Gadgetory

along with the AAA does our motion coprocessor a new generation m8 and as you know this motion coprocessor works along with offloading the work from your processor with all those great senses on your phone the accelerometer the gyroscope the compass and this is really helpful for things like fitness applications to track data and provide it back to you well the new generation m8 can tell when you're cycling and you're walking you're running it also has a new ability to estimate distance so for example you can go for a run it can tell how many steps you're running but also how far you've gone and for the first time give you credit for elevation as well flights of stairs we all need to run more stairs how does it do it well there's a new sensor built into iphone 6 and 6 plus the barometer it mount measures relative elevation from air pressure and that will show up in things like the new health app in iOS 8 we will now get credit for flights of stairs you walk throughout your day and developers can take advantage of this new sensor as well for example Nike is working in a new version of the nike+ running app so it can track not only how far you run but also the elevation as well so great new a a chip great new ma chip the core of iphone 6 and 6 plus