VITALSTATS
Withings ScanWatch 2
The ScanWatch 2 knows when you’re not wearing it and turns off all the tracking, which should be good for the battery life.
£320 / withings.com
This hybrid watch blends old-fashionedtimekeeping with new-fashioned temperature-tracking
● All I really want to view
Withings and health-tracking gadgets go together like junk food and Type 2 diabetes, but you can help to avoid developing the latter by wearing the new ScanWatch 2. Like all Withings wristwear it has a digital display embedded into its analogue dial, so you get traditional looks combined with up-to-date smarts. The big new addition is 24/7 tracking of body temperature, so you can pick up on any fluctuations that could be a sign of an impending illness, plus it’ll spot any overnight breathing disturbances as well as checking your blood oxygen.
● Mister pace-scan
It’ll also monitor your heart rate throughout the day – and if it picks up any irregular beats it’ll ask you to use its onboard electrocardiogram (ECG). It can automatically pick up on over 40 different sports, and will measure temperature variation zones during your workouts, which Withings reckons will help to boost both your performance and your recovery. Everything gets fed back to the Health Mate app, so you can pore over it after you’ve showered and work out how you’re going to beat that PB.
● I’ll steel a whole lot better
The ScanWatch 2 comes in two sizes – 38mm and 42mm – with a stainless steel case and crown, and sapphire glass covering the face. But whichever one you go for, the greyscale OLED display ben
