

There’s also a monthly service that unlocks Halo’s advanced features for $4 a month, though the first six months are included with purchase. The Halo uses your smartphone’s camera to analyze your body fat. Then a deep neural network “identifies your body and separates it from the background with pixel-level accuracy” while the image “is analyzed by another DNN to understand the relationship between images of a person and the physical properties of their body, including body shape and distribution of fat and muscle.” And finally, “the shape and appearance of your body in the images is analyzed by a third DNN to generate your 3D body model.”Īmazon claims the Halo’s body fat measurement is “as accurate as methods a doctor would use-and nearly twice as accurate as leading at-home smart scales.” However, Amazon cautions that the system has reduced accuracy for customers over 500 pounds or who have 50 percent body fat, as well as pregnant women, people who use wheelchairs, and users with certain physical differences, such as prosthetic limbs.

Powered by AI and machine learning, the Halo will calculate your body fat using your smartphone’s camera to create a 3D scan of your body. The Halo’s other unique feature is body scanning. Amazon says Tone “works best for American English speakers” but isn’t limited by language and “is always getting smarter.” As you go about the day wearing the Halo, it “uses machine learning to analyze energy and positivity in a customer’s voice so they can better understand how they may sound to others, helping improve their communication and relationships.” So now when your significant other tells you, “It’s not what you said, it’s how you said it,” you can go back and see what they mean. However, while the microphone is constantly listening for your voice, it’s not to hear Alexa’s wake word.
