You won’t believe this—there’s now a pet collar that claims it can help your dog or cat talk to you. Yep, for just $595, your furry friend can be the chatty Kathy you always knew they were. The collar, named “Shazam” (no relation to the app), measures your pet’s vitals and uses AI to form sentences. It even has a speaker built in, so when you say something to your pet, it responds. Well, the collar responds, but still—you’re going to hear a human voice pretending it’s your pet talking! Who knows, maybe your dog’s been wanting to tell you they hate those new treats, or in my case, my cat Poochie might finally admit that he purposefully knocks over my coffee cup because “it’s funny.”
Right now, Shazam is just for dogs and cats, but if the company gets enough interest, they might branch out into talking collars for other critters too. I can’t help but imagine what would happen if someone strapped one of these things onto a bull. (“Excuse me, do I smell like burgers to you?!”)
Also, let’s be real: it might not be long before we’re all gifting these to the guy sitting alone in the lunchroom. “Hey, Steve, your collar says you’re ‘feeling chatty today’…”