Withings' new smart scale gives you its most detailed health reading yet (including hypertension risk)

Would you pay for a $600 scale that informs you of your risk of hypertension and cardiac efficiency? Withings is betting big that you will.

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Withings debuted its smart scale, the Body Scan 2, at CES.
• It measures cardiac reactivity, hypertension risk, and more.
• It captures these biomarkers in 90 seconds.

Withings unveiled the Body Scan 2, a second-generation smart scale that measures more than 60 biomarkers, at CES 2026 on Sunday in Las Vegas.

All kinds of assessments

Body Scan 2 promises to perform all kinds of assessments that your average smart ring or smartwatch can't do. 

By using the scale's Impedance Cardiography (ICG) and 6-lead ECG, it measures cardiac efficiency, cardiac reactivity, ECG, and heart age. Its proprietary AI model assesses a user's hypertension risk and potential risk of ...