The device does not have any external fasteners, with the back cover being held together with glue. Even if the device in particular does not interest you, the techniques he uses are very educational and will prove a useful addition to your skills. More worryingly, the app offers a slider which you can move to see how you will “look” if you have higher or lower body fat percentages.įortunately for us hardware hacker types, wanted to unlock all the secrets Amazon poured into this design. Amazon’s ML algorithms then calculate your body fat percentage. Amazon mentions that the photos are never retained and deleted from their servers once your 3D model is transferred back to the phone. Your front, back and side photos get uploaded to Amazon servers, get converted to a 3D model, and then downloaded back to your phone. The other is its use of your phone via the companion app, to take photos of you, preferably dressed in your undergarments. The device has a pair of microphones, which listen to the “tone” of your voice and report on your emotional state. We won’t delve much in to the pros and cons of the device, other than mention two features which have the potential to creep out most folks.
It helps monitor your active and sleep states, keeps track of body fat, and reports your emotional state. Halo’s focus is more on health, rather than fitness. The device does not have any display at all, and any metrics that need to be displayed (heart rate, steps, calories, etc.) show up on the Halo phone app. Sometime around the middle of 2020, Amazon jumped on to the health and fitness tracker space with the introduction of the Halo - a $100 device with an add on $4 monthly subscription service if you wanted additional features, which Amazon calls “labs”, many of which are third-party services. wanted to know what hardware was under the hood, and did an amazing Amazon Halo Teardown.
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