Withings - SCANWATCH - Hybrid Smartwatch with ECG, heart rate and oximeter - 42mm - Black

I love the concept and if a few bugs get ironed out this watch will get 5 stars. First, the design is great. For people like me, who don’t like little square computers or smartwatches on their wrist, this is by far the most attractive solution. The watch does a decent job and looks great. It also has a clinical certification for SPO2 and EGC. That means, you will not be able to use the feature right out of the box, but need medical prescription. The app handles that automatically and within a day you can use the feature. It’s just a little awkward that someone in a medical center reviews your first egc and approves it. The problems are more subtle. From time to time the watch records workouts when there are none. That is not a big deal but raises questions about general accuracy. Biggest problems I have are with the app. For sleep tracking, I do not wear this watch. It is too big on the writs for that and just annoying when the OLED flashes in the middle of the night. I have a different sleep tracker for that. Unfortunately the app does not allow to import sleep data from Health or the other device directly, so your health picture is incomplete. While I love the subtle vibrations on notifications, the alarm to wake up when you have a light sleep phase is not strong enough. Also some notifications are constantly repeated, even when I clear them on the phone. So you get buzzed constantly over a reminder that already complete. The glass is very glossy and in combination with the black face sometimes hard to read. So it’s the little things that prevent a fifth star. Hope they solve them soon

After owning a smartwatch for a couple years I gotta say a hybrid smartwatch is on another level. Battery lasts for a month as advertised, it has a heart rate, blood oxygen, and ECG sensors like a top of the line you find in an expensive smartwatches. The glass is made out of Sapphire crystal which you don't find on other smartwatches for $300.

I really wanted to like the Withings Scanwatch. From an aesthetics standpoint, the device is one of the best looking (if not the best) devices on the market. Additionally, the inclusion of the fda approved SpO2 and ECG functionally is great! Unfortunately, I am a little concerned about some of the accuracy surrounding the HR data. For example, sitting still one day, my HR recorded by the device shot up while my body was at rest well over 120 bpm (my resting HR is usually between 50-60). There was no rhyme or reason for this, and my HR quickly settled on the watch, but the blip is forever “locked” in the Withings app where I can’t delete that recording. I have seen similar reports of users having unexplained odd spikes and dips while recording workouts which gives me some pause. Additionally, HR data is only captured once every 10 mins by design, which could lead to similarly skewed data. Overall, I would recommend the device for someone who is comfortable in using the device as a very general indication of overall health, however I believe that there are other products in this price range that produce more reliable data.

The best smartwach i ever used. Stylish as dress watch elegant and most of all long lasting battery

I love that i only charge once a month. Its a dumb watch face with all smarts inside tracking your health.

It is a beautiful (probably most attractive fitness watch) stylish watch with minimalistic design. The build quality is excellent and the strap is comfortable to wear it for long period of times without any discomfort. It has a traditional classic round watch look with mechanical dials. The upper half of the watch has a digital screen to show the menu, settings and battery life etc. The hands have glow in the dark feature. Also, the digital screen has a wake up feature and displays the time when you move your wrist/arm. The battery life is amazing. It easily lasts for 30 days on a single full charge. The bluetooth connectivity with the phone is a nice feature. The health app is decent. It can also provide notifications for your emails, messages and other apps when connected to your smartphone via bluetooth. It can do EKG, can track your O2 levels and observe your sleep patterns. I don't feel very comfortable when sleeping with it on my wrist. Thus, I don't use that feature that much. My main usage of this watch is to use it as a step counter and a stylish good old watch. Overall, it is good value for your money.

