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SureFlap the market leaders in cat flaps have upgraded their app and dropped a hint about a new product release. A specifically designed, app enabled, smart cat flap!
SureFlaps app connects to their existing smart pet door, a larger cat flap, allowing you to:
  • Monitor your pets activity and easily spot changes in behaviour
  • Receive notifications when your pet enters or leaves
  • Remotely lock the door
  • Schedule locking and unlocking
  • Share access with friends
Smart Cat FlapThis is clever tech as it allows you to easily monitor your pet. Giving you peace of mind as well as giving your pet the freedom they need.
The updated app comes with a few improvements:
  • Improved server communication
  • Updated dashboard allowing quicker and easier access to data
  • Improved household view – supporting multiple pets
SureFlap released their smart pet door in April 2017 (read about the release here: Sure Flap Smart Per Door ) and hinted about a smaller cat flap version in the future.
Todays update states it will also support the “SureFlap Microchip Cat Flap Connect”. A yet to be released smaller version designed specifically for cats. This strongly suggests to us the smart cat flap will be released any time now!
Hopefully with it will come additional integrations like Alexa or IFTTT functionality. IFTTT would be very useful as if would allow you to connect your cat flap to your smart home, for example welcoming your cat home with lights or a recorded welcome message.

When will the smart cat flap be released?

As soon as we have a release date and pricing for the smart microchip cat flap we will share it with you.
The updated app is available in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store today.

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Sure Flap – Smart Cat Flap Coming Soon! https://www.smarthomegeeks.co.uk/news/smart-cat-flap/ https://www.smarthomegeeks.co.uk/news/smart-cat-flap/?noamp=mobile#comments Thu, 06 Apr 2017 10:15:41 +0000 https://smarthomegeeks.co.uk/?p=219 Sure Flap the cat flap and pet experts made an interesting announcement, they have developed the worlds first Wifi App controlled – Smart Cat Flap. You can buy it now from Amazon UK for just under £50 with next day delivery. However before we talk about the tech this is not just a cat flap […]

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Sure Flap the cat flap and pet experts made an interesting announcement, they have developed the worlds first Wifi App controlled – Smart Cat Flap. You can buy it now from Amazon UK for just under £50 with next day delivery.

However before we talk about the tech this is not just a cat flap it is in fact a pet door. This is due to the size, it is slightly larger than your average cat flap, meaning it is also suitable for small dogs.


Sure Flap – Smart Cat Flap

Sure Flap – Smart Cat Flap

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The Smart Pet door connects to your wifi via a hub, the only hub we have seen with ears, and then gives you notifications on an app when your pet uses it as well as allowing you to control access.

The door uses 4 C batteries and they claim will last more than an impressive 6 months. It has a memory of 32 pets – we are guessing this has been done to allow for commercial use or your local crazy cat lady!

Smart Cat Flap

Like Sure Flaps existing cat flaps the new product uses the animals microchip to identify your cat or dog. If you do not have a microchip you can use an RFID collar tag.

To us this sounds like a brilliant idea – being able to see when your cat is in or not and being able to control when it can go out and not. Our cat comes and goes as it pleases and this gives extra peace of mind being able to see when exactly he was last home.

Founder of Sure Flap, Dr Nick Hill said

“We plan to pursue more opportunities in the connected space, developing products that address real concerns for pet owners,”

Hopefully this means there is more smart pet products in development, this is for sure a booming market and one we are pretty excited about.

The Smart Pet Door Connect and Hub can be purchased together for a RRP of £159.99.
The Smart door can be purchased separately for RRP £119.99

PS. You can buy it now from Amazon UK for just under £50 with next day delivery.

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