Whisker Litter-Robot 5 Pro: AI Promises Fall Short, Cats Still Can't Tell Apart

The Verge’s six-month test of the Whisker Litter-Robot 5 Pro shows the AI features—Cat ID facial recognition, WasteID waste classification, and health insights—are unreliable in practice: two cats get misidentified or merged, waste types aren’t consistently identified, and the enrollment process remains finicky even after updates. Despite the $899 price and promise of smarter monitoring, the reviewer notes little actionable insight from Whisker Plus and emphasizes that the core scooping function is quiet and effective, making the non-AI LR5 or LR4 a better buy until AI matures.