Strava is emerging as a top choice for runners worldwide. Though the app is rising in popularity, there are still some features that are notably missing. If you’re eagerly awaiting for a few to drop, the fitness app is rolling out highly requested features soon.

Naturally, the most requested feature is dark mode. Considered an essential these days, the mode is present in a lot of apps today. Finally, Strava is getting its own version. In an update coming later this summer, users can turn the lights off permanently or according to the device’s settings.

Though not the most highly requested feature, the app is also (inevitably) getting a healthy dose of AI. In Athlete Intelligence Beta, the service will use large language models to interpret and summarize a workout for users. Finished workouts won’t just be a series of arcane numbers anymore. The developing AI will translate these to language that any user can understand.

Additionally, Leaderboard Integrity will analyze recorded activities for any potential errors — intentional or otherwise. If the system detects that an activity feels improbable, it will alert users to change its classification or delete it altogether.

Finally, Strava is getting night heatmaps. Concerned users will soon have the ability to see the traffic in a particular trail between sunset and sunrise. If you’re concerned about the safety of a route, the app will notify you if a path is well-lit and well-travelled at night.

The app will launch these features soon for users worldwide.

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Lenovo has announced an exciting new AI-powered engine designed to revolutionize sustainability in the digital age. It’s called Lenovo’s Intelligent Sustainability Solutions Advisor, or LISSA for short. In a nutshell, it empowers businesses to make smarter decisions to reduce their environmental footprint.

Through generative AI, LISSA offers visibility into the estimated carbon emissions associated with various Lenovo sustainability solutions. These include the following:

• TruScale Device as a Service (DaaS)
• Asset Recovery
• packaging efficiencies
• lower-carbon shipping options
• lifecycle extensions
• certified refurbishment

Moreover, LISSA helps to simulate solution pathways and identify potential emission reduction opportunities. This will help the client decide properly while supporting their IT decarbonization goals in the digital workplace.

The introduction of LISSA stems from a recent Lenovo survey wherein it found out that 87% of executives indicated they believe AI enables the potential to address climate issues and unlock insights that could help mitigate global greenhouse gas emissions.

With faster access to IT sustainability insights and recommendations powered by generative AI, Lenovo can help businesses develop pathways with measurable sustainability outcomes. This helps them plan ahead, make the right choices, and maybe even save money in the process.

Everyone is getting eye tracking these days. Big companies are looking into incorporating the feature into their ecosystems. Both Apple and Google, for example, have announced their versions around the same time. Let’s leave Apple for now, though. It’s time to see what Google has in store for eye-tracking and gesture control.

Announced during I/O 2024, Google has announced that Project Gameface, a handsfree initiative it started last year, is officially coming to Android. Instead of using physical taps and swipes, the project sees users control their devices with facial gestures, eye tracking, and head movements.

In a generalized sample of the technology, developers can program several movements — looking in different directions, raising eyebrows, smiling, or opening your mouth — to correspond to certain functions on a smartphone. Google says that these functions can include opening the home screen, accessing the app drawer, and going back to the previous window.

Naturally, more specific uses will come in the future. The company has released the technology for free on GitHub, allowing developers to create their own versions of the technology. Thankfully, it won’t need additional hardware. Project Gameface can work even with just a simple front-facing camera.

For most users, the program is a big quality-of-life improvement for scenarios where your hands are otherwise preoccupied. However, the technology also has big implications for accessibility. Physically challenged individuals can start using their smartphones in ways previously restricted from them.

Currently, there is no timetable for when the feature will make a more concreate debut on smartphones. However, putting the technology on an open-source platform should help accelerate things.

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