From TechCrunch · Connie Loizos · · 2m
Whoop launches social network for health data
Whoop Humans lets members share fitness and health metrics with chosen followers, marking the fitness band maker's push into medical wellness.
In brief
Whoop Humans lets members share fitness and health metrics with chosen followers, marking the fitness band maker's push into medical wellness. Whoop launched Whoop Humans, a social network letting members share health data with chosen followers, as the company expands into medical wellness and targets aging…
Whoop launches social network
Whoop, the screen-less fitness band maker, is launching Whoop Humans on Thursday. The social network lets members follow friends and family and share health data at no extra cost.
What members can share
Members can follow anyone on Whoop and choose what to share, from sleep and recovery to workouts and achievements. Followers can react and comment, and members can attach photos and commentary to their data.
More intimate than Teams
Whoop already has Teams, used by just over half its customers, built around groups and leaderboards where everyone sees everyone else's information.Humans is more intimate, letting members decide who follows them and what they see.
Beta users engaged by struggle
Beta members used the feature to track clients or check on loved ones. The company learned people were more engaged when someone reported a low recovery score than a nearly perfect one, suggesting the feature…
Whoop pushes into medical wellness
Whoop has added FDA-cleared ECG and atrial fibrillation detection, blood pressure insights, blood testing and medical-record uploads. CEO Will Ahmed said Whoop has seen huge growth among people over sixty over the past eighteen months.
“huge growth”
Medicare reimbursement and families
Whoop was among the first companies accepted into a Medicare program that reimburses qualifying wearables showing they improve health outcomes.
Privacy controls and data protection
Members choose which metrics to share, can remove followers, and can switch on stealth mode to go dark without changing settings.Health alerts and medical information are not shared by default.
“Our product is not you; it's the membership”
Whoop eyes acquisitions
Ahmed said he expects more consolidation among AI-focused, clinician-focused and wearable companies, and that Whoop is always on the prowl.Its deep relationship with members puts it in a position to be an acquirer, he said.
Growth and retail expansion
Whoop expects to have nearly four million members by year-end.Membership on its software platform has increased more than seventy percent a year for three years running.
Female audience doubles
Whoop's female audience has more than doubled from last year. The company will start with around five hundred Ulta locations and target more than a thousand stores eventually.
The key point
Whoop launched Whoop Humans, a social network letting members share health data with chosen followers, as the company expands into medical wellness and targets aging populations.
