{"id":10377,"date":"2023-01-10T10:53:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T10:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m-path.io\/manual\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=10377"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:52:41","slug":"mobile-sensing-lite-version","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/app-manual-wp-001-atfsdabuggg7fzdq.germanywestcentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/knowledge-base\/mobile-sensing-lite-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Sensing (Lite version)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-alert\">It is only possible to use mobile sensing when you have a Sensing Lite add-on. This has to be purchased additionally to the Standard or Comfort subscription. You can take a look here for pricing: <a href=\"https:\/\/m-path.io\/pricing\/\">m-Path Pricing | Research &amp; Academic Licenses<\/a>. Please contact us if you need more info (<a href=\"mailto:contact@m-path.io\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:contact@m-path.io\">contact@m-path.io<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While <a href=\"\/knowledge-base\/mobile-sensing-full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continuous mobile sensing capabilities<\/a> are reserved to the sense-specific version of m-Path (m-Path Sense in the App Store and Play Store), the regular m-Path app is able to record momentary sensing data inside questionnaires. In the questionnaire builder these look like other types of questions, but users will not have to manually fill anything in. Of course, permission will have to be granted by the user to access the relevant sensor data, but only once (unless the user specifies otherwise). For your convenience we provide an overview of the possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Some phones (notably from Chinese imported brands) internally restrict some of these data requests. These are limitations the m-Path platform cannot circumvent, so be sure to take this into consideration when designing your study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"565\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-10-at-11.54.30.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10383\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-10-at-11.54.30.png 805w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-10-at-11.54.30-300x211.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-10-at-11.54.30-768x539.png 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-10-at-11.54.30-50x35.png 50w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-10-at-11.54.30-60x42.png 60w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-10-at-11.54.30-100x70.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By choosing &#8220;Get Location&#8221;, you can get the location of the user (expressed in latitude and longitude) at the time of the survey. The user will have to grant location access, and their GPS will have to be turned on. The following datapoints will be recorded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&#91;Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Accuracy, Speed, Speed-accuracy]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Speed and Speed-accuracy is in meters per second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Noise Level<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By choosing &#8220;Get Noise Level&#8221;, you can record the loudness of the ambient noise surrounding the user (expressed in dB) at the time of the survey. The user will have to grant microphone access. Note that microphone volume levels might vary between smartphone models. Two values are returned, these are respectively the average noise level and the maximum noise level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-alert\">The returned list can be empty if the noise level couldn&#8217;t be determined, for example, while the user was on a phone call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step Count<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By choosing &#8220;Get Step Count&#8221;, you can receive the total amount of steps the user has taken since the app has been installed. This count resets to 0 when the user restarts their phone. The user will have to grant access to their health data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-danger\">m-Path gets this step count from the phone. Not all phones collect step count by default however (resulting in a step count of 0). On Samsung phones the step count may be unavailable. In this case it helps to install and set up the Samsung Health app. This will make sure the step count is actually collected on the phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">App Usage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By choosing &#8220;Get App Usage&#8221;, you can get a read on how often the user uses which apps. It will result in an overview of app usage during the last day. The user will have to grant app usage access to the application. <strong>NOTE: This does not work for iOS phones.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For each used app it will give the following list of features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">[startTimeFar, endTimeFar,usageFar, startTimeNear, endTimeNear, usageNear]<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The start and end times always give the range where the app is measured. These are automatically set by the Android phones and cannot be chosen. The &#8216;near&#8217; range gives a time range until the current time in the last 24 hours. The far range gives the 24 hours before the near range. These times are in UTC Unix time. The usageFar and usageNear are in seconds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frequently assessing the app usage (multiple times a day) makes it possible to see how much an app is used in a specific range (between questionnaires) by assessing the change in usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">App usage V2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Get App Usage V2&#8221;,  has the same functionality as the regular App Usage option, but the returned data is structured differently. The user will have to grant app usage access to the application and notification access if this is needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For each used app it will give the following list of features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&#91;app_packages, app_usage_start_time, app_usage_end_time]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>For notifications, the data is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&#91;notifications_package_names, is_removed, notifications_timestamp, notification_removed_reason]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>package<\/code> field identifies the app and notification. <code><strong>app_usage_start_time<\/strong><\/code> and <code><strong>app_usage_end_time<\/strong><\/code> indicate the start and end time of an individual app session respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For notifications, <code><strong>notifications_timestamp<\/strong><\/code> reflects the delivery time of the notification. <code><strong>is_removed<\/strong><\/code> indicates whether the notification was dismissed: <code>0<\/code> means it is still active, <code>1<\/code> means it was removed. When removed, <code><strong>notification_removed_reason<\/strong><\/code> specifies whether it was dismissed by the user or by the OS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-danger\"><strong>Notification data is included in the response structure but has no functionality on iOS phones.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bluetooth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By choosing &#8220;Get Nearby Devices&#8221;, you can see which devices were nearby the user when filling in the questionnaire (as a list of hardware IDs). The user will have to grant Bluetooth scanning access to the application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make audio recording<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <a href=\"\/knowledge-base\/recording-question\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"10615\">Recording question<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take picture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <a href=\"\/knowledge-base\/picture-question\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"10615\">Picture question<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make video recording<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/manual.m-path.io\/knowledge-base\/video-recording\/\">Video recording<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While continuous mobile sensing capabilities are reserved to the sense-specific version of m-Path (m-Path Sense in the App Store and Play Store), the regular m-Path app is able to record momentary sensing data inside questionnaires. 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