Withings Pulse

Withings is a consumer electronics company located in Issy les Moulineaux, France. It was founded in June 2008 near Paris by three executives from the technology and telecom industry: Eric Carreel, co-founder of Inventel, and Sculpteo, Frédéric Potter, co-founder of Cirpack (both companies were bought by Technicolor SA in 2005), and Cédric Hutchings. Withings designs Internet-connected devices and describes its products as part of the Internet of Things

Walking is a suitable physical activity for most people. Regular walking can help you lose body fat, maintain a healthy weight, improve your fitness and reduce your risk of developing conditions such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and some cancers.

Walking is low impact, requires minimal equipment, can be done at any time of day and can be performed at your own pace. You can get out and walk without worrying about some of the risks associated with other more vigorous forms of exercise. It’s also a great form of physical activity for people who are overweight, elderly or those who haven’t exercised in a long time.

Withings Pulse is a tiny smart sensor to track your activity 24/7, measure your heart rate and help you be more active. Everyday.

Time to go to bed?
Place the Withings Pulse in the sleep wristband and launch the sleep cycle analysis.
The next morning you will have the opportunity to precisely assess your sleep in order to have more restorative nights.
The in-app graph shows the different sleep cycles and lists key sleep quality indicators – something more reliable than “impressions”.

Withings Pulse Pros :

Slick design. Useful display. Records steps, distance, feet climbed, heart rate, and more. Tracks sleep patterns. Withings Pulse can display last 14 days’ worth of information.

Withings Pulse Product Description :

Withings Pulse is a powerful pocket-sized personal tracking tool designed to help users achieve their personal health and fitness goals. For the first time ever on an activity tracker, the Withings Pulse adds heart pulse measurement and run stride tracking to the number of steps taken, distances covered, calories burned and quality of sleep. The device syncs via Bluetooth with the Withings Health Mate App where all the data is collected and stored in real time.

Withings Pulse Moving through your day

Track your daily activity – The Withings Pulse captures steps, burned calories, stairs climbed and distance travelled. Once synced to your smartphone/tablet, you will discover your data put into perspective.

See the data come to life – The Withings Health Mate app instantly turns numbers into easy to read graphs showing trends and showcasing your day-to-day progress.

Improve yourself – The Withings Pulse offers an empowering experience as you are able to better yourself by making informed choices.

Runningthe good race

Track your run – Just grab your Withings Pulse and go ! The tracker recognizes your running: it automatically displays a Run recap screen with your racing stats.

Easy history browsing with touch screen – With the Withings Pulse, you have easy access to your data. There’s no need to have your smartphone to see the history of all of your activities.

Fostering good nights

Monitor your sleep – Place the Withings Pulse in the Sleep Wristband and launch the sleep cycle analysis. The next morning you will have to opportunity to precisely assess your sleep quality thanks to the in-app graph to have more restorative nights.

Withings Pulse Measuring heart rate in a heartbeat

Instant heart rate – The Withings Pulse enables you to follow your heart rate trends. Check your pulse on any occasion. Just press your finger on the back of the device and discover your heart rate.

Assess your fitness level – Overtime, as your resting heart rate decrease, celebrate – your overall health and wellness is improving.

Reach the perfect balance between activity and nutrition

Master your body’s weight – Simply log your meals in the MyFitnessPal app – the world’s largest food, nutrition and calorie database. The Health Mate app brings home their caloric equivalents and measures them against the number of calories burned.

Track your trend – By logging your weight into the free Health mate app or using Withings’ scales to keep a track of your weight and reach your goal and the perfect balance.

Enlightening and customizable

Pocket coach – Sync the Withings Pulse with your smartphone (iOS or Android) and collect all the data in your Health Mate app that instantly puts them into perspective.

Withings’ ecosystem – The Withings Pulse is part of a wide fitness ecosystem. All data collected by Withings’ products goes to the same app to give you a complete understanding of where you stand and how you can improve yourself.

Enjoy our network of partners – You can share your data with over 100 health and fitness partner apps. We are probably already compatible with your favorite app.

Withings Pulse Specifications :

Metrics tracked

Steps taken

Elevation climbed actively

Distance travelled

Calories burned
Last run: duration and distance
Instant heart rate
Sleep duration and quality

Display

Large OLED screen
128 pixels x 32 pixels resolution
Touch screen for history browsing

Day & Night motion sensor

High precision MEMS 3-axis accelerometer
Low power consumption

Heart rate measurement

Optoelectronics sensor with Green / Red LEDs
Last 14 measures can be browsed on Withings Pulse

Connectivity

Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology

Power and battery

2 weeks average use between charges
Power save: get an extra 24h of tracking, even your product is out of juice
Charging via a Standard Micro-USB to USB power cable on a computer or on a Smartphone power supply unit
Built-in Lithium-ion battery

Minimum configuration

iPhone (3GS or higher), iPad (all versions), iPad mini, iPod touch (3rd generation or higher), with iOS 5 and higher and Internet connectivity (cellular data or Wi-Fi)
Android 2.3.3 or higher smartphone or tablet with Bluetooth compatibility and Internet connectivity (cellular data or Wi-Fi)
The product installation is NOT possible from a computer