# virtual pet

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## PolyMO is a privacy-focused virtual pet built with an ESP32 and local AI

DevFeed: [PolyMO is a privacy-focused virtual pet built with an ESP32 and local AI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/virtual-pet-that-won-t-let-you-waste-your-life-scrolling-34922.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.yankodesign.com/2026/09/16/virtual-pet-that-wont-let-you-waste-your-life-scrolling/>)

Author: Ida Torres

Published: 2026-09-17T00:30:05Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Yanko Design](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/yanko-design.md>)

Topics: [ESP32](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp32.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [Language models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/language-models.md>), [Whisper](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/whisper.md>), [3D](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/3d.md>), [voice ai](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/voice-ai.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Bluetooth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bluetooth.md>)

Tags: [diy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/diy.md>), [gadgets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gadgets.md>), [gadgets-technology-diy-virtual-virtual-pet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gadgets-technology-diy-virtual-virtual-pet.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>), [virtual](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virtual.md>), [virtual-pet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virtual-pet.md>)

### AI overview

PolyMO is a virtual pet designed to discourage excessive scrolling by becoming visibly ill when ignored. It combines an ESP32 device with an Android phone running local language, speech-recognition, and text-to-speech models, keeping conversations and pet behavior on the owner's hardware.

### Source excerpt

Virtual Pet That Won't Let You Waste Your Life Scrolling Most of us know the feeling. You pick up your phone to check one notification, and forty-five minutes later you're three hundred posts deep into...