A weighing scale is a fixture in the bedrooms or bathrooms of most families, but upgrading to a smart scale will tell you more about your health beyond just your weight. Some smart scales will also be able to measure your body fat, and you can even integrate some models with your preferred smart home platform. If you want to replace your manual scale with a smart scale, check out our recommendations below.
Withings Body+
Withings / Withings
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Measures several health metrics
Requires Mate app
Mate apps works with Alexa Skills
Synchronizes with Apple Watch
The Withings Body+ is our favorite smart scale because its capable of measuring your body mass index (BMI), body fat, muscle mass, and water percentage, among other metrics, and collects all of the information in the user-friendly Mate app that also works with Alexa Skills. The smart scale synchronizes with a variety of health and fitness apps and devices, including the Apple Watch, and it even has a Pregnancy Tracker specifically for pregnant women and Baby Mode for younger members of the family.
The Renpho Smart Digital Bathroom Scale may be affordable, but it’s still a decent purchase as it’s capable of tracking 13 body composition metrics, including body weight, body fat percentage, BMI, bone mass, and muscle mass. The Renpho Health app, which can be used with Google Fit, Samsung Health and Apple Health, will let you get data from the smart scale into your smartphone. The Renpho Smart Digital Bathroom Scale supports unlimited users, including children and pets.
The Withings Body Comp is a comprehensive smart scale that tracks a wide range of metrics. In addition to the usual data such as body weight and BMI, the smart scale can measure visceral fat, assess your heart health, and evaluate your sweat glands’ response to stimulation. The smart scale works with the all-in-one Withings app that monitors your daily metrics and provides you with trends and progress while maintaining the privacy of your data, and it works with Apple Health and Google Fit.
The QardioBase X Smart WiFi Scale, which is powered by a rechargeable battery that can last up to 12 months, brings all of its health tracking capabilities together on your choice of app among Apple Health, Samsung Health, Google Fit, and MyFitnessPal, which will work in unison with the QardioBase app to synchronize your accounts and data. The smart scale measures a total of 12 metrics, including BMI, water composition, metabolic age, and visceral fat, and it also offers an Athlete Mode that seeks lower fat mass and higher muscle mass to match the needs of athletes.
You’ll enjoy amazing value with the Wyze Smart Scale X, because for a relatively cheap price, you’ll get a smart scale that can measure 13 body composition metrics, including body weight, body fat percentage, heart rate, BMI, visceral fat, and metabolic age. The device can also function as a scale for your pet, children, or luggage, as it can do the computation for you while you carry them. The Wyze Smart Scale X synchronizes with popular health apps like Apple Health, Google Fit, and Fitbit, and full-surface glass sensors ensure accurate measurements.
Companion app syncs with Fitbit, Google Fit, Apple Health
Rechargeable battery
If you prefer seeing your health metrics on your smart scale’s screen instead of relying on its companion app, check out the GE Smart Scale and its large, vertically-aligned color LCD screen. It will show your weight and five other body composition metrics, while all the data is stored in the Fit Profile app that keeps track of your progress and synchronizes with Fitbit, Google Fit, and Apple Health. The smart scale also features a rechargeable battery that can last up to three months in a single charge.
Amazon unveils Alexa Home Map, letting you control your smart home in 3D
Alexa Home Map lets users control individual smart home devices from one place, without remembering their names or searching through menus.
Amazon has been a major player in the smart home market for years, but fresh competition from Apple may have lit a fire under it. The company has just unveiled a new lineup of Alexa devices, including Echo speakers, a smart alarm clock, a photo frame, and the Echo Show 16. On the software side, Amazon also introduced Alexa Home Map, which puts your connected devices on an interactive 3D model of your house, letting you monitor and control them from one place.
Amazon’s new Alexa photo frame wants to rescue your best pictures from your camera roll
Your favorite memories deserve better than being buried under screenshots in your camera roll.
Our phones have made it easy to capture our lives in beautiful photos. But that also means we shoot hundreds of photos every year and don't look at them, as they keep collecting the proverbial dust in our phone's gallery. Amazon’s new Alexa Photo Frame wants to put those forgotten shots on your shelf instead.
Amazon revealed the frame alongside several new Alexa devices, including a new smart alarm clock and a 16-inch Echo Show. It pulls pictures from Amazon Photos, which Prime members can fill up without paying extra for storage.
Amazon adds a camera to the Echo Studio and a smart home hub to the Echo Dot
The Echo Dot can now control more of your home, while the Echo Studio can see what's happening around it.
Amazon has unveiled a new Alexa lineup featuring the Echo Show 16, Echo Time smart clock, and Alexa Photo Frame. Two speakers join them: an upgraded Echo Dot with a built-in smart home hub and the Echo Studio with Home Camera, which lets Alexa+ see its surroundings. Both are available now for $99.99 and $249.99, respectively.
