Changelog

This release focuses on polish: more consistent rest screen video behavior and a small but important Hebrew localization fix.

Rest Screen Video Rendering Fix

We’ve resolved an issue where rest screen videos could appear with incorrect or inconsistent sizing between rest and active exercise states. Videos now render with consistent layout and proportions across all relevant screens, improving visual clarity and reducing distractions during workouts.

Hebrew Translation Correction

This release includes a minor correction of phrases in Hebrew in camera access page.

RTL Fix Workout Session Replay

We fixed the improper right to left direction of the progress bar and navigation buttons in right to left languages

KinesteX v2.17.1 gives you tighter control during workouts, more reliable gait testing on mobile, and smoother UI behavior across sessions and languages.

New: Gesture Control Prevention Option

A new preventGestureControl configuration option is now available. When enabled, gesture-based interactions (such as pause/resume via hand gestures) are disabled during workouts. This is useful for scenarios where gesture detection may interfere with the user experience or when gesture controls are not desired.

Usage: Pass preventGestureControl: true in your customParams configuration to disable gesture-based controls.

Improved: Gait Speed Test on Mobile Devices

The Gait Speed Test now dynamically adjusts its start and target detection zones for mobile (portrait) viewports. On narrower screens, zone detection is more forgiving — requiring a percentage of visible body landmarks to be in the zone rather than all of them. This results in significantly more reliable test results on phones and tablets.

Fixed: Auto-Pause Sensitivity

Slightly increased the delay before auto-pause triggers when a user temporarily moves out of frame, reducing false pauses during active workouts.

Fixed: Modal Display Consistency

Resolved minor modal positioning inconsistencies across several embedded UI dialogs in right to left languages (cookies consent, settings, onboarding, leaderboard filters, and exit confirmation).

This release makes KinesteX smarter and more reliable where it matters most: more accurate calorie tracking, a more powerful AI model system for motion analysis, and a smoother Timed Up and Go (TUG) assessment experience on mobile.

Calorie Tracking Accuracy

Calorie calculations now use MET (Metabolic Equivalent of Task) values that are tightly linked to each exercise sequence. This delivers more accurate and scientifically grounded calorie estimates for both rep-based and timer-based exercises.

We also separate active exercise time from idle time (user in frame but not exercising). Idle time is tracked at a baseline metabolic rate, so total calories now better reflect actual effort instead of just session duration.

Enhanced AI Model System

The new AI model system is now fully supported and rolling out across more exercises. This architecture enables:

• Faster delivery and updates of exercise models

• Support for enhanced configurations with custom landmark and angle setups

As more exercises migrate to this system, you can expect more precise motion analysis and more consistent feedback across supported content.

TUG Assessment — Better on Mobile

The Timed Up and Go (TUG) assessment has been refined for mobile portrait viewports:

• Start and target zones automatically widen on narrow screens for more forgiving alignment

• Landmark detection now uses percentage-based validation (for example, 5 out of 7 landmarks in a zone) instead of requiring a perfect match

These changes significantly reduce false negatives on phones and make TUG assessments more reliable in real-world mobile use.

This release refines the body alignment experience on desktop, clarifies localization across devices, and adds a new control to better utilize camera space during workouts.

Body alignment UI (pre‑workout)

We’ve improved the layout and visuals of the body alignment screen on desktop mode, making it easier to position yourself correctly before starting a workout.

Localization adjustment:

We updated copy that previously referred only to “phone” so it now uses the more general term “device,” reflecting that many users access KinesteX from desktop as well. For example, if camera access is blocked, we now instruct users to go to their device settings to grant camera permissions.

Zoom-out mode:

You can now enable a new zoom‑out behavior via ‎`customParams`:

videoFit: "contain"

With this setting, instead of zooming in to fill the entire area by default, the camera feed will show the full frame as provided by the camera, allowing you to use all available space for motion tracking.

This update introduces equipment interface that will be appearing for some workouts that require equipment use, updated return fields for assessments, updated hebrew translations, and initial steps for a new foundational motion analysis system

Equipment:

You can now control in admin dashboard equipment requirements for each workout

Assessments:

In the assessments stats, we now send updated data fields with assessment_overview, assessment_completed, and newly added assessment_restart events

The data fields response format matches what is documented in our website, previously all data fields from all assessments would be shared as a single blob, however, now only related data fields are shared for each specific assessment.

We also added a new event assessment_restart which will be sent when a person clicks on restart assessment button in the stats screen.

Hebrew translation:

Updated translation AI support turned off notification from

"תמיכת AI מֱנושלת — אין סטטיסטיקות מפורטות או השעתת משב סשן."הקש כדי להפעיל בהגדרות",

to:

"תמיכת ה-AI כבויה - לא יוצגו נתונים סטטיסטיים או משוב בזמן אמת." "לחץ כאן לשינוי ההגדרות",

New Motion Analysis System:

This update also lays foundation for a migration to a new, more robust motion analysis system for more precise results. Stay tuned for the future updates, current release lays the initial changes to ensure a smooth rollout of the new system for some of our exercises.

Challenges now automatically collect workout rep progress after each workout completion. Making results public on the leaderboard still requires user action: users must enter their username and tap Submit at the end of the workout for their results to appear in the leaderboard.

Previously, daily progress was only saved when users submitted their results to the leaderboard, which caused confusion if they forgot to do so and didn’t see their daily progress update. This change removes that confusion by saving daily progress automatically while keeping leaderboard submission as an explicit user choice.

KinesteX v2.15.0 introduces a new single‑leg balance assessment with real‑time form feedback, detailed stability analytics, and improved desktop layouts for all assessments.

New Balance Test Assessment

We’ve added a new single‑leg balance test to measure users’ stability and control.

What users do

1. Place hands on hips

2. Lift the left leg until the toe circle appears above the horizontal line

3. Maintain balance, keeping the white circle inside the target zone for 20 seconds

4. Switch to the right leg and repeat

What users get

• Balance score (0–100) with a color‑coded bar from red to green

• Time held per leg with performance categories: Poor, Fair, Average, Good, Great

• Sway metrics for each leg: average and maximum sway in centimeters

• Stability rating: Excellent, Good, Fair, or Poor

• Personalized recommendations based on performance and left/right asymmetry

Real-time feedback

• Visual target circle indicating whether balance is inside the acceptable zone

• Hand position validation (“Keep your hands on your hips”)

• Wrong‑leg detection

• Automatic leg switching with clear guidance

UI Improvements

• All assessments now adapt better to desktop layouts, automatically shifting to make optimal use of screen space

• Fixed an issue where the orientation hint could be covered in the phone orientation screen on some browsers

This update fixes several issues to make workouts smoother and more reliable.

• Workouts no longer get stuck when you move back and forth between multiple workouts in a plan.

• Workout and workout plan categories and levels now show correctly in all supported languages.

• The app now correctly skips the camera access screen when camera permission is not required (shouldAskCamera: false) flag in customParams

• The workout score tooltip in Statistics no longer covers the whole screen.