This is Strava and, among other innovations, it has created a map that shows the safest areas during the hours of darkness.

The sports application has more than 2 million users who record all types of physical activity in it. With 125 million global users, it has so much information about the routes most chosen by cyclists that dozens of municipalities around the world use the information to create more efficient bike paths and drastically reduce Co2 emissions. And now it is betting on artificial intelligence.

Several of its updates are: AI-Enabled Ranking Integrity, which will use machine learning to automatically identify irregular, improbable or impossible activities recorded on the platform, such as the aforementioned birth. This option is trained with millions of user activities... current and future ones.

The amount of information that Strava generates (from heart rate, distance, speed, accumulated kilometers, progression, elevation, etc.) is very useful for athletes, but it could also be useful for future generations.

Also noteworthy is the arrival of the Family Subscription Plan, which allows you to share a subscription with several people (family and friends) to facilitate commitment to exercise.

One of the features most requested by users, Dark Mode, an option that allows us to continue viewing the information on our device, but without causing visual fatigue and promoting security, since it will be more difficult to see each other in the middle of the night. In this sense, another novelty linked to security also arrives: Night Heat Maps.

This setting, which will be activated in the coming months, only shows activities between dusk and dawn and gives Strava users an idea of ​​which roads, trails and routes are most traveled during these times. A way to reduce crime and prevent violence in less policed ​​areas.

Strava's ability to connect with miles of devices allows us to evaluate, based on heart rates, distances, routines, speed and other parameters, what we are capable of achieving.

It is important when it comes to improving urban planning and reducing CO2 emissions in cities. Having relevant information on the health status of the population can provide essential data for how healthcare is managed and what policies can be used. stimulate physical and mental well-being.