4 comes with 15 essential apps pre-installed, including:
- Camera
- Photos
- Gabb Messenger
- Weather by Gabb
- Calculator
- Notes
- Clock
- Audio Player
- Sound Recorder
All of our pre-loaded apps are designed to keep kids safe, and do not have access to the internet or social media.
Gabb allows eight additional apps on the Gabb Phone 4:
- Gabb Maps
- Bible App by Olive Tree
- Chabad.org Daily Torah Study
- Chess
- Gospel Library
- Greenlight
- Quran
- Solitaire
- Sora
Here’s how to add one of these apps to your child’s Gabb Phone 4:
- Log in to the Gabb App Store from a web browser.
- Browse or search for the app you want to download.
- Click Add next to the app’s name.
- Click Add App.
- Connect your Gabb Phone 4 to WiFi, log in to the Gabb ID app then select Check for Updates. The app will be added to the Gabb phone.
What’s in the box & specs
- Nuu X6 Plus phone
- SIM Card pre-installed
- Removable battery: This phone can’t be shipped with the battery installed. After you receive your Gabb Phone 4, insert the battery into the back of the phone. The gold contacts must be in the top right.
- Charging brick
- USB-A to USB-C charging cable
- 3.5mm headphones
- Insert with activation URL
- Device model: Nuu X6 Plus
- Network capability: 4G
- Processor: Quad-Core
- Display: 6.1”
- Storage: 32GB of storage
- Cameras: 13MP Wide/5MP Ultrawide
Activation Troubleshooting
Check out our activation, pairing, and setup troubleshooting in this article.
If you’re having an issue with something that isn’t related to activating your Gabb phone, please reference our Gabb Phone 4 troubleshooting article.
Still need help? Contact Gabb Support.