If your pet's pin sits exactly on top of you, nothing is broken — that's the app telling you the two of you are together. Here's why it works that way.
Why this happens
When your pet's tracker is close enough for your phone to hold a Bluetooth link to it, the app treats your phone's position as your pet's position. You'll see the GPS chip read Proximity, and the Tracker status sheet explains it like this:
"Your tracker is nearby. The location comes from your phone's direct Bluetooth link, so it's accurate and easy on the battery."
Why that beats the tracker's own GPS
While the Bluetooth link is healthy, the phone-based position outranks everything else, including the tracker's GPS. That's deliberate:
- It's accurate — if the tracker is in Bluetooth range, your pet really is right there.
- It works indoors, where GPS often can't get a fix at all.
- It saves the tracker's battery, because the tracker doesn't need to hunt for satellites.
The phone-based position stays in charge for 90 seconds at a time. If your phone stops relaying positions — you walk away, close the app, or the Bluetooth link drops — the app automatically falls back to the tracker's own GPS and the pin goes back to being reported by the collar.
During a walk
While you're recording a walk, your phone owns the pin for up to 5 minutes after the last recorded walk point. Walk points arrive in batches and can be a few minutes old, so this window stops the map flip-flopping mid-walk.
Please note: you won't see a blue "approximate area" circle around a Proximity position — it's a plain pin, because a Bluetooth position doesn't need one.
Do I need to do anything?
No. The handover happens automatically in both directions. If you'd rather see where the tracker itself thinks it is, walk out of Bluetooth range or wait for the phone-based position to expire, and the collar takes over again.
Tip: if the map shows Proximity but you can't actually see your pet, use Radar from the map drawer — it uses the same Bluetooth link to tell you whether you're getting warmer or colder.
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