Elephant Robotics metaDog vs LivingAI AIBI Pocket

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metaDog compared with AIBI Pocket

	Elephant RoboticsmetaDog	LivingAIAIBI Pocket
Overview
Released
Released	–	–
Task and control
Form
Form	Stationary	Stationary
Use
Use	Companion	Companion
Phone app
Phone app	Yes	Yes
Movement
Movement	Lying plush dog with head and tail movement.	Rotates in place; magnetic attachment allows carrying it on clothing. It does not walk.
Remote control
Remote control	Custom wake word, spoken movement/volume/eye commands, and optional mobile game app.	LivingAI phone app supports setup and photos.
Cloud and offline operation
Cloud and offline operation	–	Maker marks basic commands as offline; ChatGPT questions and weather need an internet connection.
Regional availability
Regional availability	Active bare-pet variants are available in the maker store. Dispatch is quoted as 7–15 business days from China; this store serves regions outside the Americas, which have a separate shop.	LivingAI accepts orders; the September delivery update reports packed orders and a next factory dispatch on 12 October 2026.
Release details
Release details	First retail sale has not been established; page and image dates are not treated as sale dates.	Maker announced the first shipping batch on 1 July 2024; the exact first customer-sale date remains unresolved.
Hardware
Camera
Camera	–	Yes
Degrees of freedom
Degrees of freedom	3	–
Robot weight
Robot weight	930 g	–
Microphone
Microphone	Yes	Yes
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	–	Yes
Camera
Camera	–	Face recognition and taking photos; maker does not publish image resolution.
Connections
Connections	–	2.4 GHz Wi-Fi; 5 GHz is not supported in the supplied manual.
Sensors
Sensors	Three touch sensor regions, labelled chin/chest, head and back.	–
Audio
Audio	Barks, howls and other dog sounds.	–
Display
Display	Two 1.89-inch eye displays, described as LED by the maker.	–
Size and weight
Size and weight	560 × 150 × 210 mm; the maker table does not label dimension axes.	–
Accessories
Accessories	Husky and Shiba Inu are breed/coat variants of the same metaDog specification; clothing bundles are optional.	–
Battery
Battery
Battery	–	Battery capacity and tested runtime are not published in the sources read.
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	10–12 hours in maker spec table; FAQ says up to 10 hours	–
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	2,000 mAh	–
Charging
Charging	USB-C; specification image says 40 minutes, while the product FAQ says 45 minutes.	Magnetic alignment with the charging dock; USB-C supplies the dock.