Ten million dogs go missing in the US every year. Ten million moments where someone's world stops, and the frantic searching begins — posting on Nextdoor, texting neighbors, driving slow loops around the block at midnight. We built Fi around the belief that your dog should always come home. GPS tracking gets you close. But what gets you the rest of the way? Help from your friends and neighbors.
What it does:
When a Fi member marks their dog as lost, they can now toggle "Notify nearby Fi members." The moment they do, every Fi user in the area gets a push notification with their dog's photo, name, and live GPS location. Tap it, see the dog on a map, and message the owner directly. One toggle, and the neighborhood shows up.
The owner sees "Search Party Active" — and a shareable link they can send to anyone, Fi member or not. That's it. No setup. No extra subscription. It's just what happens when enough people in a community care about each other's dogs.
Why this matters
The first 48 hours after a dog goes missing are the most critical — especially for rescue dogs, who are still learning that home is safe. A dog who bolted on an icy Bronx walk was found hiding under a wheelbarrow blocks away, located through Fi GPS. His owner said that without it, finding him would have been nearly impossible.
Search Party+ puts more eyes on the ground, faster. Not because someone happened to see a flyer. Because your community was already paying attention. When you got your Fi collar, you joined something bigger than a tracking app. Every Fi member near you is a potential searcher.
That's what this community was always capable of. Search Party+ just makes it official.