Tuesday, September 10, 2013

iPhone 5S Includes New 'M7' Motion Coprocessor for Health and Fitness Tracking

During Apple's iPhone media event today, SVP Phil Schiller announced that the new iPhone 5S includes a new "M7" chip, also known as a "motion coprocessor", that works alongside the new phone's A7 chip to continuously measure motion data.

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The new chip captures motion data from the compass, accelerometer and gyroscope to enable a new generation of health and fitness apps for the iPhone. Apple also announced that there is a new CoreMotion API in iOS 7 that identifies user movement and optimizations based on contextual awareness. 
More at iHash.eu

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