- If you're anything like me
you've probably been pretty frustrated
by the state of the smart watch market
over the last five years.
But Withings reached out and sponsored this video
to show off their ScanWatch Horizon
which is a very different kind of smart watch.
It's different in that most of it,
I'd say a solid 80% of it really isn't that smart.
Huh, nice by the way.
The one on my wrist is the ScanWatch
and I've been using that for a few weeks
but the one that we're gonna talk about today
is the ScanWatch Horizon
whose claims to fame are several actually.
It's validated to double the depth
of water resistance compared to the regular ScanWatch.
It's larger and much more premium looking and feeling.
I actually got a lot of comments on the blue one
when I was wearing it for, I guess, I yeah,
I had it for a couple of weeks.
And thanks to its metal band
it has a much sort of heavier feel on the wrist
that I know a lot of people prefer the green one.
Oh wait, I thought you told me the blue one
was the one that was sized to my wrist.
- [Jono] I thought so too.
- Well, the blue one was the one I was wearing.
I know that for a fact, but the green one actually
fits really well.
Oh, you know what?
My right and my left wrist are extremely different.
Can actually see the whole arm is very different,
That's badminton arms for you.
Right, on that subject.
Let's talk about what makes
a Withing ScanWatch really special.
They've got a clinically validated SPO2 sensor
as well as a clinically validated ECG sensor.
At a moment's notice we can take an ECG.
Let's go ahead and set that up.
We've gotta activate this feature before we can use it.
But the wizard includes some really valuable information
about what the ECG sensor can and cannot do.
So what it does do is detect whether or not
your heart rhythm is normal,
which can be an indicator of underlying medical conditions
and can be an important tool in your toolkit
to monitor your general cardiac health
and not detect heart attacks and other medical conditions.
So what they're saying is it only does
what they say it does.
Don't read too much into it.
And as always consult a medical professional
whenever there's anything concerning an important organ
like say for example, your heart.
I'm not in a state so I guess let's pick a cool state.
How about Nebraska.
- Nebraska? (men laughing)
- What? Why you hating on Nebraska?
Nebraskans, are you gonna take that?
- [Brandon] Sorry, Nebraskans.
- First let's take your ECG.
The interface is super easy to use by the way,
one button and a scrolling wheel and that's pretty much it.
By the way, you don't have to say
that you're starting a workout.
It'll actually detect your workouts
with a reasonable level of accuracy.
It managed to confuse go-karting with riding a bike
at one point, but overall it's actually been pretty solid.
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And that's it.
30 seconds later they've collected the data they need,
after 24 to 48 hours, where it gets reviewed,
it will be sent back and will be available within the app.
Ooh, the other big one is the ability to check
your blood oxygen saturation level.
Basically just put your hand on it.
30 seconds, BRB.
You can also just have it monitor it during your sleep
which is a lot more convenient (laughs).
Does a nice little buzz when you're done.
98%, yes.
Honestly speaking though, for my part,
the cooler features of the smart watch
are things that help me day to day.
Like the fact that the battery life is a month.
Like that's one of my big problems
with every freaking smart watch out there,
is that you end up charging these things every day
or in many cases running out of battery on the same day.
I remember I had a watch that I was wearing
for quite some time and I didn't even have it connected
to a phone because I don't use that brand of phone.
And I would still have the battery run out
during the day sometimes.
I'm sitting here going,
"It's not even connected via Bluetooth.
What is happening here?"
I also love being able to (mumbles)...
I've got my heart rate (indistinct).
It's getting all elevated right now.
(laughs) It's going up even higher.
I also really appreciate being able to tell the time
anytime I want.
Now you can configure the ScanWatch to use a gesture
in order to activate the display.
You can press a button to activate the display
or if you're a super smart boy or a lady
then you can just read the analog time.
Wow. Amazing right? What an innovation.
Setting the time on it is super easy.
That's kind of cool.
I'm not gonna show it
because that's something that I did before the video
but basically you just set up the app.
The watch hands just all point to 12 on their own
like kind of creepy magical.
And then you're like, "Yep, it's pointed at 12."
And then if it doesn't work
which it didn't on the blue one.
When I first set it up, then you can say,
"No, it's not pointed at 12."
You turn the dial, point it at 12,
and then it like, mm mm mm, yep, aligns.
And then it goes to exactly the right time.
This one, honestly, I think looks better personally.
Oh, I guess we could talk about their app a little bit.
You can select which applications
you want to receive notifications from.
You can see summaries of your workouts
as well as your daily steps.
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You can see my trends.
I've been doing pretty darn well on my steps lately,
which is pretty sick.
My workouts too.
I've been moving.
So that's why basically every day I'm doing something
that counts as a workout.
Yes. Go Linus. (man laughs)
You can log your food intake.
Man, now you guys got all this information about me.
Best day, 15,000 freaking steps.
What did I do on Monday, May 16th?
Basically there's lots of useful little things in here
and I like that it doesn't bother you a ton,
unless you tell it to, it's not gonna be like "Breathe."
"Yes, I'm breathing, now isn't a good time."
The kind of thing that just for me personally
absolutely drives me up the wall...
Oh, couple little things I didn't mention.
The tah tah tah tah tah,
outer bezel rotates if you're into that sort of thing,
and the hands are glow in the dark.
which they're not on the regular ScanWatch.
It syncs with major health apps like Google Fit,
Samsung Health, Strava.
Oh, and the glass is Sapphire glass,
which I have not been successful at scratching yet.
So that's definitely a good thing as well.
I think the selling points here are pretty straightforward.
You got the clinically validated SPO2 and ECG sensors.
You've got the very traditional looking watch
that actually functions like a freaking watch
but also has smart functionality.
I think a lot of people just want that alone,
even if it didn't have
any kind of health monitoring features.
And of course the actually very robust and useful app.
So what are you waiting for?
The ScanWatch Horizon is available on amazon.com,
withings.com, we're gonna have that link down below.
So guys, go ahead and check it out.
Thanks Withings for sponsoring this video.
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