Newshot Whoop Humans Social Platform Announced, Billed as a "Real-User Network Built on Wearable Health Data"
IT Home, November 13 news: Wearable device maker Whoop has announced that it will launch a new social networking platform, Whoop Humans, allowing users to share health and workout data collected by its wearables within the app and interact with other users. Users can choose to make their body metrics, workout records, and personal achievements public, and can also post updates (Moments) with photos and captions much like Instagram Stories, as well as comment on or like other users' content.
Whoop says that unlike other social platforms flooded with AI-generated content, automated accounts, and bots, Whoop Humans is a social network made up entirely of real users. Whoop CEO Will Ahmed called it the easiest social network ever to verify user authenticity, with every account representing a real user with verified heartbeat data.
In the Community tab of the Whoop app, users can browse Moments posted by the people they follow, with an interaction style similar to Instagram's Stories feed, but the content also incorporates friends' workout band data. For example, swiping up on a post containing a running photo lets a user view the corresponding workout route map along with details such as pace and distance. The community page also displays health data cards for other members, including sleep, recovery, and strain scores.
Whoop says users can decide for themselves which activities, achievements, and body metrics to share on Humans, including recovery, strain, sleep, heart rate variability (HRV), and resting heart rate. Activities marked as sensitive are not shared publicly by default, and users can also choose to set Moments to private. In addition, the platform offers a Stealth Mode that lets users temporarily hide health and performance data without having to change their existing data-sharing settings.
Whoop also confirmed that the existing Teams social feature will continue to be offered, through which users can share strain, recovery, and sleep data and take part in team leaderboards.