Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Wearables
  3. News

Mio’s Slice band and PAI index want to increase your lifespan by 10 years

By

mio pai slice
The sheer amount of fitness trackers at CES 2016 can be dazzling, if not tiring. Mio isn’t a new contender and already has a slew of fitness wearables available, but at CES 2016 it announced a new and easier method to track your fitness activity — the PAI index.

PAI, or Personal Activity Intelligence, is based off the results of the Norwegian Hunt Study, a 20-year research project that found a correlation between longevity and activity — essentially, Mio wants to ensure your workout is suitable for you, in keeping with the study results.

Recommended Videos

Rather than trying to hit 10,000 steps or other arbitrary goals, PAI condenses all of that into one number — 100. Based on your gender, age, highest and resting heart rates, the new Mio PAI app offers a specific quantity and intensity of activity to reach the goal of keeping your PAI score over 100. Doing so can increase your lifespan by up to 10 years, and even safeguard your heart from cardiovascular disease.

mio pai

While every user is directed to aim for a target number of 100, users are given different ways to get to that number based on their body’s physiological response to changes in heart rate and other factors. The app still offers generic fitness tracking information like a step and calorie counter. Once you start that app — which only works with Mio’s connected bands — you’ll have a PAI score of zero. Get that number to or above 100 within the day and you’re on your way to a healthier, and hopefully, a longer life.

The app is really well designed and also lets you know how much time you need to spend completing low, moderate, or high-intensity tasks to get more PAI points to hit your target score.

Alongside Mio’s PAI announcement was also the introduction of a new wearable that has the PAI index built in — the Mio Slice. With Mio’s other bands, you’ll need the PAI app to see your PAI score each day, but with the Slice you can see your score right away on the device. Slice has a built-in heart-rate monitor and can track steps, calories burned, distance, and sleep. The device’s design, which is certainly better looking than Mio’s other bands, is not finalized, and neither is its battery life and water resistance rating. It’s compatible with iOS and Android devices, and will be able to handle vibration alarms and smartphone notifications as well.

The PAI app is free and is available on iTunes right now, but the Slice will set you back $100 and will be available later this year.

Topics
Julian Chokkattu
Julian Chokkattu
Former Digital Trends Contributor
Julian is the mobile and wearables editor at Digital Trends, covering smartphones, fitness trackers, smartwatches, and more…
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 vs. Fitbit Sense
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 smartwatch, worn on a person's wrist.

The Galaxy Watch 4 is Samsung's take on a modern, hi-tech wearable that doesn't imitate an old-school analog wristwatch. It eschews the classic design of its predecessors for a sleeker, more streamlined look, while also providing some excellent hardware and features. These include a Super AMOLED touchscreen, 16GB of internal storage, generous battery life, and some great health-tracking software.

It's certainly one of the best smartwatches out there, but in a market saturated by Apple Watches and various Android equivalents, it certainly isn't without competitors. One of these is the Fitbit Sense, which in 2020 emerged to offer a premium version of the core Fitbit experience, replete with an ECG sensor, a choice of virtual assistants, and a wealth of fitness features.

Read more
This $4,000 titanium beauty is the ultimate square G-Shock
The G-Shock MRG-B5000B.

Do you want the very best Casio offers in manufacturing, design, and technology from your new G-Shock, all wrapped up in that highly recognizable square case? In other words, the ultimate version of a truly classic G-Shock watch? If so, the new MRG-B5000B is exactly the model you will want, provided cost is no object. We’ve been wearing it.
What makes MR-G so special?
Although Casio is best known for tough watches that won’t break the bank, Casio also has decades of watchmaking experience, and it showcases its talents most effectively in its highly exclusive MR-G family of watches. These models, its most luxurious, are assembled by hand on Casio’s Premium Production Line located in the Yamagata factory in Japan, where only the company’s most experienced, specially certified technicians work on the top MT-G and MR-G models.

The square G-Shock is one of the most popular models, having been around since the G-Shock brand first started in the early 1980s, and bringing it to the luxury MR-G range is going to see a lot of people reaching for their wallets. What makes it so special? It’s the first time the classic, beloved square G-Shock has been given the MR-G treatment, with most other MR-G models over the past few years featuring an analog dial. There's a huge section of an already large fan base waiting for this.

Read more
Fitbit recalls Ionic smartwatch after several burn reports
best walmart deals on apple watch garmin and fitbit ionic smartwatch adidas edition ice gray silver

Fitbit Ionic smartwatch users need to stop using their devices right now. The company has recalled its Ionic wearable after over 150 reports of the watch’s lithium-ion battery overheating, and 78 reports of burn injuries to the users. It will offer a refund of $299 to the Fitbit Ionic smartwatch users who return the device.

Fitbit has received at least 115 reports in the United States and over 50 reports internationally about the Ionic smartwatch's battery overheating. It is recalling the device as there are two reports of third-degree burns and four reports of second-degree burns out of the 78 total burn injuries report.

Read more