{"id":802465,"date":"2026-07-15T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/802465\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T20:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:00:16","slug":"withings-new-smart-scale-zaps-the-sweat-glands-in-your-feet-for-signs-of-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/802465\/","title":{"rendered":"Withings\u2019 New Smart Scale Zaps the Sweat Glands in Your Feet for Signs of Trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"

Health tech company Withings has released the BodyScan 2<\/a>, a smart scale with an HD color display that \u201cprovides a comprehensive assessment of cardiovascular and metabolic health.\u201d\u00a0The device is available today for a whopping $600.<\/p>\n

Like many smart scales, the BodyScan 2 measures a lot more than your health. Using electrical impulses sent through electrodes in both its glass plate and a retractable handle, Withings claims that it \u201cdirectly measures\u201d things like cellular health and age. It can also measure your visceral fat\u2014that is, the kind bunched around your organs that\u2019s considered more dangerous for your long-term health than the more obviously jiggly stuff just under your skin. Withings says the BodyScan 2\u2019s rechargeable battery can last for up to 15 months on a charge.<\/p>\n

\"Withings\u00a9 Withings <\/p>\n

The retractable handle is an important part of this, as the electrical impulses that body composition scales send through you only measure the part of your nervous system they traverse. If they go only through your feet, they might only travel up one leg and down the other, limiting their effectiveness.<\/p>\n

One thing the BodyScan 2 does is zap the sweat glands in your feet to measure your nerve response. While discussing the feature with The Verge<\/a> in January, Antoine Joussain, Withings\u2019 Director of Product Management, Devices, noted that diabetes can cause complications in feet.<\/p>\n

\"Close-up\u00a9 Withings <\/p>\n

The BodyScan 2 offers two different scanning types. One, a 30-second \u201cDaily Scan,\u201d measures things like your weight, how that breaks down by water, fat, and muscle, heart rate, and \u201cVascular Age via Pulse Wave Velocity,\u201d or the speed at which the pressure of each heartbeat propagates through your vascular system. Withings calls the other its \u201cLongevity Scan.\u201d That one takes 90 seconds and can tell you your blood oxygen, estimate your \u201cHeart Age,\u201d and offers a \u201cNerve Response Score.\u201d The company says this leads to \u201ca comprehensive \u201cLongevity Analysis,\u201d available directly in the Withings app.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, there\u2019s small print at the bottom of the BodyScan 2\u2019s product page to keep in mind: \u201cDevice effectiveness and safety have not been reviewed by the FDA, and any claims concerning performance, features, and\/or clinical significance have not been evaluated by the FDA and should not be considered as statements of fact.\u201d That said, the ECG and AFib detection software used by the scale are FDA-cleared, meaning they\u2019ve been \u201cshown to be substantially equivalent to devices that are already legally marketed for the same use.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health tech company Withings has released the BodyScan 2, a smart scale with an HD color display that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,21615,96508,19587,105,84971],"class_list":["post-802465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health-tracking","tag-scales","tag-smart-home","tag-technology","tag-withings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}