Withings Activité Pop - Activity & Sleep-Tracking Watch

Living with my Activite Pop is fun. I'm not serious about keeping fit, just being fit and keeping an eye on what I have done and need to do regarding light exercise. You set your goals and track your progress both on the watch face and in the Health Mate App that Withings provide FOC on App Store. There's a lot I want to say about this product but I'll leave that to the official product description regarding functions etc. This product just works, simple and effective. The vibration alarm is also good and vibrates powerfully enough to wake me from sleep. What I will say is the sleep tracking function needs a bit of work, i.e. it would be good if you could stop the Pop from continuing the tracking of your sleep if you're taking a lazy Sunday morning. This is because when you wake from sleep but only lightly move around in bed to read / check emails etc the Pop just thinks you're stirring in your sleep. So as soon as I wake up I email my sleep stats to ensure I capture only the time I was asleep (to avoid the Pop counting continuous time I'm awake but just haven't started walking around fully. A trip to the loo and back to bed is just recorded as light sleep and not actually being awake, due to being still again in a short space of time). What I'm saying is be realistic with this product and don't expect too much from it. It's good at recording your movement / exercise / steps etc and does record your sleep but remember, what makes this device work is probably simple motion detectors that determine if you are running, walking sitting or sleeping. Time syncs automatically with my iP6+ and setting an alarm, exercise goals is really easy. You can use the Pop without needing your iPhone as the device records and stores your movement for (i think) x1 day but you must sync before the day is out or you will lose your stats from the Pop (must have a small memory), which is no bad thing as before i go to sleep I look to see what I've achieved for the day in the Health Mate app re exercise, weight and +/- on my goals. I'm a Tag Heuer wearer for evenings out, Suunto D9 for Diving, Apple Watch for business and the Pop for everything in between, so a varied range of watches all for different tasks and functions. I don't believe there's any singular product that can do more than one job really well, there's always a compromise if your a perfectionist. This watch / Pop is worthy wearable tech IMO.

More a pedometer disguised as an analogical watch than a smart device, it serves its purpose. Its best feature is its discreet look. Of course, it's not 100% accurate, and sometimes it can take a few minutes to connect to the phone or sync data. The app has a nice-looking material design, although navigation could be improved. Includes rewarding badges and messages, but sadly doesn't show long-term milestones to aspire to. I've been using it for 2 months now and initial excitement wears off, but it still keeps me aware of how much or how little I moved during the day, which results in walking for a few more stops before or after taking the bus. All in all, I would recommend it for anyone looking for a way to track their daily movement. It's great if you work in an office environment and you just want to remind yourself to stand up and walk around more often. It doesn't properly track exercise because it can't measure your pulse, but it does track swimming activity since a few days ago. No other watch + tracking matches this price and look so far.

I bought this 2 months ago, and have been really very pleased with it. Firstly, it looks great, and is genuine replacement for a watch - you can read the time quickly and easily. And the analogue display of your progress towards your step target is easy to read at a glance too. Then there is the battery life and fact it is waterproof - I was pleased to find an activity tracker that doesn't need recharging - you can put it on and then forget about it, even in the pool. Step tracking seems to be pretty accurate - although driving clocks up a few steps (?!) especially in traffic with lots of gear changing! And I have found the total distances calculated are more or less accuate - slightly underestimating distance when walking fast and for a longer stretch, but over estimating distances when pottering around or walking slower, so on average it is fine. But perfectly good enough for my needs. The sleep tracker is fascinating (I have small children....), and scarily accurate. The soundless alarm is very effective, and I like the fact you can set it to wake you within a time interval around the alarm time that you specify, so that if you enter lighter sleep 10 minutes, for example, before your alarm is due to go off, it wakes you then. I haven't had any problems with the screen or strap, yet have been wearing it pretty hard. The HealthMate ap is easy to use, and links and synchronises well to MyFitnessPal if you want to record meals.

