Samsung TVs help your exercise with camera-based, AI-powered good coach
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Working out in entrance of your TV through the pandemic? A brand new characteristic on Samsung’s 2021 televisions, introduced Wednesday forward of CES, goals to assist. Connect an non-obligatory webcam to the TV and an app on the display will acknowledge you are figuring out, monitor your progress and provide encouragement and training as you burn energy.
The additional, which Samsung calls Good Coach, is a part of the Samsung Well being app that debuted on its TVs in 2020, solely this 12 months it is increasing to supply guided private coaching. It requires an non-obligatory webcam, and Samsung has a list of recommended cameras, all from Logitech.
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The system uses a motion-recognition AI algorithm in the TV to identify and analyze your movements, posture and form on camera. Based on this information, the Smart Trainer guides the rep counts, exercise time, estimated calories burned and form accuracy in real time. At the end of the workout it produces a scored workout summary.
I tried the Smart Trainer in an early demo and, despite my personal lack of fitness, it seemed to work well. Once I fired up the app a little window popped up showing me on the screen, complete with an indicator showing where to stand. After taking a second to recognize me, the workout began. I chose jumping jacks and tried following the pace of the on-screen trainer, who quickly got me out of breath. When I lagged an on-screen message let me know, and I earned encouragement when I hit the right pace.
Your intrepid author gets hit butt kicked by the Smart Trainer.
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The workouts in the demo were by fitness guru Jillian Michaels, who Samsung says is the first of six personal trainers to provide workout content for its TVs.
The smart trainer feature is available on 2021 Q70A TVs and above, including the Neo QLED models. Pricing and availability for the TVs will be announced at a later date.
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