With the rising tide of smart hardware, smart watch brands have sprung up like mushrooms, and various novel functions have emerged one after another. However, no matter how frequently smart hardware comes out, Withings is still the most special one in the smart watch camp. Unlike other products, which use the display screen as the display medium, Withings clocks adhere to the mechanical dial design, and use the built-in small dial to express the "movement percentage" display mode. On the whole, it has the flavor of traditional watches, and the perfect integration of traditional machinery and smart watches. Although various imitators swarmed in, Withings is undoubtedly the most elegant smart watch. Users no longer need to worry about the smart watch looking like a "digital watch". Today's Withings Activity Steel is one of the representative works of Withings.

The design of the packing box of Things Activity Steel is very simple, which is composed of brand logo+body image+24 hour tracking record.

On the back of the box is a schematic diagram showing the interfaces of mobile phone applications.

The profile shows the sports that Withings Activity Steel can record, such as step recording, running, swimming, calorie consumption, sleep and other functions. The supporting health application can also record food calorie intake, weight and so on.

The packaging box is opened by magnetic suction, and a transparent top cover is used inside. After opening, you can see the panorama of Things Activity Steel.

Withings Activity Steel adopts the minimalist Bauhaus design style, and only uses simple lines and materials to reflect its own value.

A unique stylus is attached for pressing the reset key on the back of the meter body when activating and connecting the device.

There is a word on the inside of the box that encourages people to exercise. It's time to become more active.

The design of the watch body is very simple. The sapphire watch glass with obvious radian is used. The radian is just integrated with the radian of the watch body, which is very round on the whole.

Withings Activity Steel uses a stainless steel chrome plated dial with a silicone strap. The silicone watchband is suitable for sports and will not be corroded by sweat. However, in hot summer, the silica gel has a slightly poor air permeability and is slightly stuffy.

However, silicone watchband will leave some sweat stains on the watchband after the wrist sweats. However, the Withings Activity Steel machine is 50m waterproof and can be washed directly under the tap.

The plastic watch strap uses a stainless steel watch buckle. The details are good, smooth and burr free.

The dial diameter is small. Compared with most smart watches, the body of Withings Activity Steel is small and exquisite. It is just the right size for Asians with thin wrists.

At present, most smart watches are somewhat larger in size, and some even have a dial the same width as the wrist, which is slightly less comfortable to wear. In contrast, the small body of Withings Activity Steel is much more comfortable for the author to wear.

As a smart watch, the basic waterproof ability should be provided. Withings Activity Steel has a waterproof level of 50M.

Things Activity Steel is designed by a Swiss watchmaker. The whole watch has the same shape as a quartz watch. Although compared with Apple Watch and Android Wear, Things has relatively simple functions, it has the rare elegance of a smart watch. It is said that you can't have it both ways. This may be the choice of Things.

Although the appearance looks more like a thorough quartz watch, the basic functions of the smart watch are still available. Withings can perform basic automatic step measurement, swimming, sleep detection, etc.

Withings Activity Steel takes a very simple and practical route, so it is not equipped with the popular heart rate monitoring function.

As long as you wear the Things Activity Steel on your hand, it will automatically record the sleep status. Deep sleep and light sleep are more accurate in terms of sleeping time and getting up time.

The design of the body is very neat. It doesn't have the common crown of a watch. It depends entirely on the mobile phone app to adjust the time. The function of adjusting the time is very sci-fi.

Although it looks very similar to its predecessors, Things Activity Steel also has some minor improvements. The dial area of the monocular timing part is larger.

The back of the watch body uses a trapezoidal design, and the edge is thinner, so no matter how you move your wrist when wearing it, there will be no hand scratching.

Withings Activity Steel uses the CR2025 button battery. The battery life is about 8 months, which is much more durable than ordinary smart watches. It no longer needs to be charged every day.

The dial is very simple, just like a traditional quartz watch, which shows its value by materials and workmanship.

The radian of 2.5D sapphire glass is clearly visible. In traditional watches, it is also rare to see such a large radian of surface glazing glass. Withings is very diligent in workmanship and materials.

Withings has designed a special application Health Mate for it. All data must be set through this app, so whether its design is excellent or not will directly affect the use experience of Activity Steel. For example, the adjustment time needs to be set in the app. We set according to the tips of the App. First, use the reset button on the back of the watch body of the card to click five times continuously until the watch body has two consecutive short shocks, that is, it starts to connect with the mobile phone. For the first connection, there will be detailed tips from the novice use tutorial. According to the use tutorial, you can easily set the Activity Steel.

It is interesting to adjust and calibrate the time. It is more interesting to provide a virtual dial that can be moved on the screen. When the dial is moved, the minute hand and hour hand of the watch will follow.

However, the synchronization between the watch and the mobile phone is slightly slow. It took several times for our first pairing to succeed. It would be better if we could improve the synchronization speed. Synchronizing data is also a bit slow in daily use, and the synchronization time takes up to several minutes.

Although the design of Withings Activity Steel is quite simple, the App provides a lot of data for users to view. The data is very detailed, and you can set a vibrating alarm clock. The basic functions of a smart watch are complete.

The weekly exercise amount summary, daily detailed data, data of each sub option, etc. are convenient and fast to view statistics, and the number of steps can basically match the daily exercise amount, which is relatively accurate.

The sleep record is also very detailed. The time of falling asleep, getting up, total sleep time, and deep sleep time are relatively accurate. Withings also automatically calculates the average sleep time of users. However, as a smart watch, Withings Activity Steel has fewer functions than other smart watches. It can neither push notifications nor use apps or view messages on the watch. For users who are pursuing functions, Things may not be suitable for them. Activity Steel is a simple representative, not a data center for record control.

There are detailed introductory instructions in the supporting applications of Things. Even users who have not used any intelligent hardware can easily get started. They have a perfect interpretation of each function, such as the various functions of small components, the use of small dials, and so on.

The watchband that can be recommended to be replaced was also given special instructions. The watchband of Activity Steel uses a design that can be quickly disassembled. The watchband can be quickly replaced without tools. Those who like leather watchbands or metal watchbands can replace them by themselves. The design is quite user-friendly.

Summary:

As one of the most representative works of Withings, Activity Steel has a simple but elegant appearance design, a simple and smooth body, and a comfortable and delicate silicone strap. Everything is from the practical point of view to experience the value of Withings with texture and design. Maybe Withings can't please the vast number of technology lovers and geek users, and its few sensors can't really bring very detailed data, but its excellent appearance and simple sports record design can attract another group of users who pursue quality of life. After all, not everyone has such a demanding demand for sports data Taste also occupies a place in our life.