When the recall was announced, Basis revealed that the Peak's online services would be shut on Dec. When I contacted some Intel reps to ask about Basis' long-term future, the wave of "no comment" responses felt ominous.
This is speculation, but perhaps Intel would prefer partnerships -- such as with Tag Heuer -- to be the future of its wearables strategy. Which is a shame, because the demise of the Peak is a sad day for everyone who may not want something as flashy or demanding as an Apple Watch or Android Wear device.
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By James Stables. The matte black module is paired with black and red-accented straps, while the brushed silver module features white and gray-accented straps. Basis packed five advanced sensors that measure heart rate, motion via accelerometer , perspiration, and skin temperature into the watch.
It automatically tracks your activity, using BodyIQ technology, which determines whether you are walking, running, biking, sleeping, or just waking up. Peak monitors your heart rate and can distinguish between different levels of activity. Just like a sleep tracker, the Peak can detect different levels of sleep, from REM to deep or light sleep.
It also recognizes when you suffer from toss-and-turn sleep or interruptions to determine the quality of your sleep. Basis created a feature called the Healthy Habits system, which is supposed to turn the insights gleaned from the data collected by Peak into real actions that you can take. The Peak will then give you suggestions and help you improve your lifestyle. The heart rate sensing tech tracks sleep, calorific burn and helps detect running, cycling and swimming. The feature set is near identical to the rest of the activity tracking world but Basis believes its sensor tech trounces the competition in terms of accuracy.
The Basis B1 had set the benchmark for wrist-based heart rate sensing, which eliminates the need for separate chest straps. Essential reading: Runtastic Orbit review. The Basis Peak features improved LEDs and photo-sensitive diodes on the rear of the device, which tracks heart rate more effectively while running, cycling and walking.
Not just relying on movement to determine activity means that the Basis Peak will be able to track your workouts in the gym, where other GPS-based trackers fail. Previously, the Peak didn't integrate with any external apps.
The Peak's promised "smartwatch" notifications aren't here yet, but should arrive by mid-December via a firmware upgrade: phone calls, texts and calendar events will appear on the Peak screen. There still isn't any word on on-watch coaching notifications, a feature we'd hoped to see on the Peak.
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