Home Automation

The smart home revolution finally includes our pets—and it’s about time. Matter 1.5, released in late 2025, changed everything by adding native camera support and AI streaming capabilities. For the first time, pet devices can truly integrate with your smart home ecosystem instead of living in isolated apps. If you’ve been frustrated by managing six different pet device apps while your smart lights and thermostats work seamlessly together, 2026 is your year. ...

Managing smart pet devices used to mean juggling between the Furbo app, Fi app, PetSafe app, and whatever else you’d accumulated. In 2026, that chaos finally has a solution: unified smart pet dashboards that bring all your pet’s information into your existing home automation system. After testing every major platform and custom solution available, I’ve found dashboards that actually deliver on the promise of “one app to rule them all”—at least for your pets. ...