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Withings Returns With Steel HR Sport Following Its Reacquisition
From Nokia
Withings returns to digital health with its most advanced hybrid smartwatch to date, featuring heart
rate monitoring, connected GPS, and Fitness Level based on VO2 max measurement.
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France – September 18, 2018 – After reacquiring itself from Nokia on May 31,
2018, Withings is back with a new look, a strengthened focus on connected health and the first newproduct under its original brand. Today, it unveiled Steel HR Sport, a multisport hybrid smartwatchthat offers heart rate monitoring, connected GPS tracking and Fitness Level analytics – an estimationof VO2 max. The device that boasts an unprecedented 25-day battery life joins the product portfolioof connected health devices that encompass activity trackers, blood pressure monitors, smart scales,
thermometers and sleep tracking devices.
Welcome Back Withings
The launch of Steel HR Sport marks a new chapter in the Withings story, which has seen its original
cofounder, Eric Carreel, buy back the business he sold to Nokia Technologies in 2016. Four months
after officially reacquiring Withings, the brand is back with a new logo and product.
“With its advanced sport and health tracking capabilities, Steel HR Sport is a perfect example of how
Withings is delivering against its original mission to help better manage health,” said Eric Carreel,CEO of Withings. “The public reaction to the return of Withings is extraordinary and renews mybelief that elegantly designed devices with health tracking abilities can dramatically improve
individual and society’s health.”
Steel HR Sport – Designed For Life
With the groundbreaking launch of Activité back in 2014, the firstanalog watch with activity tracking features, Withings paved theway for all hybrid smartwatches to come. Steel HR Sport continues
this tradition with a premium design blended with smart health andsport features for analytics.
Its elegant design features 316L stainless steel and a 40mm case that is water resistant up to 50M(5ATM). Available in both white and black face variants, it is equally eye-catching in sporting or socialsettings.
The analog face of Steel HR shows the time as well as a sub-dial that shows the percentage of daily
activity goals achieved. Goals are set and managed within the Health Mate app. The device’s discrete
OLED display shows important health and sports data such as daily steps, calories, distance andheart rate and can be navigated with a push of a button. The display also shows smartphone
notifications, which appear automatically along with a discrete vibration.

Workout ready: Multisport, connected GPS & Fitness Level
Steel HR Sport offers dedicated multisport tracking for over 30 different activities from yoga,
volleyball and rowing to boxing, skiing and ice hockey. Users select the chosen activity on the watch
display to start their workout session. During workout sessions, Steel HR Sport continuously tracks
and displays heart rate and the duration of the workout directly on the watch screen. After thesession, users can understand the intensity of their workout with heart rate zones and calories spent
based on the specific activity selected.
Steel HR Sport is the first product within the Steel HR range to feature GPS connectivity. Once pairedwith a smartphone, users can track their pace, distance, elevation and map their workouts whilewalking, running or cycling. Pace, distance and continuous heart rate are displayed on the watch
face screen and can be tracked live on the user’s phone. After a session, the user’s workout routecan also be viewed in the Health Mate app.
The device is the first Withings product to offer Fitness Level assessments of its user. The fitness
indicator, called VO2 max, measures the heart and muscles ability to convert oxygen into energy
during physical exercise.
The fitter the individual, the higher the VO2 max. Following running sessions, Steel HR Sport
calculates the user’s personal Fitness Level using pace, heart rate and morphological data (age,weight, gender). This fitness metric will help users to optimize their training, increase performanceand achieve long-term fitness objectives.
Day and night companion
With an industry leading battery life of 25 days that can be extended for a further 20 days in a power
reserve mode, Steel HR Sport is able to track fitness, activity and sleep patterns around the clock.
The device’s tracking ability is not limited to the waking hours. Steel HR Sport is a sophisticated sleep
tracker, detecting length and quality of sleep and providing an overall Sleep Score in the Health Mateapp that is based on sleep duration, depth regularity and interruptions. Steel HR Sport hascapabilities such as Smart Wake-upTM that will wake users with vibration alarms at the most optimal
times during their sleep cycle. The app even offers a Sleep Smarter Program, consisting of eightweeks of recommendations to improve sleep patterns.
During waking hours, Steel HR Sport helps users keep on top of their daily communications. BothSteel HR Sport as well the existing Steel HR product will benefit from enhanced notification
capabilities, allowing a multitude of app notifications to be displayed on the digital screen.
Previously limited to calls, text messages and events, the Steel HR line is now compatible withnotifications from over 100 apps. Whether it’s flight alerts, breaking news or messages from friends
and family on social channels, notifications appear on the watch with a content preview.
Availability
Priced $199.95, Steel HR Sport is available starting September 18, 2018, from www.withings.com,
Amazon and selected retailers. It is available in both a white and black face variant with each coming

with a grey silicone band. Additional exchangeable wristbands can be purchased exclusively on
withings.com.
Steel HR Sport connects with the free Health Mate app, available both on Android and iOS. HealthMate also connects with a range of third party apps such as Apple Health, Google Fit, orMyFitnessPal.
About Withings
Withings leads the connected-health revolution by inventing beautiful, smart products and services that help people become
happier and healthier.
Founded by visionary innovators Cédric Hutchings and Eric Carreel in 2008, Withings is committed to creating enjoyable,empowering experiences that easily fit into our daily lives.
Withings has built a range of award-winning products across the health spectrum including activity trackers (Steel, Steel HR,Steel HR Sport), connected scales (Body Cardio, Body+, Body), Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor (BPM), and an advanced
sleep system (Sleep). Every piece of collected data comes to life in the free Health Mate app where users can find coaching,
motivation and insights to shape key aspects of their health.
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