![]() Prior to getting started at How-To Geek, Jordan published articles for MakeUseOf about Linux commands, free and open-source software, and online privacy. He's repaired his own smartphones, hosted home cloud servers, and revived old computers with Linux. As a kid, he learned object scripting through the MS-DOS game engine ZZT, and he later taught himself the basics of Python programming. Jordan started writing technology guides in 2020, but his technology and writing experience extends far and wide. That makes it questionable how accurate the app's assessments can even be. That means any conversation you have using Tone is bound to be, in some way, off-kilter. ![]() Even then, it's still a fact people act differently when there's a microphone on. Let's also ignore how awkward it is to get consent from people to let your fitness app listen in on your conversations. But while the app claims to listen only to you, and that all collected data is immediately deleted after processing, again you have to take Amazon's word for it.īut let's ignore the privacy concerns for a minute. Tone makes for a good reminder to think about how you speak to people around you, and I can see speeches possibly being a good use case. Interestingly, the app also encourages you to use Tone when practicing any speeches you plan to give so that you have real-time feedback on your performance. You're meant to connect these emotions with other aspects of your health, like how you treat others after getting a bad night's sleep, or how your vibe improves after you've exercised. After each session, the app grades your overall "energy" and "positivity" levels. You could describe it sort of like a mood ring, informing you "how you sound to other people." It does this in real-time during individual sessions, placing you moment-by-moment on a square graph with each corner representing a different category of emotion: excited, happy, sad, and angry. The second feature, Tone, analyzes your voice during conversations. You have to put complete faith and trust in Amazon's security and privacy protocols. Amazon claims the images are deleted immediately after processing, but there's no getting around the creepiness factor. The photos are uploaded to the cloud and processed for the purpose of estimating your body fat and tracking it over the course of your program. They're called "Body" and "Tone." The first and more off-putting involves taking full-body photos of yourself with, in the app's words, minimal clothing on. There are two opt-in features though that I found to be kind of creepy. It didn't happen again, but it was an annoying and confusing hiccup nonetheless. I enabled cloud syncing in the app settings, hoping that would lessen the chance of that happening again. After that doing that, the Halo app had forgotten my data and needed to pair with the View a second time, which wasn't possible until I factory reset the View. After toying with it for a few hours, I happened to reboot my smartphone. ![]() One major problem I ran into with the app happened soon after the initial setup. Depending on your screen size and how up-to-date your lens prescription is, watching the video you're supposed to be following can be a challenge. My one complaint is that during the assessment I had to stand pretty far from my smartphone, 7 to 10 feet, to allow the camera full view of my person. I was almost immediately watching videos, scoring activity points, and, yes, feeling the burn. Specifically, I liked how easy Movement made it to start improving my fitness. Related: 14_selecting_internet_options.png
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