{"id":85085,"date":"2016-01-29T11:09:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T09:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=85085"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:05:36","slug":"new-collar-claims-to-interpret-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/new-collar-claims-to-interpret-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"New collar claims to interpret dogs\u2019 barks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember Pixar\u2019s movie \u201cUp\u201d? The one where the dogs wear collars that translate their barks and thoughts into human language? Soon- this invention is going to be real (apparently), and the name they&#8217;ve given it is <strong>&#8220;WhatsYapp.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WhatsYapp<\/strong> look like an ordinary collar that you put around your dog\u2019s neck, yet when your dog barks, the message is converted and sent directly to your smartphone in the form of a WhatsApp message &#8211; so you can give your dog exactly what they need. \u201c<em>Let\u2019s go for a walk<\/em>\u201d, \u201c<em>I\u2019m hungry<\/em>\u201d or \u201c<em>Where are you?<\/em>\u201d are just some of the phrases available on the collar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-85088\" title=\"collardog\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/collardog1-568x354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/collardog1.jpg 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/collardog1-256x159.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The collar is not yet available to buy as it\u2019s still in the development stages as the developers continue to explore the various reactions from animals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WhatsYapp<\/strong> will connect directly to your smartphone via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, and will basically consist of the same technology that makes up a smartwatch: microphone, movement detector, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, this could be a great idea, but we can\u2019t help but question: up to what point will this device be able to interpret our dog\u2019s thoughts and barks? Does this seem like a product with a future, or just a gimmick from <a href=\"https:\/\/fetch.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fetch<\/a>, the British pet store that has come up with it?<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/2016\/01\/28\/whatsyapp-dog-collar-claims-to-translate-your-poochs-barks-into\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Telegraph<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember Pixar\u2019s movie \u201cUp\u201d? The one where the dogs wear collars that translate their barks and thoughts into human language? Soon- this invention is going to be real (apparently), and the name they&#8217;ve given it is &#8220;WhatsYapp.&#8221; WhatsYapp look like an ordinary collar that you put around your dog\u2019s neck, yet when your dog barks, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/new-collar-claims-to-interpret-dogs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New collar claims to interpret dogs\u2019 barks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-85085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329350,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85085\/revisions\/329350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85085"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=85085"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=85085"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=85085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}