Pets are considered family. Of course, we want what’s best for them. From monitoring their health to enriching their daily routines, caring for pets takes time and effort. Smart pet devices and AI care apps are a great way to simplify and improve pet care to save you time, reduce stress, and improve your pet’s overall quality of life.
Here’s a curated list of the best AI tools for pet parents.
Fi: Best for AI pet health and behavior tracking
Fi is a leader in the smart collar market, designed to help pet parents keep their dogs safe and healthy. The Fi Series 3+ smart dog collar combines GPS tracking with AI-driven behavior monitoring to help you spot health trends early. Compared to the app’s previous models, the current version’s GPS tracking signal sensitivity has been doubled to provide more accurate location tracking.
Beyond monitoring your pet’s location, Fi analyzes scratching, barking, eating, and sleeping patterns — alerting you to unusual activities that might indicate a health issue. For instance, Fi notifies you if your dog is scratching more than usual, which helps you spot possible skin allergies or gut issues early before they escalate. Plus, Fi features an AI-powered document analysis capability that pulls up information from vet records, bills, or insurance documents, making it easy to keep all your pet’s health information organized and accessible in one place.
Petcube: Best for remote monitoring and interaction
Petcube smart cameras give pet parents eyes and ears at home when they’re away. Its camera streams in 1080p HD with a panoramic view to give full-room coverage and also allows you to see up close with its 8x digital zoom. The two-way audio system integrates Amazon Alexa, and lets you talk and listen to your pets.
Subscribing to Petcube’s Care service allows you to capture action videos triggered by sound or motion. It saves 30-second clips in the cloud, and they are accessible in the interactive timeline in the Petcube app. Using AI, Care understands what your pets are doing and registers events like cat, dog, or human movements and barks or meows and sends you real-time smart alerts about potentially dangerous events.
Purina Petivity: Best for AI-powered litter behavior monitoring
Purina’s Petivity Smart Litterbox Monitor System focuses on early detection of health issues in cats. It features a sensor platform placed beneath your cat’s litter box and uses AI to monitor weight, urination, and bowel movements daily. By analyzing these data, this smart pet device can detect warnings of urinary tract infections, kidney disease, or obesity before they become worse.
For instance, if your cat suddenly starts visiting the litter box more often, Petivity will send an alert through its app. It then delivers data to your Petivity app in easy-to-read charts and sends monthly reports to your email about your cat’s well-being. You can easily share these details with your vet.
Bottom line: Smarter care for pets with AI
If you want real-time location and behavior insights for your dog, Fi’s Series 3+ brings GPS, virtual fences, and AI behavior detection in one collar and app. If you need eyes and ears at home, Petcube’s 1080p cameras, two-way audio, and AI alerts help you check in and respond from anywhere. For cat health trends, Petivity’s under-box sensor tracks weight and litter habits and emails monthly summaries you can take to your vet.
These AI tools can help you save time, lower stress, and give your pet better, earlier care. For more animals-themed AI coverage, read eWeek’s articles about cats’ meows deciphered, Tombot’s robotic therapy dogs, and the Earth Species Project.
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