Smart watches are becoming more and more common these days. They offer a lot of benefits while replacing a traditional watch that some might already be wearing. For people who want both, in comes the "Hybrid" design which offers a Smartwatch for people who don't really want to look like they are wearing a smartwatch. This is where the Withings ScanWatch enters, but where it truly excels is its health features. SETUP & DESIGN: - Unboxing was such a nice experience because of how environmentally friendly it was. There wasn't any excessive wrapping, just open the box and in is your little carrying case with the charger and watch inside! - The setup was very easy for me as well. Just download the Healthmate app and it will take you through the steps of setting up the watch. After my initial setup, I really have not touched the settings at all so that has been a huge plus for me that I am not constantly tinkering with it! - A little thing but really cool, the Watch hands set themselves on their own so that it syncs up with your digital time. So no using the watch dial to change your time whenever you change time zones or have daylight savings! - My first impression of the watch was how beautiful it looked. I mean its really has a clean, elegant design and the watch has some nice weight to it so it feels high end and the real deal. - I realize the design might not be for everyone, but some people want the look of the classic watch while still having smartwatch functionality and health tracking! I for one like it because it feels more versatile how you can where it in a lot of situations and not just sportier situations like other smartwatch looks offer. PERFORMANCE: - This needs to be said first; The battery life on the ScanWatch is truly fantastic! I have worn this thing everyday 24/7 for two weeks now and during that time it tracks my sleep, I take ECG daily, take Blood Oxygen daily, track workouts, and have the "quick look" screen wake up on as well. With all of those "battery drainers" in use, I still have not even had to think about charging this. I have had other Smartwatches in the past I enjoyed but I still had to charge them every 1-3 days depending on usage. Its just really great that I don't have to think about bringing a watch charger everywhere I go. - The Health features on this watch are really exceptional. The Blood Oxygen and ECG are easy to take as they each only take 30 secs a piece and the sleep tracking is wonderful and can even detect if you have breathing troubles at night. Of course it still does the basic things well like tracking your heart rate constantly and keeping up with your steps. - Working out with the ScanWatch has been a lot of fun too. It's easy just to click a workout and go! Nothing too complex but at the same time very accurate with tracking. I found the watch to give me accurate step measurements as well as see the quality of my workouts as well. - I also like how the ScanWatch works with iPhones or Android. I personally have been using this with a Samsung phone, but I like the flexibility of working with either or. - That being said, the connected to phone aspect of it works great! You can get notifications if you want to or alarms or really a lot of your standard smartwatch features. - Lastly, I have enjoyed the durability of this watch as well. The stainless steel exterior and watch glass are tough, and it can handle being in the water as well as being in some sweat! CONS: - I think this is going to be a hit or miss issue with some, but because of the small display screen you really need your phone to unlock its potential. There is no way to view sleep on the watch, no GPS unless you have your phone with you, no way to view your activity for the week, or look into the details of your Blood Oxygen and ECG readings without using the Healthmate App. Also, you can't respond to texts or answer calls on the watch. For some this might not matter at all, but for some I think they will want. - There is no music player on the watch so if you want to go on a run or workout while listening to music, you will need your phone with you. - There is no "nudge" function that vibrates the watch when you have been sitting for too long. This is an easy fix to me and can be down with a software update, but for now its lacking. - Lastly, I use the ScanWatch with my Samsung Phone and you can pair your "Samsung Health" app with your "Healthmate" app so that your phone's step tracking syncs up with the ScanWatch's tracking. It works great and syncs up well on the "Healthmate" app, however it will not update on your watch itself. For Example: if you only wore your watch half the day but had your phone with you the entire day, your Healthmate app would show 10,000 steps but your watch would say only 5,000 steps and you haven't reached your goal yet. This is disappointing to me because there always going to be steps you take that your phone captures better than your Smartwatch, simply because if arms can be stationary at times like on an elliptical, or pushing a baby stroller, or mowing the lawn. BOTTOM LINE: - Withings has crafted a SmartWatch for people who want a high end experience from a simplistic design. I have truly enjoyed my ScanWatch because I use it as a basic Watch for the majority of the time, but it still is keep track of my health and exercise each day! I think other Smartwatches can miss the mark a bit but overly notifying you or make you pick up your phone or respond to things on your watch. For that, I think the ScanWatch will appeal to a lot of people. You can the fantastic health and fitness tracking ability of a Smartwatch with the look and simplicity of timeless traditional watch.

The Withings Scanwatch is easily the most attractive fitness watch on the market. It's a great choice for those that want to keep track of their fitness while working a job that requires a bit more professional look than most 'sporty' fitness trackers provide. It looks and feels like a very elegant watch, particularly at a casual glance. Most people I showed it to had no idea it was a fitness tracker until I showed them the tracker functions. The design looks great and as a watch it's fantastic--it syncs with your phone's time so it's always accurate, and the hands are easy to read. They even have the old-school glow-in-the-dark strips on the hands so no obnoxious bright light is required to read it in a dark room. The health implementations are unique--with ECG and O2 tests built in I imagine it's an important watch for people with heart conditions or worries of an underlying illness. For the most part the ECG worked very well--I have a small arrhythmia that it picked up on every reading. The only issue I had is that the conditions need to be just about perfect to get an accurate reading--the slightest noise can nullify the results and you'll get an error message and have to start over. I had much worse luck with the O2 sensor--I could not get it to work until I watched a few videos of other people using it. Even then it failed a frustrating number of times. If you have poor reading vision the watch might be a little frustrating, as the display for the readout is small. One frustration for me was trying to run with it--I don't wear my reading glasses while running, so I really couldn't read most of the pertinent information about my workout until I was in a place where I could put my glasses on, and even then it was easier to read on the app. Speaking of the app, it's (like everything these days) necessary to set up the watch, and has a ton of useful information on it after the set up. You can set up regular heart and O2 tests, monitor results over a period of time, monitor your workouts and workout heart rates, monitor sleep cycles, etc. It's all very well thought out and easy to use. Probably the biggest negative for me was the lack of GPS built in. If you run with your phone every time you'll find yourself using another tracker app to measure distance accurately. It would have been great to have a GPS tracker built in--I mostly run with my workouts, so I've found myself changing into a standard fitness tracker for my runs. You may want to do that anyway, as the watch looks so nice it will feel a little out of place with a workout ensemble. The watch has an impressive array of workout settings to choose from, though, and it seems to be pretty accurate for most (I didn't test the boxing setting, but I'm impressed there is one) so the GPS isn't really an issue unless you're running/walking and possibly biking. The best thing far and away about this watch is the battery life--the box says 30-days, and it genuinely seems like it could last that long! I worry too much about my devices running out of charge, but I managed to wait two weeks and it still read over 30% when I re-charged it. I was working out and running ECG tests and wearing it to bed for the sleep monitor most nights, so I was likely using the charge faster than standard use and it still had an impressive amount of charge left! I wish every company would use this technology, frankly--it's that impressive. Overall this is a perfect device for people with conditions they either have or want to monitor, and people that need something a bit more elegant to wear while still keeping track of their steps, heart rate, etc. If you're a runner or your eyes aren't that great you'll probably want a secondary device for runs or working out, though--and you might want one anyway just to avoid being overdressed at the gym.