Whoop launched a social network where every user has a ‘verified heartbeat’

Whoop has introduced a new social platform called "Humans" that functions similarly to Instagram Stories but with fitness tracker data from other users' wearables. This new feature allows Whoop members to share their fitness metrics, activities, and achievements with other Whoop users, post photo and caption "Moments," and engage with comments and reactions.

Users can select which aspects of their fitness data to share on the platform, such as Recovery, Strain, Sleep, Heart Rate Variability (HRV), and resting heart rate. Any sensitive activities are not shared by default.

The CEO of Whoop, Will Ahmed, claims that the Humans platform is "entirely human" and stands out from other social media platforms that he says are filled with artificial intelligence, automated accounts, bots, and manufactured content. He describes it as "the most verifiably human network ever launched," as each account represents a real person with a verified heartbeat.

Whoop's existing Teams social feature will remain available, allowing users to share strain, recovery, and sleep data along with group leaderboards. In the app's Community tab, users can view Moments from people they follow, akin to scrolling through Stories on Instagram but with friends' fitness tracker data. By tapping on a user's Moments post, users can see a map with their running route and details such as pace and distance.

The Community tab also displays cards for people in the user's "community," showcasing their sleep, recovery, and strain scores.

Users have the option to choose which activities, achievements, and metrics they want to share on the Humans platform, with the ability to keep Moments posts private and a "Stealth Mode" for temporarily hiding health and performance data without altering sharing settings.