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Withings Steel HR hides heart rate fitness tracking in a normal watch

2017-02-01
fitness trackers come baked in a regular looking watches now Withings is at a watch that's done that for years but the steel HR adds a few extras optical heart rate tracking for one and an LED display embedded into an analog watch face the steel HR can be an everyday type watch horrorshow digital readouts for fitbit type stats even if you don't use the second screen the steel HR tells the time shows your Fitness progress on a second analog dial and automatically tracks activity and sleep the added display shows step count heart rate and distance it also has a silent alarm to vibrate and wake you in the morning the whiffing steel HR is also swim proof and you can track swimming with it Biden swim with it I did use it to track activities and mild workouts and the heart rate tracking while a nice ad isn't as easy to monitor as on a Fitbit or Apple watch and didn't seem quite as accurate the screen doesn't turn on unless you press a side button and at workout mode the readout is hard to see when moving fast the steel HR is smaller watch design may not be perfect for everyone but I loved it and it's rechargeable battery in last three weeks which is great for an additional two without heartrate Withings health app is more bare bones than Fitbit but it's a solid pick for people who want to focus on weight loss and blood pressure tracking Withings has other accessories that track both the whiffing steel HR isn't a Fitbit theater but it does show how close a regular looking watch can get
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