Motiv Motiv Ring User manual
The Motiv Ring
User's Manual
The Motiv Ring: Care, Use,
Functionality
1. Phone and Device Compatibility
The Motiv App is required to view your Motiv Ring data, receive Motiv
notifications, and to use other features. The Motiv App is available for most
newer smartphones and devices running on Apple iOS or Google Android
Operating System. If your phone or device is not listed below the Motiv Ring
may not be able to pair and/or sync, and may also experience rendering,
layout, and stability issues.
The following is a list of supported devices for Motiv on Android:
HTC Google Pixel, HTC Google Pixel XL, HTC Google Pixel 2, LG Google Pixel
2XL, Google Pixel 3, Google Pixel 3XL, Samsung Galaxy 7, Samsung Galaxy 7
Edge, Samsung Galaxy 8, Samsung Galaxy 8+, Samsung Galaxy Note 5,
Samsung Galaxy Note 8, Samsung Galaxy S9, Samsung Galaxy S9+.
The following is a list of supported devices for Motiv on iOS:
Motiv requires iOS 9.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone 5s and onwards.
Also, iPad Air, iPad Air Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular,
iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular,
iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 Wi-Fi + Cellular, 12.9-inch iPad Pro, 12.9-inch iPad Pro
Wi-Fi + Cellular, 9.7-inch iPad Pro, 9.7-inch iPad Pro Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (5th
generation), iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular (5th generation), 12.9-inch iPad Pro (2nd
generation), 12.9-inch iPad Pro Wi‐Fi + Cellular (2nd generation), 10.5-inch iPad
Pro, 10.5-inch iPad Pro Wi‐Fi + Cellular, and iPod touch (6th generation).
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2. Active Minutes
Motiv measures the work you put in towards your cardiovascular fitness. We
track Active Minutes through a combination of elevated heart rate and
movement. Any time you are moderately active for greater than 10 minutes,
you start to accumulate active minutes. Taking a brisk walk, cruising around
on a bike, and dancing can qualify as moderately active.
When you are at 40% or above of your heart rate reserve (the difference
between your resting heart rate and your maximum heart rate), or taking 100
steps or more per minute – it counts as moderate activity. Monitoring your
heart rate day and night helps us customize your Active Minute threshold to
your fitness level. To personalize your active minutes threshold to you, Motiv
Ring measures your resting heart rate each night. For example, a 40-year-old
with a resting heart rate of 65 bpm will have to get their heart rate above 111
bpms for 10 minutes or more to start earning Active Minutes.
National health and fitness groups and government departments all
recommend 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity per week to maintain
good health and be at lower risk of chronic disease and cardiovascular events.
Want to learn more about Active Minutes?
Motiv Blog Post: Why 10,000 daily steps doesn’t cut it
CDC
Health.gov
American Heart Association
NIH
3. Accuracy
Motiv tests accuracy against foot pods which are the best source of “truth” for
steps, and compares performance to popular wrist-based trackers.
Additionally, Motiv counts fairly sustained steps and not every random step —
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that’s our intention in depending on the Active Minutes metric as opposed to
a 10k benchmark. Making sure you’re being properly “rewarded” for sustained
physical activity rather than a blanket number of steps taken. Many trackers
(and wrist-based devices) are reported to overestimate steps - which is why
we aim to meet the accuracy of foot pods. (Murmurings of that indicated
here , here + here .)
Why does my Heart Rate data differ between Motiv Ring and (Polar, Apple
Watch 3, etc)?
●Motiv will only report average measurements per minute, so if the max
HR is not sustained over a span of a minute or so, the minute average
for that time will be lower than what other trackers can report, as they
can report HR with higher temporal resolution.
●There is a trade-off between higher temporal resolution and battery life.
So if we were to report HR more frequently, our battery life would drop,
and we decided that battery life is more important for your ring, as it is
a 24/7 monitor, and not fitness-training focused.
●Wrist-worn devices often have a much stronger optical signal to work
with, and have a lot less ambient interference because the optical
sensor is more protected under a larger area. So our algorithms have to
be even more robust than what is run on wrist-worn trackers. Given the
constraints of available chips for our form factor, our limited real-estate,
and our desired battery life, that is a serious challenge.
4. Steps While Driving?
The vibrations of the car/bus on the road or those of the trian on the rail line
may sometimes transfer to your hand and look like steps to the ring.
Especially when your ring-wearing hand is resting on the door, window or the
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