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This news item is part of the weekly top 5 news bulletin (from Week 3, Jan 2023) specially packaged for leaders of Nonprofits, Churches, and Faith-based Social Ventures.

Meta has Announced that they are Bringing in new features and integrations to Help You Track Your Fitness statistics when you are using Your VR headset. Meta quest two headset for Your Fitness programs and Your games and So on. The announcement says we are introducing a new heart rate tracking feature and Health Connect by Android Integration on meta quest so you can keep track of all your fitness stats. So helping people track their heart rate even when they are playing a game or having their exercise regimen inside a VR app is going to be something that people will find useful. And also during this time of the year, it’s a good announcement to come because early Jan is when people are thinking about fitness and healthy lifestyle and so on. So good timing, Meta. You.
Here is the full list of the Top 5 News Items from Week 3, January 2023 with source links from Apple, ChatGPT, WhatsApp, YouTube, Meta, OpenAI.
🗞️ News 1: Apple to Unveil its Metaverse Plans with a Mixed-Reality Headset in 2023
Source: Bloomberg
🗞️ News 2: WhatsApp shares Ways to Message without Internet or During a Shutdown
Source: WhatsApp
🗞️ News 3: YouTube Updates 2023 Contract Terms & Upgrades Analytics on Studio
Source: YouTube
🗞️ News 4: Meta Enables Fitness Stats & Heart Rate Monitoring on Quest 2 VR
Source: Meta
🗞️ News 5: ChatGPT Pro Version Coming Soon & Microsoft’s $10 Billion investment
Source: TechCrunch | Semafor
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