Furbo 360° Cat Camera

From your desk at work, you can tap your phone and Furbo tosses your cat a treat. That’s the headline, and it’s a good one. The camera rotates a full 360 degrees on a motor, streams 1080p video with 4x zoom, and switches to color night vision in the dark, so you can track down the cat wherever it’s napping.

There’s 2-way audio for talking to your cat, a meowing sensor that pings your phone when your cat calls out, and a detachable feather wand toy for a little hunting practice. Fill it with your cat’s favorite treats and you can use them as a reward or a distraction. The basic camera features work out of the box with no subscription. New users also get a 14-day trial of Furbo Nanny, which adds AI alerts, video history and daily reports, and after that it’s a paid upgrade if you want to keep them.

It suits the cat owner who checks the pet cam more often than email, or someone who travels and wonders what the cat is up to. For a person who loves watching their cat, it’s the splurge pick here.

The catch: the setup has fine print. It only connects to 2.4GHz WiFi (5GHz isn’t supported), it runs off a USB cable but the power adapter isn’t included, and the smartest alerts sit behind the subscription once the trial ends.