A paid Life360 membership is required for GPS tracking.
How Location Works
Your Pet GPS switches between three technologies to find the strongest and most battery-efficient signal:
- GPS uses satellite signals to track your pet outdoors. Accuracy may be reduced indoors or in areas with low cell coverage.
- Bluetooth detects your Pet GPS at close range and is used when your pet is near a Circle member’s phone with bluetooth enabled, such as inside your home or yard.
- WiFi is used only when a WiFi network is set up within a Place, helping the Pet GPS conserve battery.
Improve Location Accuracy
If your Pet GPS is not showing the correct location, check the following:
- Your Pet GPS is charged to at least 6% to avoid Reserve Mode.
- Your Pet GPS tracking mode. Standard Mode pauses live tracking in a Place to save battery. Beast Mode keeps your Pet GPS trackable at all times, including inside a Place, but uses more battery.
- Your Pet GPS is within a Place. While in Standard Mode, it will not provide live tracking while in a Place or connected to WiFi until it leaves the Place boundary.
- The Pet GPS is in an area with good cell coverage. Location accuracy can also be impacted by environmental factors such as cloud cover, trees, buildings, and other structures.
If your pet's location appears stuck or isn't updating, refresh your Life360 app. If you have the Pet GPS with you, you can reboot it.