I bought this watch in November 2015 after thoroughly researching activity trackers. First things first, it looks great, it's stylish and unobtrusive unlike the bulk of chunky activity trackers. The fact that you don't have to regularly charge it is fantastic, I'd much rather replace the watch battery once or twice a year than have to regularly remember to charge it. My battery did go after about six months and I got an email notification to tell me it was running low which was very handy. I had been using the vibrating alarm every day which I have since read drains the battery so I have stopped using that and am interested to see how long this battery lasts. The tracking is generally very good, there are odd occasions where for some strange reason it seems to miss out a few hours at the start of my sleep cycle but this only happens about once a month so it's not a huge deal. The walking tracking is great and has definitely encouraged me to walk more to try and reach my daily goal. The app is also very easy to use. I find the sleep tracking information interesting but it is hard to know what a normal/good sleep pattern should look like so you just have to judge each night against your own results and deduce what is normal for you. The swim tracking is good but I have found it to be a little variable, sometimes it doesn't pick up my activity when I have been swimming. So why have I only given the watch three stars? Two words - build quality. I have worn this watch every day since November, I am careful when I wear it but despite this the watch face has become quite scratched and in bright light these scratches cast shadows onto the watch which is very annoying and looks scruffy. One of the loops on the strap has also snapped which again is a little disappointing less than 9 months in. I can't seem to buy a replacement sand coloured strap so have purchased the orange, plum and teal three pack for £34.95. I would like the option to buy a sand coloured official Withings replacement strap but this doesn't seem to exist. I emailed Withings to let them know about the scratches and snapped strap loop, I received a prompt reply but was told that the warranty of the watch does not cover physical damage such as scratches or broken glass. I was offered a 25% discount and free shipping on a replacement watch. I wouldn't want to buy a replacement watch having only owned this one for around eight months. Whilst the Activite Pop isn't a bank breaker at £119.95, I'm not in the market to be buying one per year. I love this watch and if they could make the watch face more scratch resistant I would be giving it 4/5 stars. If you want in-depth tracking and activity analysis this isn't the watch for you but if you want a stylish unobtrusive general tracker then its a good option.

