What each kind of app needs
Each app’s page on Elata says what it needs.
Browser support
Bluetooth headbands use Web Bluetooth, which Safari and all iOS browsers
don’t support. On those devices, use camera apps.
Tips for camera apps
- Light your face evenly, ideally facing a window or a lamp. Avoid strong light from behind you.
- Avoid flicker. Some LED and fluorescent lights flicker in ways that disturb the reading.
- Sit still and keep your face in frame, about an arm’s length from the camera.
- Give it a moment. Readings settle after several seconds of steady video.
Tips for headbands
- Fit it snugly. Sensors should touch the skin on your forehead and behind your ears.
- Move hair aside from the sensors behind your ears.
- Relax your face and jaw. Blinking hard, clenching, and talking create large signals that aren’t brain activity.
- Turn on Bluetooth and keep the headband charged and nearby.
- Pair from the app, not from your computer’s Bluetooth settings.
Supported headbands
Other headsets can be added by their makers. See
Device integration.