It can also help you wake up properly by detecting whether you’re in a light or deep sleep and vibrating on your wrist accordingly. The latter also measures your duration of sleep, recommended time to be asleep and wake up time as well as interruptions. It will regularly monitor low and high heart rate, general activity (steps, calories burned and distance covered) along with sleep cycles (including light, deep and REM). Outdoor workouts require access to your phone’s GPS if you want accurate distance measurements, but you can still measure workouts indoors and in the pool independent of the phone. This has been backed by multiple scientific (and spiritual) health-related sources to help inspire calmness and relaxation. There’s also a ‘30-seconds of deep breathing’ tool which we first saw on Apple watches. Our exclusive algorithm, developed with experts, computes the data to measure breathing disturbances, an indicator of sleep apnea.” Withings says of it, “The Respiratory Scan feature monitors oxygen saturation, heart rate, breathing frequency and movement all night long. There’s also an SP0 2 test which is very handy to have in COVID-ravaged countries and for those with relevant breathing conditions. While it can’t replicate having an octopus of wires taped to your torso by a healthcare professional, for those with heart conditions or a propensity for aFib (Atrial Fibriliation), it makes for an easy to access tool that can provide an automated warning if anything untoward is happening. The first of the advanced features is the ECG (electrocardiogram) which requires you to rest your other hand onto the case while a 30-second assessment is made. We rarely trusted the stated number of floors climbed but it’s a harmless readout. The step counter was accurate under basic tests but on some days we felt it undercounted somewhat. Scrolling up will access the heart-rate meter, your step counter, distance travelled (using phone’s GPS tracking), floors climbed and then some more-advanced functions. Withings black-on-black Scanwatch smartwatch with notifications. We typically got three weeks out of it before recharging. If you make excessive use of some of the more power-intensive features though, this will be impacted. Full specs can be found here.īattery life is stated as up to a month and we found that to be true. A “fluoroelastomer” sportband is included which we found to be comfortable, secure and (refreshingly) non-skin-irritant but it’s compatible with all standard watch bands. The case is stainless steel, the glass is watch-grade sapphire crystal and it’s water resistant to 50 metres. A black, 9,000-pixel, mono, digital dial utilises a bright, 260-nit LCD to impressively display smart-function-related information (or the illuminated time and date when jabbing the digital crown at night). The latter is marked from 0 to 100 and show you the percentage of your daily steps goal. Both are available with a black or white main dials with similarly coloured, lower sub-dials. Our review model is a 42mm variant but there’s a slightly smaller 38mm version available too. This on its own will make it attractive and we haven’t mentioned the smarts yet. Now, for the first time, we feel like we’re looking at a classic, day-to-day watch, that suits all occasions and the battery is supposed to last a month. They’ve since hit milestones in evolution like Garmin’s $2,000 Fenix Chronos (which lasted a week) but even the best known current model, the Apple Watch, still barely lasts two days. Smartwatches have improved immeasurably since the early days when they were chunky things that could barely last a few hours. We were instantly impressed with it and our view hasn’t dimmed. We’ve been living with the Withings Scanwatch for a month now. We lived with the Withings ScanWatch and partner Sleep Analyzer and Body+ smart scale health devices.
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