Be smart, stay dumb.

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Sphero BOLT+
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Sphero BOLT+

By Sphero.

$199
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

A clear robot ball full of sensors that does nothing at all until a tablet connects to it over Bluetooth. The coding is real. So is the screen time.

Local
Bluetooth, RF or NFC. An attacker has to be nearby.

Buy the dumb one instead

We do not link to the smart one. You can find it.

Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the dumb one.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisSphero BOLT+
The dumb oneDumb oneKapla 200
2
Power cut
FALSE
TRUE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
TRUE
TRUE
4
The company switches off its servers
#DEPENDS
TRUE
5
Someone tries to hack it
#DEPENDS
TRUE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
FALSE
TRUE
7
Twenty years from now
#DEPENDS
TRUE
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
1 of 61/6and three maybes
6 of 66/6

The dumb one is the Kapla 200.

Row 3

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Learn to code. Mostly to pair.

Sphero BOLT+

$199
Local A toy that needs pairing first.
#N/A

We looked. Sorry.

Everything with a chip in this aisle wanted Bluetooth.