The Verge Guide to Pets
And if you have a pet you know: nothing is too good — or too cutting-edge — for your (furry, slimy, feathery) best friend.But while some tech can help care for your pet, it can be complicated when dogs and cats meet wires and waves. You might feel complicated about offloading elements of kitten parenthood to a robot. Some pet tech innovations over-promise or are over-hyped.
- ▪And if you have a pet you know: nothing is too good — or too cutting-edge — for your (furry, slimy, feathery) best friend.But while some tech can help care for your pet, it can be complicated when dogs and cats meet wires and waves.
- ▪You might feel complicated about offloading elements of kitten parenthood to a robot.
- ▪Some pet tech innovations over-promise or are over-hyped.
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| Original publisher | The Verge |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theverge.com/tech/975556/pets-tech-autofeeder-litter-robot-scale |
| Publication time | 2026-08-18T08:01:28-04:00 |
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The Verge Guide to PetsThe gadgets that feed, entertain, and care for our furry friends.Image: The Verge, Getty ImagesAh, the relationship between animals and the technology they can’t quite understand.Today, it seems like there’s a high-tech solution to every element of pet ownership, with devices on the market designed to keep pets fed, cleaned, watched over, and entertained. And if you have a pet you know: nothing is too good — or too cutting-edge — for your (furry, slimy, feathery) best friend.But while some tech can help care for your pet, it can be complicated when dogs and cats meet wires and waves. You might feel complicated about offloading elements of kitten parenthood to a robot. Some pet tech innovations over-promise or are over-hyped.
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