Yes, there's a real $340 device that hangs off your toilet bowl, photographs what you leave behind, and sends health insights to your phone. It's called Throne, it's got a camera and a microphone, and it was built by the co-founder of Whoop, the fitness tracker that already convinced people to wear a sensor to bed. Now he wants one bolted to your toilet.
What a Camera Hanging Off Your Toilet Actually Looks At
Throne clips to the side of your toilet bowl and plugs into the wall with a 13-foot USB-C cable, no plumbing work required. The camera and microphone track how often you go, plus the texture, size, and volume of what shows up. The goal is a personal baseline, so the app can flag it when something changes. Founder John Capodilupo has specifically pointed to people on GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, where bathroom habits shift fast and most people have no easy way to track it besides guessing.
Why You're Paying $340 Plus a Monthly Fee to Use Your Own Toilet
Throne isn't a one-time purchase. It's $340 upfront, then $6 a month to keep the AI insights running, which means your toilet now has a subscription the same way your phone does. The battery lasts about a month per charge, so at least it's not something you're thinking about daily, just something that's quietly always on.
What Happens to the Pictures It Takes?
Throne says the data gets encrypted and the AI insights come to your phone over Bluetooth, which sounds reassuring until you notice what's missing from that explanation: no detail on how long images are kept, where they're stored, or who else might see them. One reviewer put it bluntly, joking that you shouldn't think too hard about where the AI model's training data came from. That's the actual question worth asking before this goes on your toilet, not whether the gut-health tracking works.
Is Tracking This Actually Useful, or Just Uncomfortable?
Here's my honest take. Gut health data is genuinely useful, doctors ask about bowel habits constantly and most people answer with a shrug because nobody's tracking it. A device that catches a real pattern change before you'd notice it yourself has real value. But I'd want a lot more clarity on image storage and retention before a camera photographing my bathroom habits earns a permanent spot in my house. The tech here is ahead of the privacy answers.
