Furbo 360° Dog Camera
A capable treat-tossing camera that plenty of owners are happy with, as long as you buy it knowing what the free version does. Watching live, talking to your dog, panning the camera by hand and tossing a treat all work without paying anything. The AI features Furbo is marketed on, activity and barking analysis, person detection and video history, need the Furbo Nanny plan at a recurring monthly fee. As a no-subscription camera it is a good 1080p pet cam that can throw kibble, which is a perfectly reasonable thing to want. The thing to understand before buying is how much of the sales pitch you only get once you start paying.
Our editorial rating, not aggregated user reviews
The hardware earns its praise. Reviewers rate the 1080p picture as clear, the 360° rotation and auto dog-tracking keep a moving dog in frame, and the treat tosser is reliable with dry round kibble. The catch is what the no-subscription version actually gives you. Live view, two-way audio, manual panning and treat tossing are free, but the features people associate with Furbo, the dog-activity and barking detail, person alerts and saved video history, sit behind the paid Furbo Nanny plan. That gap, plus 2.4 GHz-only Wi-Fi, bark alerts that fire on any loud noise, and night vision that reviewers call soft, is what holds the score back for anyone expecting the smart features out of the box.
Pros
- Live view, two-way audio, manual 360° panning and treat tossing all work with no subscription
- Reviewers rate the 1080p picture as clear, with little lag over Wi-Fi
- The rotating lens and auto dog-tracking keep a moving dog in frame across a room
- Treat tossing is reliable with dry, round kibble, and the mechanism clears most jams itself
- Most dogs get used to the quiet rotation motor within a few days
Cons
- The features Furbo is best known for, activity and barking detail, person alerts and saved video, need the paid Furbo Nanny plan, and owners often feel that is buried in the marketing
- Bark alerts trigger on any loud sound, so a TV or a dropped pan can set them off
- 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi only, and several owners report a fussy setup and dropped connections
- Only dry, round treats in a narrow size range feed well; soft or oddly shaped ones jam the tosser
- Night vision is usable but soft, and dark-coated dogs are harder to make out
- No battery backup, so it goes dark the moment power or Wi-Fi drops
Specifications
- Video
- 1080p Full HD
- View
- 360° rotating lens with automatic dog-tracking
- Zoom
- 4x digital
- Night vision
- Colour, reported as soft by reviewers
- Audio
- Two-way, built-in speaker and microphone
- Wi-Fi
- 2.4 GHz only (802.11 b/g/n), no 5 GHz
- Treats
- Dry, round treats roughly 0.2 to 0.7 in (0.5 to 1.8 cm), holds about 100
- Subscription
- Optional Furbo Nanny plan (recurring monthly fee, priced per region) for AI alerts, activity and video history