{"id":249559,"date":"2023-09-18T06:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T10:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=306928"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:12:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:12:54","slug":"apple-wants-to-know-if-you-are-sad-or-happy-we-explain-what-is-behind-all-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/apple-wants-to-know-if-you-are-sad-or-happy-we-explain-what-is-behind-all-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple wants to know if you are sad or happy: we explain what is behind all this"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple is on everyone&#8217;s lips. Following the presentation of their new iPhone 15 and Watch Series 9, Tim Cook&#8217;s company has many novelties in store for us that will arrive throughout the end of the year. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/remove-beta-ios-17-stable?ex=CS-1537.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">And the most striking developments come with iOS 17<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"iOS 17\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/aa0ea39a-3047-47be-9b3a-938ac771524a\/234379927\/ios-17-download-ios-17.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">iOS 17<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/ios-17.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/ios-17.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It is expected that Apple&#8217;s iOS 17 operating system will be released today<\/strong>. The software update comes with several new features, including a tool for daily mood and emotion tracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This is a technique known to emotion researchers as &#8220;experience sampling.&#8221; <\/strong>It&#8217;s not new, as we&#8217;ve already seen it with Fitbit watches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"iOS 17 Beta 8 Review - Expect THIS Next Week\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S9nN6iw67pg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does emotion tracking work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the latest software update, <strong>Apple&#8217;s Health app will allow iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch users to record how they feel on a scale ranging from &#8220;very unpleasant&#8221; to &#8220;very pleasant.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afterwards, users will be able to choose from a list of adjectives to label their feelings and indicate which factors (such as health, fitness, relationships, work, money, and current events) have had the most influence on how they feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal is to provide users with daily and weekly summaries of their feelings, along with data on the factors that may have influenced them. <strong>Apple claims that this will help users &#8220;build emotional awareness and resilience.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/apple-watch-series-9-thumb-1024x576-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/apple-watch-series-9-thumb-1024x576-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/apple-watch-series-9-thumb-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/apple-watch-series-9-thumb-1024x576-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/apple-watch-series-9-thumb-1024x576-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/apple-watch-series-9-thumb-1024x576-1-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/apple-watch-series-9-thumb-1024x576-1-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/apple-watch-series-9-thumb-1024x576-1-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/apple-watch-series-9-thumb-1024x576-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/apple-watch-series-9-thumb-1024x576-1-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/apple-watch-series-9-thumb-1024x576-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/apple-watch-series-9-thumb-1024x576-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why does Apple care about our feelings?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before this update, Apple&#8217;s devices already collected large amounts of health-related data. The iPhone is equipped with an accelerometer, gyroscope, light sensor, microphone, camera, and GPS, while the Apple Watch can also record skin temperature and heart rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why does Apple now want users to also record how they feel?<\/strong> For money, as the emotion detection and recognition sector is projected to reach a value of $56 billion by 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Apple is one of the numerous tech companies that have invested in trying to detect people&#8217;s emotions from sensor recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Latest iPhone update includes mental health tracking and a Western researcher shares his feelings <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CanadaHealth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CanadaHealth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CanadaHealth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CanadaHealth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canada?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Canada<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CanadaNewsToday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CanadaNewsToday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canadian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Canadian<\/a> [Video] The upcoming iOS 17 update for iPhones includes a new mental health tracker which\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u9l6rXJP0C\">https:\/\/t.co\/u9l6rXJP0C<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Abigail Mercer (@AbigailMCND) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbigailMCND\/status\/1702555225142509737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, <strong>scientists are not clear whether emotions can be inferred from these bodily signals<\/strong>. Reviews of research suggest that neither facial expressions nor physiological responses can reliably be used to deduce what emotions someone is experiencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By adding self-reporting to their methodological tools, <strong>Apple may be acknowledging that subjective experience is essential for understanding human emotions<\/strong> and, seemingly, abandoning the goal of deducing emotions solely from &#8220;objective&#8221; data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, the ultimate goal is to improve their health sector to make a better business in the future. <strong>There&#8217;s no doubt about that<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple may be recognizing that subjective experience is essential to understanding human emotions and the company&#8217;s goal would be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":249562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":79},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3866],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-249559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ios-17"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317868,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249559\/revisions\/317868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249559"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=249559"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=249559"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=249559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}