5 Best Smart Home Devices for Pet Owners

Main points

• Make life easier for your pet and you with smart gadgets like the Arlo Essential Indoor Camera, keeping you safe and giving you peace of mind.
• The Dogness Smart Pet Feeder allows you to monitor your pet’s eating habits and schedule feedings on the go.
• Keep your home clean with the Ecovacs Deebot N10 Plus, a smart vacuum and mop combo that eliminates pet odors and hair.

For every pet owner, it’s hard to leave your furry friend. To them it looks like you’ve been gone for days when in reality you were only gone for five minutes and it’s heartbreaking. Pet owners must consider items that can help make their pets and their lives easier. One way is to purchase smart devices suitable for pet care.

Of course, when you buy smart devices for your pets, you want to make sure they meet your home needs as well. Whether it’s a robot vacuum that cleans up pet hair or a smart feeder that provides food for your pet when you’re not around, there are plenty of smart home devices that can serve households with pets. Here are our favorite smart home devices for pet owners.

1 Arlo Essential Indoor Camera

This allows you to easily keep an eye on your pet

The Arlo Essential Indoor Camera provides a high level of security for you and your pets. Setting up the camera can be a little tricky, but you can set it up in the kitchen or near your pet’s crate so you can keep an eye on them. The app is easy to use and allows you to watch your birds, dogs, cats, and even goldfish. One of the great things about this camera is that it doesn’t require a hub. This means you can plug it into an outlet and then use it.

One of the great things about this camera is that it doesn’t require a hub.

It’s a wired camera and has a privacy shield, so you don’t have to worry about someone spying on you or your pet when you and your pet are home and the camera is off. It has a 2MP sensor that delivers full HD video to your phone or tablet. There’s also two-way audio, allowing you to talk to your pet when they’re not around. If you happen to be far away from them at night, infrared night vision can allow you to see them.

2 Donis automatic pet feeder

When you can’t give your pet food

If you want to feed your puppy or cat on the go, using the Dogness Smart Pet Feeder is a smart move. It has a high-definition wide-angle camera that offers night vision so you can keep an eye on the animals as they eat. There is also a microphone that allows you to talk to your pet. It has anti-clogging technology so the feeder pours out the dispensed amount of food without any problem.

The smart pet feeder can hold up to four liters of food at a time, and you can use the app to schedule feedings and choose how much food to dispense at specific times. Features a cordless design so your pet won’t chew. It has a rechargeable battery so you don’t have to charge it often. Additionally, there is a battery display in the app that shows the charge level.

3 Ecovacs Deebot N10 Plus

Clean up spills and accidents

Most pets shed hair to at least some extent. Living with pet dander can make allergy season feel like year-round. It’s great to have a smart robot vacuum and mop combo that lets you set a schedule for regular cleaning. But the Ecovacs Deebot N10 Plus will help you better and ensure that any pet odor left behind by the accident is eliminated.

You can use the Ecovacs app to turn on this feature and order where your equipment goes. So if you’re watching via a camera while you’re out and about, or at home and see where your pet is having an accident, you can remind the robot where to mop and vacuum.

From there, you can tell it to mop the floor and pick up any hair or spills that may occur. The best part is that it has multiple layers of antimicrobial filters that capture odors, dust, dirt, and hair and eliminate them from lingering in your home. This is an affordable combo vacuum that needs a little help avoiding pet toys. But it allows you to do a good job.

4 SureFlap Microchip Pet Door

Know when your pet comes and goes

Does your older cat or puppy like to go out into the yard? Are you tired of worrying about them at home all day? SureFlap microchip pet doors allow you to keep a close eye on them as they enter and exit the house. The flap will sync with the included pet’s RFID collar tag or its microchip and monitor them as they enter and exit. It sends you alerts to let you know if your pet is indoors or outdoors. If you have multiple pets, the pet door can even remember up to 32 different pets.

You don’t have to worry about other animals entering your home because it will still be locked to those with a chip it can’t recognize. It easily mounts to your door, wall or window, and the app lets you set a curfew schedule for your pet. You do need a hub to use the app, so keep that in mind when purchasing.

5 August Home Wi-Fi Smart Lock and Keypad

Allows dog walkers to enter without issue

If your dog is in your house while you’re at work and you don’t have a fenced yard with access to a pet gate, you might want to ask a dog walker to check on them. The August Home Wi-Fi Smart Lock and Keypad gives dog walkers smooth access to your home. This smart lock features a keypad that eliminates the need to leave a physical key with walkers, where they can enter a designated code to unlock the door.

While you can also grant them access to the August app, simply providing them with a code will allow them to get in and out of your home quickly and efficiently. It has built-in Wi-Fi and can be locked or unlocked with voice commands. When you get home, the lock senses your phone and automatically unlocks, so you don’t have to put down your stuff or take out your keys. This works on any single cylinder deadbolt door and takes almost no time to install. If you choose this option, your dog walker and your dog will be successful.

Editor’s Note: Why can you trust our picks?

Like many of our readers, we are also Pocket-lint pet lovers. We asked our team to send us photos of all their gorgeous pets to evaluate which products would make our lives as pet owners easier and enrich our animals’ lives. Enjoy our tech team’s beautiful companions from all over the world: Poland, the UK, the US, and Canada. These friendly faces touch our hearts, and as a pet owner myself, Chris kept in mind when choosing the five best smart home products. This is true for pets.

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