This Tamagotchi clone is designed to help you keep your plants alive
Tamagotchi ripoffs are alive and well at CES 2026, and SoildTech's spin on the idea is to stick a virtual pet in the dirt to help you stop killing your plants. Senso combines a plant health sensor and a Tamagotchi-like device, offering insights into the conditions of a houseplant's environment and a gamified way of keeping up with them. If a plant is in need of watering or could use some lighting adjustments, little characters will offer you quests to complete those tasks. And by taking care of your plant properly, you'll also be helping those characters' virtual home planet thrive. (A world that, I must point out, looks a whole lot like one I've seen before as a Tamagotchi Paradise owner). The virtual pet component magnetically attaches to a two-pronged probe tha [...]
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Tamagotchi Paradise trades stressful virtual pet parenting for nature and tranquility
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Tamagotchi Paradise looks like the most exciting virtual pet toy in years
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The new Tamagotchi game for Nintendo Switch will connect with Tamagotchi Uni
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Bandai releases Tamagotchi Paradise comic for Free Comic Book Day, and it may hint at the next device
It’s the first Saturday of May, which means Free Comic Book Day is here, and this year, even Tamagotchi is getting in on the fun. Bandai has released a limited edition comic for the event, and it sp [...]
Here's the absolutely massive Tamagotchi Paradise next to other objects in the wild, for scale
No product launch excites me more than the release of a new Tamagotchi. So when it comes time to review one, I like to first give myself a little while to just live with the device — to feel that in [...]
Now you can raise Anakin Skywalker with this Darth Vader Tamagotchi
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Sweekar turns the Tamagotchi into a physical AI pocket pet that won't die on you
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Engadget review recap: iPhone 17 lineup, AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch Series 11 and more
Last week's Apple event meant we were in for a barrage of reviews this week. We spent lots of time putting the iPhone 17 family, including the new iPhone Air, through its paces. We also tested th [...]
This pettable Poké Ball is a Tamagotchi-style toy with over 150 Pokémon inside and I need it now
Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy is releasing a Poké Ball virtual pet toy so you can fulfill your dreams of carrying your favorite Pokémon around with you everywhere. I don't know how this one sli [...]