Fingers On With the Withings ScanWatch 2, ScanWatch Mild Smartwatches

BERLIN—If you happen to’re out there for a wellness-focused smartwatch with distinctive battery life and a classy design, you could be within the new ScanWatches from Withings.

The French client well being tech model at IFA Berlin launched the flagship ScanWatch 2 ($349.95), a follow-up to the unique model it launched in 2021, and a pared-down ScanWatch Mild ($249.95) for these simply beginning out on a path towards wellness. I had the chance to spend a while with the ScanWatch 2 and the ScanWatch Mild right here at IFA the place their elegant seems caught my eye.

Withings ScanWatch Mild (Credit score: Angela Moscaritolo)

Withings’ new wearables each sport a basic analog watch design with a 0.63-inch round OLED grayscale show sitting behind the clock arms. The OLED can present well being stats equivalent to your coronary heart charge and step rely, smartphone notifications like WhatsApp messages, the date and a digital clock, and extra.

ScanWatch 2

A second round inset sits beneath the tiny spherical OLED on the ScanWatch 2. It contains a single-arm analog dial that exhibits your progress in the direction of your every day step objective, a software that’s absent on the less complicated ScanWatch Mild. So far as the design is anxious, that is the principle distinction between the 2: the ScanWatch 2 has two round insets on the face whereas the Mild mannequin has only one for the OLED.

The ScanWatch 2 is not a design departure from its predecessor, which earned widespread reward for its timeless look. I would argue that Garmin makes the best-looking smartwatches available on the market, together with the Vivomove Type, which contains a hidden coloration contact display screen, to not point out the beautiful Garmin Lily and the Venu 2, however Withings’ watches are additionally up there, aesthetically talking.

Flip each over and the sensor configurations on the again additionally trace at their performance variations.

Left to proper: ScanWatch Mild, ScanWatch 2 (Credit score: Angela Moscaritolo)

The extra superior ScanWatch 2 helps electrocardiogram (ECG) and blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) measurements, atrial fibrillation (AFib) detection, and—new this technology—round the clock physique temperature monitoring, options that aren’t out there on the Mild mannequin. The unique ScanWatch doesn’t have the sensors required for physique temperature monitoring, so this function won’t be out there for the sooner model by way of software program updates. Furthermore, enhancements to the sensor {hardware} and HealthSense working system this technology ship extra correct exercise, SpO2, and irregular coronary heart rhythm detection.

Interval symptom monitoring on the ScanWatch Mild (Credit score: Angela Moscaritolo)

Each new ScanWatch fashions assist exercise, sleep, and coronary heart charge monitoring, in addition to a brand new menstrual cycle monitoring function, with the identical 30-day battery life promise as final technology. The brand new period-tracking function enables you to log signs equivalent to cramps, headache, and again ache proper on the watch.

(Credit score: Angela Moscaritolo)

The ScanWatch 2 and the ScanWatch Mild can be found for pre-order now and slated to launch this October. The ScanWatch 2 initially is available in 38mm and 42mm case sizes, in silver/black (each sizes), silver/white (38mm), and rose gold/sand (38mm). Silver/white (42mm) and rose gold/blue (38mm) fashions are anticipated to reach sooner or later. The ScanWatch Mild contains a 37mm case and is offered in silver/black, silver/white, and rose gold/sand, with gentle blue and lightweight inexperienced fashions to come back.

We stay up for testing the Withings ScanWatch 2 and the ScanWatch Mild in depth within the close to future, so keep tuned for our full critiques.