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Samsung has announced a new step challenge for Samsung Health users in some countries. The Samsung Health Olympic Day Step Challenge celebrates International Olympic Day 2023, which is observed on June 23 every year since 1948. It commemorates the founding of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 23 June 1894.
Samsung’s Olympic Day Step Challenge is available in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, the US, and the UAE. It encourages Samsung health users in these countries to “log steps, stay active, and enjoy the significant health benefits of daily movement.”
Interested users can participate in this challenge through a banner under the Together tab of the Samsung Health app. The banner is already live. Simply tap on the “Join now” button in the banner and you’re in. The challenge itself begins on June 10 and runs through June 23. The overall target is 100,000 steps. Anything from a joyful dance or a walk to a revitalizing run and taking the stairs at work will count. Samsung Health will encourage participants with a congratulations message at every 20,000-step milestone.
Once the challenge is live, you can visit the Together tab to access the “Challenge Map”. Here, you can see your total step count and ranking in the global chart. If you complete the challenge (100,000 steps), you’ll get a unique “Olympic Day Badge” on your Samsung Health profile. You can check your badges in the My Page tab of the app. If you want to leave the challenge, you can do that from the ellipsis button (three vertical dots) in the top right corner of the challenge page. Samsung plans to organize more such large-scale events for the 64 million Samsung Health users around the world.
This Samsung Health step challenge is part of the IOC’s Let’s Move initiative
Samsung’s new step challenge is part of the IOC’s Let’s Move initiative launched on the occasion of this year’s Olympic Day. The initiative aims to inspire the world to move more every day. “Movement can make us feel amazing. Daily physical activity has multiple health benefits for our bodies, hearts, and minds. That’s why on Olympic Day on 23rd June, we invite the world to join us and celebrate the joy of moving by building physical activity into our daily lives,” the IOC says. Samsung Health will invite participants in this step challenge to join the initiative with every milestone message.