![]() ![]() It also tracks things like how much they scratch themselves, lick themselves, drink water, and sleep. Like humans, active pets will likely live longer. Similar to an Apple Watch, the Whistle GO Explore has a “Fitness Ring” that you strive to close each day for your pet. Not only do you get the GPS tracking for a worry free ability to find a lost pet, but you also get a fitness tracker. The Whistle GO Explore is so much more than just a “find my lost pet” device. However, the obvious upside is that your pet can be located just about anywhere and it’s not dependent on you or a stranger with an Apple device being nearby. The obvious downside is that you need to pay for a service plan since it connects to cellular networks for GPS tracking and the battery life (up to 20 days) is a lot shorter than an AirTag (which is rated to last a year before needing to replace the battery). It uses GPS instead of bluetooth or Ultra Wideband technology. Whistle GO Explore is actually designed from the ground up to be a pet tracker. How does Whistle work and differ from an AirTag? I pulled the trigger and ordered one with a year of GPS service. As I was considering using an AirTag thinking “it’s better than nothing”, my buddy Jack Beckman turned me onto Whistle. I have used pet GPS trackers in the past and while they are usually very accurate the ones I tried all failed and literally stopped working just outside the warranty period. Get a Whistle GO Explore instead Lisa with a Whistle GO Explore on her collar This is exactly why Apple doesn’t recommend using AirTags for tracking pets or children/people. The good thing would be that the Find My app would show the last location that it saw the AirTag in, but the bad news is that by the time you realized that your pet was even gone, it could be several yards or miles away from that location. ![]() However, if your dog/cat ran off into a wooded or rural area or even a large park, it may easily run out of the range of any other Apple devices and therefore the AirTag would be pretty useless in accurately locating your pet. This means that an AirTag could work just fine in locating your escape artist. If you live in downtown New York City and your dog runs off with an AirTag on his/her collar, there’s probably a good chance that your dog would be in the range of an Apple device in such a densely populated area. Cool! This is not ideal for pets depending on where they may get lost Your AirTag in your backpack would privately be detected and shown on the Find My network just being near another Apple device. There’s nothing they need to install or activate. Luckily the people near your backpack don’t need to do anything special. However, if someone else is in the library near your backpack with an iPhone, iPad or Mac your backpack AirTag would automatically be picked up by the Find My network and show its location in the Find My app on your iOS device. You are way out of the range of bluetooth or even the 800 foot range of Ultra Wideband technology. Now you’re miles away from your backpack. Let’s say you left your backpack with an AirTag attached to it/in it, in the library and you drove home. In order for your lost/misplaced/stolen object to show up on the Find My network it would have to be within range of another Apple device such as an iPhone, iPad or Mac. It works with Ultra Wideband technology to show itself to the Find My app on your iOS devices. With an AirTag there is no subscription fee, no WiFi, and no GPS. There certainly isn’t anything wrong with this thought process, but it really depends on your situation and where your pet may go missing. However, many have been tempted to use them on their pets too. ![]() Apple introduced their AirTag (a Tile competitor) for those looking for an easy way to keep track of things like keys, purses, wallets, etc.
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