The U-Scan attaches to the inside of a toilet bowl (and comes equipped with gloves for insertion and cleaning). Withings builds the device like a miniature urine analysis lab inside the shell-shaped sensor. Unlike its biggest competitor, Kohler Health's Dekoda, the U-Scan does not include a camera. Only a thermal sensor and interchangeable cartridges of miniaturized biochemical sensors are inside the device. The device takes only a few drops of urine for its sample analysis, Withings says.
Withings' Vitality Indicator, available on its new ScanWatch 2, monitors a user's vitals, like their heart rate variability, activity, temperature, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, and sleep to "pinpoint fatigue causes" and improve them before they worsen, the company announced in its press release. Also: I compared the best smartwatches from Google and Apple - and there's a clear winner The ScanWatch 2 uses predictive AI to monitor minute changes across 35 health parameters and alerts users to signs of potential illness, according to the release.