My new smart scale called my cat 'obese' and suggested a diet plan

Gavin Walker · 2026-04-08T15:00:08.622277+00:00

I put my 14 pound tabby on it to see if it would work, and the app gave me a full body fat report with a workout schedule. I guess the motion sensors just saw a warm blob and ran with it. Has anyone else's smart home gear totally misread a pet?

simonp476mo ago

My robot vacuum once tried to mop the dog.

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richard_dixon5mo ago

The warm blob thing is right, I had to delete my dog's profile too after a weigh-in like @simonp47's mopping fiasco.

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leelewis6mo ago

Yeah, the "warm blob" thing tracks. My old scale did that with my dog. You can usually fix it by going into the app's settings and deleting that "user" profile it just made for your cat. @simonp47, that's wild about the mopping, but at least your vacuum was trying to help.

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