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Google Names Stephen Curry Performance Advisor in Multiyear Health, Pixel and Cloud Partnership

Hands-on trials of Fitbit’s Gemini coach plus an AI Basketball Coach are feeding Google’s product design.

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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) gestures during an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in San Francisco, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. All-Star Saturday Night, Feb. 17, 2024, gets an event like never before: Sabrina Ionescu vs. Stephen Curry, in a 3-point battle of the sexes.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Overview

  • Announced at Made by Google on August 20, Curry joins as Performance Advisor across Google Health, Pixel and Google Cloud.
  • Curry and his team will test new products, provide feedback to fine-tune features, help train algorithms and inform future hardware.
  • He is trialing Fitbit’s Gemini-based personal health coach, which generates customized workout routines and metric targets.
  • Google’s Gemini-powered AI Basketball Coach on Vertex AI and MediaPipe is analyzing shot quality and form, with demonstrations at last week’s Curry Camp.
  • Curry’s team is switching to Pixel phones, Pixel Watch and Pixel Buds as part of the collaboration, which is multiyear with terms undisclosed and talks that began two years ago.