Update: Okay, months on since my first review and I have to say that I would now strongly advise against buying the Withings watch *if* a) you want Google Fit integration - the activity data (walking) simply does not sync either way (up or down) with Google Fit. I reported the problem and, unfortunately, Withings support was of no assistance at all - there was no interest in bug tracking/fixing or troubleshooting the bug and the approach was very much a customer service rather than a technical support perspective. The advertised Google Fit integration was the main reason I bought the device so it is more or less a complete disappointment. and b) a device which you don't need to sync every day, The stupidly low 36 hour watch memory - requiring syn to the iOS or Android app once a day - means that you will likely lose data if, for example, you sync early morning on day 1 and late night on day 2 (yes, it really is that bad) and c) the lack of ability to detect running (it just, more or less, measures steps over a given period of time) suggests that this is actually a quite limited pedometer. Basically, the Withings app - which you are stuck with - doesn't do time/distance calculations to extrapolate walking/running speed. You have a basic pedometer. There are now much better wearable pedometers available in terms of cloud fitness data integration and time/distance calculations as well as storage memory. This is a poorly designed and implemented device which offers, as a far as I can see, nothing of significance over a reasonably decent pedometer. ======== Looks good - better than the pictures suggest and speaks of a nice if slightly 90s design ethos. It does have a somewhat exaggerated curved glass dome that looks like a biosphere. The one tone colour scheme is a matter of taste and whilst colour and style wise it does look better than some of the more crudely functional fitness bands, it's a bit too Swatch like and lacking in refinement. [Somebody asked me yesterday if it was a Swatch!] I took it swimming and following the recent firmware update it does, kind of, detect in pool time (as steps in my case rather than swimming specific activity) but the tracking is odd. It seems to require horizontal positioning for the accelerometers to register a stroke and although this may be the model position it's not mine (nor I suspect that of many others). It gives quite conservative activity results both for swimming and for walking and running. My walking, running and swimming were all underestimated. My phone's tracking is much more accurate for walking and running in terms of step count. I think one problem is that it has a fairly conservative trigger to detect the start of activity. Getting up in the night to go to the toilet, for example, doesn't seem to trigger step measurement despite walking about 30 steps or so. I don't really have a big problem with this because I would prefer a higher trigger threshold than a lower one if a lower threshold meant it was too sensitive to everyday movements (such as typing). Still, in the example cited the outcome is that the sleep tracking shows an uninterrupted line when of course sleep was interrupted. Disappointingly, the Withings Health Mate app, which the watch has to connect to, can't seem to detect running - it records everything as walking! This is really bad if you think that it would be a simple step/time calculation to determine if a walking threshold had been crossed and the wearer is actually running. Anyway, Google Fit integration is touted for this device but it doesn't work for me - the Withings Health Mate app is at fault here because I can pair other partner apps with Google Fit no problem. The Withings Health Mate app just doesn't work with Google Fit. Everything is "enabled" and Google Fit recognises that a linkage has taken place but there is no data exchange from the Withings Health Mate app to Google Fit. It's very disappointing for me because Google Fit integration was the main reason I bought the device. If I can't get it resolved by Withings - I've raised a ticket - I'll return it to Amazon. The device itself is nice but the software - the iOS and Android Health Mate app - is really awful. It's badly designed, has confusing menu options and it's too easy to exit the app when you should be moving back a menu. The watch isn't displayed in the list of bluetooth devices in iOS 8 and Android Lollipop (stock ROM). This is because Apple and Google made the decision not to list Bluetooth Low Energy devices in the list of Bluetooth devices available for manual connections. It is displaced in Android KitKat but because only the Withings Health Mate app can connect to the device, this doesn't help much. There is no way of bypassing the Health Mate app and connecting the watch directly to the phone/tablet. The watch isn't recognised by Google Fit, Runtastic and so on as a partner hardware device. I didn't appreciate this when I bought the watch. The bridge between the watch and other ecosystems is the Health Mate app. The other big hit is that the watch only has a 36 hour memory. This means that you have to sync the watch within 36 hours of the first event you wish to store - otherwise records will be lost. This 36 hour limit is very poor compared to other fitness devices. Being without your phone for just over a day is enough to result in a lack of record continuity. This is a hardware or firmware problem and not one that can be solved by the app software. I took a risk buying this watch and kind of wish I hadn't. Withings was unable for months to get the swimming functionality together, there have been problems with the Withings Health Mate app and now, for me at least, Google Fit integration just doesn't work. If the Withings Health Mate app improved I might recommend the watch. As it is however, the app, which there is no choice but to use, is far too rough around the edges, buggy, badly designed and styled and a great example of how not to design an app. I don't think I'm being too harsh. If the software was better and if it worked as advertised I would give the watch 4 stars. If the software issues aren't too much of a concern for you then consider this a 4 star review ;-) Update: Withings support did contact me to try to assist with the Google Fit problem - no data sync with Google Fit. So far there's been no technical solution although it's been suggested that I wait a few days for data to appear in Google Fit. It's been over a week of waiting (since I started using the watch) and no data at all so I guess it's just not going to work and there's no solution. Other apps I've tried such as Runtastic provide updates within minutes to Google Fit so a) the Google Fit api does support this and b) there's nothing wrong or unusual about my Google Fit account. I've found a very imperfect workaround in the form of the FitnessSyncer cloud update service - it drags data in from my Withings account and then uploads it to Google Fit. The problem with this is that it uploads data to Google Fit as "summary data" rather than real time activity data. This means that the Google Fit data updates only at GMT rollover (so although the data is stored against the correct day, it's a day late appearing). Also, it doesn't track specific activities - so 5,000 steps will be logged as happening in 8 hours without any breakdown in terms of when the steps/run took place during that 8 hours. All in all, it seems that Withings, despite creating a very nice watch, isn't really in the same position as some of the more software tech based companies to support the product's software and software problems. Because integration with Google Fit and HealthKIt is so important and such a basic feature, I would advise only buying this watch if you don't mind experiencing unsolvable sync and data upload problems. It does seem that quite a few people on the Play Store have left reviews describing problems with Google Fit integration although strangely some people report success. I've tried with two Android devices, factory resets, two Withings accounts and two Google accounts and no success at all. Lack of working Google Fit integration is a killer for me although it won't be for some people who don't need the service. It is very disappointing though to see that Withings is unable to get the service to work when so many other companies are able to with no problems. Withings support clearly care about their product but without an ability to troubleshoot technical problems even through debugging using the Android SDK, there's just no way that cloud integration is going to be made to work for a mass user base.

