Emotional interaction has become another key breakthrough in AI pet innovation. Vaboo, a pet health technology company released a smart pet collar equipped with an exclusive pet health AI large-language model. By accurately identifying and analyzing pets" sounds such as barks, whimpers and purrs, it can quickly translate pets" emotions and intentions into human-understandable language, covering more than 20 common emotions such as hunger, tiredness, eagerness to play and fear, the Jiemian News reported.

　　UCloudlink Group showcased an app that integrates its PetPhone and PetCam devices. With the PetPhone, pet owners can call their pets, and trained pets can trigger "calling owners" through specific actions, converting their needs into voice interactions. The PetCam is a lightweight device that pioneered pet"s-eye-view shooting, allowing owners to observe the world from their pets" perspective, the Jiemian News reported.

　　According to data compiled by iiMedia Research, China"s pet economy has been rising year by year, reaching 811.4 billion yuan ($119.31 billion) in 2025 with year-on-year growth of 15.7 percent, and is expected to exceed 1.15 trillion yuan by 2028.

　　The pet economy has grown rapidly in recent years. Driven by socioeconomic progress and improved living standards, rising demand for emotional fulfillment has become a core growth driver. As an important part of the emotional economy, the pet industry shows a clear long-term upward trend, Zhang Yi, CEO of the iiMedia Research Institute, told the Global Times on Sunday.