Smart Home Pets

Affiliate Disclosure: Smart Pet Gear Lab is reader-supported. Links in this article may be affiliate links — if you purchase through them, we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This never affects our recommendations. See our full Affiliate Disclosure. 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. ...

Affiliate Disclosure: Smart Pet Gear Lab is reader-supported. Links in this article may be affiliate links — if you purchase through them, we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This never affects our recommendations. See our full Affiliate Disclosure. 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. ...

Affiliate Disclosure: Smart Pet Gear Lab is reader-supported. Links in this article may be affiliate links — if you purchase through them, we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This never affects our recommendations. See our full Affiliate Disclosure. Pricing Note: Prices shown are approximate and may change. Always check the retailer for current pricing. Last verified: April 2026. If you’ve bought more than two smart pet devices, you already know the problem: every product has its own app, its own cloud service, and its own way of doing things. Your Furbo camera | Also available at Chewy lives in one app, your PETKIT feeder | Also available at Chewy lives in another, and your smart pet door has its own cloud that went down for six hours last Tuesday. ...

Affiliate Disclosure: Smart Pet Gear Lab is reader-supported. Links in this article may be affiliate links — if you purchase through them, we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This never affects our recommendations. See our full Affiliate Disclosure. Pricing Note: Prices shown are approximate and may change. Always check the retailer for current pricing. Last verified: April 2026. The Pawport Smart Pet Door made waves at CES 2025 and came back to CES 2026 with upgrades. At $699, it’s the most premium smart pet door on the market — but is it actually worth the price tag? ...