Withings announces its return with this elegant hybrid smartwatch – BGR

Go ahead and call it a return. After being acquired from Nokia, which had acquired the company nearly two years ago, the French consumer electronics company Withings is reintroducing itself widely into the public. It has a new logo, a new website and a stylish new product – the Steel HR Sport, a hybrid smartwatch and a fitness tracker that marks the company's first new device since it was transferred from Nokia.

The new, water-resistant GPS connectivity device comes with an OLED display and is Withings' first to offer fitness level assessments. There is a new indicator in this sense that measures the ability of the heart and muscles to convert oxygen into energy during exercise. The installer you are, the higher this score will be.

The device is available from today for $ 199.95 and is available via Amazon and the Withings website.

The Steel HR Sport "has the classic Withings analog face that indicates the time, as well as a sub-dial indicating the percentage of daily business goals achieved," the company says in an article about his blog. "You can set and manage goals in the free Health Mate app, available for iOS or Android. The device's discrete OLED screen displays important health and sports data, such as daily steps, calories, distance and heart rate, and can be navigated at the touch of a button. The screen also displays smartphone notifications, which automatically appear with a discreet vibration.

Among its other features:

The HR Sport offers multi-sport tracking for more than 30 different activities, from yoga to boxing and ice hockey. During the sessions, the tracker will show you the intensity of your workout with the heart rate zones and the amount of calories burned.

When you pair it with a smartphone, the device can also help you keep track of your pace, distance, altitude, and map your workouts, whether you're walking, running, or running. bike. The heart rate can be tracked live on a connected smartphone, and the new device fitness measurement can help you optimize the training and, hopefully, better achieve your long-term goals.

The battery life is 25 days and can be extended by 20 days in power conservation mode. It has built-in sleep tracking that analyzes the length and quality of sleep and provides you with a sleep score. There is also a smart wake-up function that will wake you up with a silent vibrating alarm "at the most optimal moment of your sleep cycle". Plus, you get recommendations on how to improve sleep habits.

"During waking hours," the company concludes, "Steel HR Sport helps you keep up with your day-to-day communications. Existing Steel HR Sport and Steel HR now benefit from improved notification features, allowing the display of application notifications on the digital screen. Previously limited to calls, text messages, and events, the Steel HR line is now compatible with notifications from all applications. Personalize it to get the ones you care about. Whether it's about flight alerts, news or messages from friends and family members being broadcast on social networks, notifications will show up with a preview of the content. "

Source of the image: Withings