Posted by on December 22, 2019 2:00 pm
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A new smartwatch I’m testing feels light as a feather. It’s a smart upgrade for me because my normal watch fees like someone strapped a brick around my wrist.

The Withings Steel HR packs in a boatload of features including heart-rate tracking, a steps counter, notifications, and a sleep tracker on a watch that weight a hair over two ounces. That’s an important specification since many smartwatches are bulky and big, and they can be a pain to wear all day for every activity. I strongly prefer a smartwatch that can do double-duty as a fitness tracker and a real watch, one that looks like something you’d wear to both the gym and a business meeting. The Steel HR excels at both.

First, about fitness tracking: It’s incredibly well integrated. There’s a small display that shows you stats. For the heart-rate,  you can see a real-time count but also view summaries from the day and your heart-rate while you slept. The data the watch collects is all available in the app where you can monitor your progress.

Read more at The Daily Beast.