A dog isn’t just a pet; they’re a family member. And when it comes to family, ‘close enough’ isn’t enough. Halo Collar partnered with Swift Navigation to deliver the most accurate pet tracking collar that takes virtual fences to the next level (see press release). Independent testing shows that Precision+ delivers 3x more accuracy than any other GPS dog fence on the market.
The Challenge: Bringing Total Peace of Mind to Pet Owners
Halo Collar 5 is a market-leading virtual fence system. It features built-in training developed by Cesar Millan and uses customizable prevention and encouragement cues, including gentle sounds, voice commands and vibrations, to guide dogs safely within their boundaries. It also enables pet owners to create and store unlimited wireless fences instantly using the Halo mobile app.
Halo sought to improve their product even further by bringing greater accuracy, precision, reliability, and consistency across all environments. Whether their customers live in sprawling farmland or dense, tree-covered suburban neighborhoods, Halo was committed to setting a new standard for pet safety.
The Solution: Universal Sub-Meter Precision with Skylark
To bring about the next generation of pet tracking, Halo integrated Swift Navigation’s Skylark™ Precise Positioning Service into the new Halo Collar 5 with Precision+. Skylark is a cloud-based service that uses advanced atmospheric modeling to improve the accuracy of GPS from several meters down to less than one.
Halo’s Precision+ solution combines an L1/L5 dual-band GPS chip with Skylark to achieve continuous sub-meter accuracy. This ensures that virtual boundaries stay exactly where the owner draws them in the mobile app, providing a system that is even more dependable than a physical wire. The solution also has a light footprint and long battery life, allowing for a small and comfortable collar that lasts.
The Results: Family-Grade Safety and Reliability for Pets Everywhere
The integration of Skylark into the Halo ecosystem delivers several key benefits:
- 3x More Accuracy: Independent testing shows that Precision+ delivers 3x more accuracy than any other GPS dog fence on the market, measured using controlled, repeatable field testing with side-by-side evaluation against competing systems and a ground-truth reference, ensuring objective, apples-to-apples comparison across dynamic, real-world conditions.
- Instant Protection: Unlike other pet trackers that take minutes to converge, the combined solution provides instant accuracy, ensuring the collar works effectively from the moment the dog steps outside.
- All-Environment Availability: The system delivers 99.9% availability through a carrier-operated network, maintaining dependable boundaries in wooded yards, and dense suburban neighborhoods.
- Reliable Portability: Skylark delivers seamless coverage and uniform performance throughout the continental US, so pet owners can confidently travel with their dogs, secure in the knowledge that their fence can come with them.
- Optimized Lifestyle Design: Skylark was architected for wearables, minimizing on-device computing to keep the collar sleek and lightweight while maintaining long-lasting battery life.
Close enough isn't enough, especially when your dog is near a boundary. Halo has always been built applying the most advanced GPS technology to maximize pet safety. Precision+ and our partnership with Swift Navigation allow us to push that precision even further, giving pet owners greater confidence that their dog is always safe in the boundaries they set.”
The Future of Pet Safety
With the launch of Halo Collar 5 with Precision+, Halo and Swift Navigation have ushered in the next generation of pet safety. By bringing the same technology used by millions of autonomous vehicles to the backyard, they have created a virtual fencing solution that pet parents can trust as much as a physical one. Halo now protects more than 500,000 dogs across the United States every day using this advanced positioning technology.