Withings has lifted the lid on the Go, an activity and sleep tracker that connects to the Health Mate smartphone app to offer personal fitness tips to users.
Featuring a unique E Ink display that shows information on steps, distance covered, calories burned and running duration, the Withings Go can be worn all day without a fuss.
Withings has confirmed that its latest product is water-resistant and can also recognise when a user starts swimming automatically. On top of that, the wearable can distinguish between light and deep sleep cycles, which means users can wake up and take a detailed look at their snoozing habits.
Speaking about the Go’s E Ink display, Amélie Caudron, Product Manager of Withings Go, said: “Withings prides itself in developing products that are both functional and elegantly designed”.
“E Ink products gave us exactly that. A display technology that enhanced rather than constrained the design”, she added.
Withings has been keen to mention the free-to-download Health Mate app for iOS and Android devices, which acts as a personal fitness coach to track users further and offer tips on completing activity goals.
The Go’s headline feature, the E Ink display, acts as a dial representing a user’s progress towards their target, also transforming into an analog watch face when needed.
Withings has said that the battery tucked inside the Go can operate continuously ‘for up to 8 months’.
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WITHINGS INTRODUCES GO, A NEW ACTIVITY AND SLEEP TRACKER ENABLED BY THE LATEST E INK SEGMENTED CIRCULAR DISPLAY PRODUCTS
Las Vegas, Nevada (January 6, 2015) Withings a world leader in enabling healthier lifestyles through products that encourage activity, today announced Go, a fashionable activity and sleep tracker enabled by the latest developments in E Ink Holdings,’ “E Ink” (8069.TW) segmented line of flexible, rugged and non-rectangular shaped displays. The launch of Go at CES 2016 follows on from the numerous awards Withings products received during CES 2015.
Withings Go automatically recognizes a variety of daily activities, which allows the user to wear it all day and track everything without having to push a button. For walking and running, the device analyzes number of steps, distance covered, calories burned as well as the duration of the running session. Go is also water-resistant (5 ATM) and automatically recognizes when the user starts swimming. At night, Go analyzes and can distinguish between light and deep sleep cycles. Withings Go connects to the free Withings Health Mate iOS and Android application that acts as a personal coach to track and motivate users to achieve their own activity goals. The main E Ink screen of Go provides the user’s level of activity – shown as a dial depicting the percentage of progress achieved towards a specific day’s activity goal. It will also transform to tell the time, creating an analog watch face. No charging required, it can operate continuously for up to 8 months.
The latest developments in E Ink display components are clearly focused at supporting wearable applications which demand, light, rugged and flexible displays that require very little power to operate. The 1.1” circular segmented displays build upon the same energy sipping technology that E Ink is known for and extends it to support product design requirements that require display shapes that are not your standard rectangular display. The new displays include a 1.1” circular displays which can be either segmented or full active matrix and development kits for product designers.
“Withings prides itself in developing products that are both functional and elegantly designed.” said Amélie Caudron, Product Manager of Withings Go. “E Ink products gave us exactly that. A display technology that enhanced rather than constrain the design.”
“Health and fitness products have always been a focus market for E Ink.” said Dr. FY Gan, vice president and general manager for E Ink’s ESI Business Unit. “With the launch of these circular displays, we have a clear commitment to enabling unique product designs in the growing health and exercise markets. We are extremely pleased that the first product is launched by Withings, a company that is focused on enabling healthier lifestyles and recognized for its leading edge product designs.”
Withings Go and E Ink’s unique display technologies can be seen during CES at both the E Ink and the Withings booth. E Ink can be found in South Hall 3 of the Las Vegas Convention Center at booth number 30466. While Withings is located in the Fitness & Technology Marketplace, Sands Convention Center, booth 74300.
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