Withings Activité

Luxury design ; Waterproof to 50m ; Attractive app and ecosystem ; 8-month battery life

Luxury price ; No Android support yet ; Doesn't track elevation change

An outstanding and stylish tracker and watch, provided you don’t mind the price attached.

Useful fitness tracking ; Good battery life ; Much sexier than rivals

Sync takes a while ; Feedback from app lacks depth ; Pop screen prone to breaking

Withings has struck upon a winning formula here: a fitness tracker that doesn’t look like a fitness tracker. It’s primarily a stylish watch, which isn’t something most smartwatches manage - and that holds true whether you opt for the high-end Activité...

Beautiful design, fantastic app, 8-month battery, good activity tracking, quality materials, comfortable, proper straps (leather and silicone included in the box)

No Android support yet, Health Mate app can only handle one Withings activity tracker, sleep tracking temperamental, no altimeter, expensive, can't change daily step goal from 10,000 yet

The Withings Activité is a beautifully designed device that, without a shadow of a doubt, delivers on its promise of being a wearable that you'll actually want to wear. It looks fantastic and we have happily replaced our standard watch with it. But its...

Elegant design ; Best-in-class battery life ; Swiss Made

Expensive ; Limited trackable activities

As was said at the beginning, the Withings Activité is something of a rare breed, but based on the approach the company has taken to designing such a distinctive activity tracker, it has the potential to appeal to an impressively broad range of users.

If you like your watches as the watch gods intended them, made in Switzerland but with a bit of this modern connectivity that people speak of, then the Withings Activité should definitely interest you. This is without doubt the most attractive fitness...

Reasonably priced ; Step counter works well ; Darker finish hides dings better

Functionality still limited ; Silicone band can be uncomfortable ; Band collects dust and dirt ; App needs work

Don't be fooled its the lower price tag: There's nothing the premium Activité can do that the less expensive Pop can't. There aren't any high-end materials here, but the end result is a wearable that looks great, tracks steps with ease and won't make...

High-end analog watch with an understated activity-tracking dial. Water-resistant to 50 meters. Ships with two wristband options. Built with high quality materials.

Lacks an informative display. Requires mobile app for all interaction. App is slightly clunky and slow to sync. Can't revise incorrectly recorded activities. Sleep recordings were inaccurate in testing.

Two of my favorites are the Basis Peak (superb if you do light activities, especially bicycling) and Mio Fuse (excellent for heart-rate training). They're both Editors' Choices, but appeal to different groups. Aside from those two top options, I also...