Amazon on Thursday unveiled a wristband that goes beyond simply tracking activity to gauging how happy a person is by the sound of their voice.<\/p>\n
Amazon Halo combines data gatheredby a sensor-packed wristband with artificial intelligence tools to provide wearers with feedback regarding their physical and mental health, the internet titan said.<\/p>\n
\"Despite the rise in digital health services and devices over the last decade, we have not seen a corresponding improvement in population health in theUS,\" Amazon Halo's principal medical officer Dr Maulik Majmudar said in a release.<\/p>\n
\"We are using Amazons deep expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning to offer customers a new way to discover, adopt, and maintain personalized wellness habits.\"<\/p>\n
People in the US were invited to request early access to Amazon Halo, which was priced at $65 and included six months' membership access to AI-powered analytics.<\/p>\n
Monthly cost of membership after that will be $4, according to the Seattle-based company.<\/p>\n
Amazon Halo takes on Apple Watch and Fitbit wristwear that provide people with insights about activity levels, sleep patterns and more that could be used to make healthy lifestyle decisions.<\/p>\n
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Halo can discern intensity of activity, distinguishing walking from running, and reliably assess a wearer's level of body fat, according to Amazon.<\/p>\n
With the help of microphones in the wristbands, a Tone feature is designed to analyze \"the positivity and energy\" in someone's voice to asses how happy, sad, tired or excited they sound, the company said.<\/p>\n
\"You might see that in the morning you sounded calm, delighted, and warm,\" Majmudar said.<\/p>\n
\"Tone results may reveal that a difficult work call led to less positivity in family discussions, an indication of the impact of stress on social well-being.\"<\/p>\n
To protect privacy, speech samples are analyzed on a wearer's smartphone -- which syncs to their Halo wristband -- and then deleted after the process, Majmudar said.<\/p>\n
People can turn off Halo microphones by pressing a button on the wristband, he added.<\/p>\n
Amazon Halo apps have been tailored for smartphones powered by Apple and Google-backed Android software, according to Amazon.<\/p>\n
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