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Walk Safely with Workbuddy!

It alerts you to the risks associated with using your smartphone while walking,
and helps you develop safe walking habits by participating in challenges.

Walk safely with "Workbuddy," your companion for safe walking, and earn various rewards!

● Overview
Workbuddy is a mobile AI application that uses AI to detect potential hazards while walking in real time, alerting pedestrians to dangers and helping them develop safe walking habits. The combination of vision recognition technology and sensor recognition enables more accurate hazard detection, and the AI ​​model displays a pop-up warning when a hazard is detected.

● APP Features
Game elements such as in-app quizzes, missions, and character collection make safe walking a fun habit for users. A reward-based challenge feature that rewards users for achieving safe walking goals increases motivation and participation. To help children, who are vulnerable to traffic accidents, walk more safely, the app includes a GPS-based warning function that checks school zones and provides hazard warnings.

[Required Access Permissions]
Camera and Sensors
• Camera: Used for facial recognition.
• Body sensors (accelerometer/gyro, etc.): Determines step status through gait recognition.
• Vibration: Used to provide notifications and feedback.

Location and Activity Tracking
• Location information: Required to provide location-based services.
• Physical activity: Supports app activation based on step count.
• Background location: Used for continuous activity monitoring even when the app is not running.

Network and Connections
• Internet: Required for data synchronization and cloud service connection.
• Wi-Fi status: Used to optimize a stable network connection.

System and Notifications
• Notifications: Notifies you of challenge progress and app updates.
• Boot completion notification: Automatically starts the service after the device reboots to maintain step notifications.
• System window display: Used to display emergency notifications and important information on the screen.
• Ignore battery optimization: Required to provide step notifications reliably even in the background. • Phone Status Check: When on a call, pedestrian alerts and emergency information will not be displayed on the screen to avoid distraction.

* Users of the smart safety walking app "Walk Buddy" are responsible for their own safety. Therefore, the app is merely a supplementary tool for pedestrian safety. The company (Samsung Electronics) does not guarantee complete user safety under any circumstances and assumes no responsibility for any accidents or hazard warnings that may occur.

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Developer Contact: walkbuddy@infiniq.co.kr