How the Toniebox Works

The one-time set up of your Toniebox is the first step towards many, many hours of fun! There are two ways to set up your Toniebox, using the mytonies app or my.tonies.com/setup. To complete set up, you will need a 2.4GHz WiFi connection, your Toniebox, and the Toniebox Charging Station.

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Abso-tonie-lutely, you can! You need a Wi-Fi connection to set up the Toniebox, if you’re listening to a brand new Tonie or loading new content on a Creative-Tonie for the first time, but other than that, you’re good to go.

The Toniebox was developed for children aged 3 and up and is designed for independent play. The controls are designed specifically for little listeners and their little hands, so kids can easily adjust the volume, fast forward and rewind, and change stories themselves.

With a fully charged battery, the Toniebox can be played for up to 7 hours. It depends, among other things, on the volume at which it is played. The louder the volume, the shorter the battery life is.

Yes, once the Toniebox has been set up and the Tonies downloaded (wait for the ‘ding’!) you won’t need WiFi. The exception to this is with our audio-drop Tonies which update with new content every day, for example the Podcast Tonie.

Turning off your Toniebox is easy: you don’t need to do anything! Once a story has finished or there are no Tonies on the Toniebox and there is no further activity, the Toniebox turns off automatically after 10 minutes. There is no other way to do it, so there's no point looking for a switch :)

Each Starter Set comes with a Creative-Tonie which you can upload your own content to. Take advantage of one of our bundles which comes equipped with three Tonies filled with stories, songs and music to get your little one off to a flying start on their audio adventures.