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When I really got acquainted with the Withings Scanwatch Horizon (full review here), I felt that I had hit a sort of fitness/smartwatch perfection for how I use a watch like this. It’s a solid look, and I’ve used it as a primary travel watch for awhile now. There was an iteration earlier this year (seen here), and now we’ve got another version, this time combining both of those versions. Time to get familiar with the Withings Scanwatch Nova.
What is it?
That can be answered really simply – take the overall diver’s watch look and build of the Scanwatch Horizon, put the internals and sensors of the Scanwatch 2, and then we have what’s going to be the Withings Scanwatch Nova. In terms of the overall looks, it looks much like the Horizon. It seems like the LCD display has been adjusted some, but otherwise, the watch looks the same.
So, then what’s different?
That’s the big question, and one you need to understand for why you might choose the Withings Scanwatch Nova over the Horizon. The easiest answer is that there’s a new dial color (black) that wasn’t available before. More importantly, however, it’s the type of tracking that the watch can do. While it’s got all the standard stuff (heart rate, Sp02, steps taken), and a bonus we’re starting to see more and more (ECG checks), there’s a new sensor that we’ve not seen on a smart watch before – body temperature.
Usually, when we hear about temperature on a watch, it’s trying to measure ambient air temperature. And then, you’d often have to take the watch off so your body temp wasn’t throwing the sensor off. Here, the Withings Scanwatch Nova just leans right into it. With this sort of all-day temperature tracking, you can get early warning if there’s some illness settling in, and we think it might be some interesting datapoints when paired with exercise and sleep tracking as well.
What’s our takeaway?
We really like that Withings took the upgraded internals of the Scanwatch 2 and put them into this very crisp dive watch packaging. It makes for a great everyday watch that won’t scream “look at my smartwatch!” while still putting notifications on your wrist (if you want those) as well as quantifying your day. And hey, any watch that’s claiming a 30-day battery life out of the box, well, that has our attention. We’ll work on getting one in for review to compare/contrast against the Scanwatch Horizon; in the meantime, you can check out the full collection over at withings.com
Tech Specs
- Weight & Dimensions
- Dimensions: 42mm
- Weight (without wristband): 63gr
- Screen display
- Grayscale OLED display
- 14504 px, 282 PPI, 0.63″
- 16-bit grayscale
- Materials
- Stainless steel case
- Ceramic and stainless steel bezel
- Sapphire glass
- Stainless steel crown
- Sensors
- TempTech24/7 Module
- High Dynamic Range Accelerometer
- Multi-wavelength PPG 16 channels
- Altimeter
- Water resistance: 10ATM
- Battery
- Up to 30-day battery life
- Charging time: 2 hours
- Docking station (USB-C compatible)
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth Low Energy
- Withings App
- Available on: App Store (iOS), Google Play Store (Android)
- Apple Health, Google Health Connect & Google Fit compatible
- Withings App Web dashboard
- Cannot be set up from a computerLearn more about the Withings App +
- Storage & memory
- Free and unlimited storage of all health data online
- 7 days of health data stored on the watch