Well... it nearly works as well as it should, but as time went on I became aware of an increasing number of problems with it. I bought an Activite Pop watch but it quickly became apparent it was keeping the wrong time despite repeated calibrations. Withings were very good about this and replaced it quickly at no charge, but now sadly the replacement has started doing the same thing. It was in regular contact with the phone it's linked to, but for some reason just kept getting the time wrong. The sleep tracking function seems to be fairly accurate but ultimately I'm not sure what it adds to ones fitness tracking; you tend to know how long you slept really and the analysis of light sleep vs deep sleep doesn't necessarily match how satisfied and rested one feels in the morning. The silent vibrating alarm is a nice touch though if you want to wake up while causing your partner minimal disturbance. The main drawback of the sleep tracking is getting a manky or sore skin on the wrist from wearing it all the time (ie all night as well as all day, even though you can wash your wrist twice a day or so) The activity tracking seems to match the totals that ones iPhone comes up with from using the onboard accelerometer, so it's as good as anything else in that regard. I used it to compare the difference of my activity in my sedentary job to my days off, and it did indeed confirm my suspicions that i only move around about 1/3 as much on work days. Beyond that, it didn't do much for me. Although it will automatically determine when you're jogging as opposed to walking around, this runs into problems if you want to use multiple apps/websites to track your fitness habits. I use MyFitnessPal to track my food intake, and also tried using MapMyFitness and RunKeeper for exercise. Initially happy with MapMyFitness, I switched to RunKeeper as this was, at least at the time, Withing's Official Partner app but despite their approval it was more or less the same in terms of its interactions with the Withings app. The problem is that if you use a fitness tracker (in my case combined with a heartmonitor) to calculate your calorie burn, if you're wearing your Activite Pop at the same time it's not clear if the Withings App takes this into account or not. Furthermore Withings integration with MyFitnessPal is a little sketchy in terms of the "Calorie Adjustment" it applies for your daily activity. I won't go into the minutiae, but suffice to say it's not clear if they've removed the Mifflin-St Jeor activity adjustment (eg BMR x 1.2 = your BMR if you're fairly inactive... etc etc) If you're calculating your kCal burn for every exercise individually, this shouldn't be applied in addition. Stuff like that. I tried contacting Withings about this, as well as MyFitnessPal and Runkeeper but generally they give you scarily cheerful yet tardy replies that are bouncy and happy and all "thanks for your amazing feedback! we really appreciate your input!" without actually addressing what you've asked most of the time. So you end up not really knowing what's been taken into account and what hasn't, making the whole thing rather pointless. The watch also seems less robust than one had assumed; eg to check what time your alarm is set you're supposed to tap the watchface twice. This was a neat little feature, but half the time you sit there tapping your watch repeatedly and nothing happens. When you try and sync it with the Withing App (I was using iPhones 5 & 6 with the latest OS updates) it could take AGES to find & connect with the phone, even though it was just centimeters away In the end, I personally think fitness enthusiasts with a penchant for keeping their numbers recorded would be better off spending their money on a good blutooth heartrate monitor and a decent phone that has reliable GPS tracking and good blutooth connectivity, a nice practical armband for the phone when out exercising, dual-skinned socks, a good pair of trainers and some comfortable headphones. And if you like to track your weight, the Withings smartscale is very good and reliable. But the watch isn't. I wouldn't recommend it.

I have had this product for just less than a week & cannot be more pleased. I toyed with getting an iWatch, so originally bought a cheap alternative to see how I got on - and with the best will in the world, the big blocky, non-water proof watch was not to my taste and coupled with the need to constantly re-charge it, led to me looking at this watch as an activity tracker alternative. When I opened the box, I was greeted with a nice looking watch - small. light & classically good looking. A friend wouldn't believe it did everything that I said it would, and to be honest, neither did I .....I went out of my way on Saturday to take it swimming .... So does it work? I cannot rave about both the simplicity of the watch & the functunality of the app - the set up & syncing was the most simple thing I have ever done on my phone, no charging is a huge benefit, so my sleep monitoring is automatic, you can set your step target & check how you're doing by looking at the watch, and .... though how they do this I just don't know....it knew I had a swim!!! All automatically !!! I get a daily, monthly or weekly view of everything through the app - with a very handy weekly review on a Monday morning ....as you can tell - I just love this & it has me more active ...

