Fi, the pet tech firm recognized for its sensible canine collar, has launched a clip-on GPS tracker that it says is the right measurement on your feline buddy or small canine. The Fi Mini weighs simply 0.56 ounces (16 grams), permitting you to maintain tabs in your pet with real-time escape alerts and dwell monitoring from the accompanying app.
As with its sensible collar, the Fi Mini can be out there as a subscription, but it surely’s a bit cheaper at $129 per yr. You’ll be able to connect the Fi Mini to any collar or harness that’s ?
? to 1 inch broad, and Fi says it’s appropriate for “canines and cats of any measurement.” At 42mm lengthy and 30mm broad, the Fi Mini is barely bigger than an Apple AirTag. The Fi Mini continues to be lighter than the Cat Mini tracker supplied by Tractive, which lately acquired Whistle and is shutting down its monitoring platform.
When you clip the Fi Mini onto your canine or cat’s collar, you’ll be able to anticipate as much as three weeks of battery life (or as much as three months with the Fi base, which helps scale back energy consumption) and help for USB-C charging. Just like the Sequence 3 Plus sensible collar, the Fi Mini has an IP68 score, making it dust-tight and guarded towards submersion in water. The compact tracker makes use of Verizon’s LTE-M mobile community to share your pet’s location and monitor their strolling historical past.
The Fi Mini additionally affords the identical exercise and sleep monitoring capabilities because the sensible collar, with further options, together with AI-powered habits detection to provide you with a warning of barking, scratching, consuming, ingesting, and licking, this fall. Fi additionally plans on rolling out an Apple Watch integration, bringing it in keeping with its Sequence 3 Plus counterpart.