This smartwatch is great for people who dont want a stupid looking small computer that looks like a prisoner bracelet on their wrist. It only does the basics but it does them very well. And lets face it, do you need all of the other stuff? It tells the time at a glance (you dont have to press a button) - it has an alarm clock and it measures your daily steps (and swimming duration - but i dont swim) and more importantly your sleep patterns. One of the main benefits of this smartwatch is that it has its own battery which is changeable a CR2032 so you dont have to charge it. Charging was the main problem I found with my old smartwatch which had to be charged every 10 days (then 7 days then 5 days until it stopped working). Another great thing is that with the withings scale you can really start to understand your exercise, sleep, weight situation. You realise after a short time that you cant now lie to yourself about how much exercise you had and how you put weight on misteriously. :-)..... I love it, I just read the other post, I cant understand how it could tell the wrong time as it gets the time from your smartphone - thererefore either the one the other poster has is faulty or their smartphone is faulty - you also have to get the nack of double tapping to see the set alarm time, but that is easy. I bought one also for my son and we challenge each other on the App to see who does the most steps per week. The price is also very cpmpetative. Great Smartwatch.

This watch looks good, the pedometer function is unobtrusive, and the battery does not require frequent charging. Basically, set it up and forget it until you go to the website to see how far you have walked. I love simple.

Vengo de un Xiaomi Mi Band, y este lo supera enormemente. La aplicación ya era bastante buena, pero ahora la han mejorado. Aunque puede mejorar aún. Lo que más me gusta es lo discreto que es. Al principio no es muy cómodo, pero cuando la correa se termina adaptando a tu muñeca ya ni te acuerdas que lo llevas puesta, solo me lo quito para meterme al mar. Lo tengo desde hace seis meses y no he tenido que cambiar la pila, y eso que la uso con el despertador (vibra). Pros: - Discreto - Cómoda, con el uso. - Duración de la pila Contra - Es bastante alto, pero te acostumbras - Solo se puede configurar un despertador - El despertador inteligente no funciona correctamente - No detecta automáticamente andar en bici

Uso da anni con soddisfazione prodotti Whithings. Hanno un servizio clienti eccezionale: mi hanno sostituito due volte un contattassi che non funzionava bene. Era piccolissimo e... l'ho perso!!! In ansia da prestazione mi sono deciso per questo orologio. Linea stupenda, elegantissimo, attira sguardi e complimenti tanto è bello. Funziona alla grande, quando vado in bici lo metto in tasca perché altrimenti non rileva niente. Potrebbe dare indicazioni parzialmente sfalsate per chi passa molte ore in auto, in quanto i movimenti del volante, se ampi, vengono interpretati come... oscillazioni del braccio mentre si cammina. A parte questo è un ottimo prodotto. Consigliassimo...

Montre reçue. Impossible de l'allumer. Renvoi chez le vendeur qui ne se manifeste pas !

Update: 01.02.2016 Mittlerweile wurden alle Kinderkrankheiten behoben. Die Funktion um der Weckzeit anzeigen zu lassen passiert nun nicht mehr willkürlich. Diese funktioniert nun nicht mehr wenn man keine Weckzeit eingestellt hat (so wie ich) und wenn man sich doch wecken lassen will dann sieht man seine Weckzeit nun nicht mehr nach zweimaligem tippen sondern nach dreimaligem. Die App ist weiterhin in sehr gutem Zustand. Hierfür gibt es nun 5 Sterne. Ich bin sehr zufrieden. Kaufempfehlung: Jetzt erst recht!! Update: 10.09.2015 Ich habe die App nochmal neu installiert und die Uhr resetet und plötzlich funktioniert alles wieder. Außerdem kam ein Update der Withings App am 08.09.2015 raus aber ob es was mit meinem Problem zu tun hatte weiß ich nicht. Auf jeden Fall funktioniert sie wieder einwandfrei und deswegen gibt es weiterhin 4 Sterne. Sonst sind alle Funktionen zufriedenstellend und funktionieren gut. Deswegen gibt es jetzt die Kaufempfehlung von mir. Update: 07.09.2015 Nachdem ich die Uhr nun schon über 1 Monat besitze werde ich mein Fazit abgeben. Ich muss sagen ich bin sehr zwiegespalten über dieses Produkt. Zum einen sieht es absolut klasse und super aus, zum anderen plagen mich einige Kinderkrankheiten, die doch sehr nerven. Wenn man doppelt auf das Glas tippt soll normalerweise die Weckzeit angezeigt werden, was wiederum eher eine Glückssache ist, dass es auf Anhieb funktioniert. Manchmal macht sich diese Funktion auch selbstständig, sprich ich drücke gar nicht drauf und trotzdem zeigt mir die Uhr die Weckzeit an und das mehrmals am Tag ungewollt, worunter die Batterielaufzeit leiden könnte. !!! Zum anderen bin ich sehr enttäuscht darüber, dass die Uhr auf einmal anscheinend eine Art Bug aufweist. Auf einmal synchronisiert sich meine Uhr nämlich nicht mehr. Auch nach mehrmaligen Reseten funktioniert die Synchronisation mit der App nicht. Ich verstehe nicht warum. Die Uhr wird in der App gesucht, dann wird sie gefunden und es steht da "Synchronisieren läuft", dann passiert nichts und der Schriftzug verschwindet. Also ich hoffe der Support liest das hier und kann mir helfen sonst muss ich mich wohl beschweren und das Gerät zurück schicken. Für einen Preis von 149€ sollte das nicht passieren. Vielleicht liegt es auch an der App aber dann sollte zumindest da ein Update erscheinen. Deswegen gibt es vorerst nur 2 Sterne durch das gelungene Design und das eigentliche Grundkonzept. Ich hoffe, dass dies schnellst möglich behoben wird. Erstellung: 23.07.2015 Die Activité Pop ist mein erster Aktivitätstracker, also bin ich noch ganz neu in diesem Segment. Der Preis für das Gerät schien mir fair, weil viele andere Hersteller ähnliche Geräte auch für über 100€ anbieten. Natürlich ist das hier kein Schnäppchen, aber man erhält eine sehr schöne Uhr mit einigen Zusatzfunktionen. An der Uhr konnte ich bis jetzt keine Mängel feststellen und sie ist sehr gut verarbeitet. Habe diese aber erst seit 22.7.15. Die Uhr kommt in einer schönen Verpackung und nachdem man diese herausgeholt hat erkennt man, dass keine weiteren Knöpfe zu finden sind. Das heißt die ganze Installation der Uhr wird über ein Smartphone (iOS und Android) abgewickelt. Dazu braucht man die Withings App, in meinem Fall für iOS. Die App erklärt einem dann unter dem Menüpunkt "Meine Geräte" wie man die Uhr installieren soll. Das geht schnell und einfach. Die Activité Pop zeigt die Uhrzeit danach immer richtig an und zählt die Schritte. Seinen Fortschritt in Prozent erkennt man an der kleinen Skale unten rechts in der Uhr. Das Schrittziel kann man in der App einstellen. Des Weiteren gibt es einen Wecker von dem man durch leichte Vibration geweckt werden kann. Die Schlafanlyse funktioniert recht gut, soweit ich das beurteilen kann. Schwimmen war ich noch nicht aber die Uhr soll ja wasserdicht sein. Die Synchronisation mit dem Handy wird manuell ausgeführt und klappt bei mir problemlos und zügig. Der Speicher zeichnet Daten von bis zu 30h auf. Allerdings kann da die Synchronisation auch mal länger dauern. Kritik gibt es dafür, dass man an der Software noch einige Feinarbeiten vornehmen sollte. Manchmal springen die Zeiger kurzzeitig auf eine wahllose Uhrzeit um sich kurz darauf wieder auf die richtige zu drehen. Warum das so ist weiß ich nicht. Auf jeden Fall sollte das behoben werden. Das könnte bei manch einem zur Verwirrung führen. Die Weckerfunktion ist meines Erachtens nach noch recht mager. Man kann weder mehrere Weckzeiten einstellen, noch die Vibrationsstärke ändern. Für Menschen, die einen tiefen Schlaf haben reicht die Vibration bestimmt nicht. Trotz der Kritik ist die Uhr ein gelungenes und vor allem schickes Gerät, welches durchaus geeignet ist um einen zu mehr Bewegung zu animieren. Ich hoffe es kommen noch einige sinnvolle und gute Softwareaktualisierungen von Withings dazu. Updates meinerseits folgen bestimmt. ;) Mit freundlichen Grüßen Clemens