No more Christmas and New Year’s Eve treats. After these excesses linked to the end-of-year celebrations, the time has come to get down to work with your resolution for the year 2023: return to sport. The month of January is a good time for a business like this and what better than a bracelet or a connected watch to start off on the right foot? In fact, these devices offer welcome features to monitor your health status, analyze your daily physical activity and your sleep.
Connected wristbands, also called activity sensors or trackers, benefit from a more compact format and cost less than connected watches. This makes it an interesting alternative to the latter, which, however, are more extensive in terms of on-board functionalities and are presented as an extension of the smartphone. The choice will depend on your needs and uses.
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Xiaomi smart band 7
Discreet and comfortable on a day-to-day basis due to its modest weight (13.5 grams), the main asset of this activity sensor is its 1.62-inch AMOLED screen. Well made, responsive and bright, it provides a comfortable viewing surface for better readability. Additionally, it features always-on display technology that allows the panel to stay on at low brightness. Navigating through the menus is easy.
The device offers all the necessary functions for fitness with the presence of 110 sports modes. In addition to the basic fitness monitoring functions (heart rate, number of steps, caloric expenditure, sleep monitoring, etc.), the connected bracelet offers SpO2 measurement, to monitor blood oxygen saturation levels, and the VO2 max that allows to evaluate the maximum oxygen uptake. Stress tracking and female health tracking complete the picture.
The bracelet connects to a smartphone through the My Fitness application available on Android and iOS. In addition to being submersible up to 50 meters, the device has more than 100 customizable dials and shows a fairly correct autonomy estimated at 7 days. It’s unarguably good value for money for people who want to take advantage of a relatively complete connected bracelet.
fitbit charge 5
The Fitbit Charge 5 is a very complete connected bracelet. Compact and comfortable, it is easily worn on the wrist Y It adopts a color AMOLED screen that allows you to enjoy quite good readability. In terms of features, the device offers the classic monitoring of activity and health (measurement of heart rate, number of daily steps, VO2 max…), which includes detailed sleep analysis, as well as smart functions (notifications smartphone, payment system, smart alarm clock…).
Efficient, it is also equipped with an AED (electrodermal activity) sensor designed to assess stress based on variations in skin perspiration. This activity sensor, which incorporates a GPS, also provides 24 sports profiles and offers the possibility of recording a route taken. All for an announced autonomy of 7 days.
samsung galaxy fit 2
The Galaxy Fit 2 has several tricks up its sleeve. In addition to its discreet design and its 1.1-inch AMOLED screen that allows you to enjoy a qualitative visual experience, the activity tracker from the South Korean manufacturer, also waterproof up to 50 meters, ensures precise monitoring of your comprehensive health. Thus, it has five automated functions to optimize your activity and integrates several sensors capable of accurately evaluating your physical condition: accelerometer, gyroscope, or even an optical heart rate sensor.
Aside from stress management, it will also allow you record the quality of your sleep. Controllable from your screen or from a smartphone, through the Galaxy Wearable application available on Android and iOS, the Galaxy Fit 2 offers more than 70 faces to adapt to your style and your needs. For the rest, Samsung announces a gigantic battery life for its connected bracelet: 21 days without going through a charging box.
Fitbit Ace 3
Motivate your child to practice physical activity in a playful way with the Fitbit Ace 3. Not surprisingly, if most connected bracelets are intended for adults, this model of activity and sleep monitor is aimed at young people from the age of six .
Comfortable, robust and waterproof, this activity tracker, which features a 0.72-inch monochrome OLED screen, focuses on the essentials offering a limited number of functions: tracking the number of hours slept, tracking the number of steps and minutes of sustained physical activity or even a stopwatch and alarm clock.
Like the wristband, its accompanying Fitbit app, available on Android and iOS, and used in particular for setting fitness goals, is easy to use. In addition, this activity sensor guarantees a satisfactory autonomy of eight days.
Oppo band style
This activity sensor is efficient with its affordable price and its simple and functional design. Only the possibility of being able to use different straps, the Sport model or the Style model, contributes to providing a -very- slight touch of fantasy to this classic-looking model. In detail, its 1.1-inch AMOLED screen is beyond reproach: bright and durable, it displays excellent contrasts for efficient readability day and night thanks precisely to the presence of a Configurable “Night” mode.
Obviously, the Oppo Band makes it possible, in particular, to follow daily activity and to practice different sports, as well as to provide various data such as heart rate and blood oxygen saturation (SpO2). Ergonomic, the tracker from the Chinese manufacturer is distinguished by a very correct autonomy estimated at 12 days.
Garmin Venus 2
With its sober design and high-level finishes, the Garmin Venu 2 is presented as an elegant connected watch for athletes. Its AMOLED panel offers very good contrasts as well as high brightness. Versatile multisport watch par excellence, it combines sports and health monitoring functionalities through numerous sensors (GPS chip, optical cardio sensor, pulse oximeter, barometric altimeter) whose precision must be highlighted.
The Venu 2 also includes a music player capable of working with Deezer, Spotify and Amazon Music, as well as an NFC chip for contactless payment. Its hundred exercises, its personalized workouts and its very good autonomy, 22 hours, complete to convince the most reluctant.
apple watch ultra
Designed for physical activity, Apple Watch Ultra is a sportier and more robust version of the Apple Watch series. Result: a high-end connected watch with remarkable finishes: a titanium case frame accompanies a very large (1.9-inch) AMOLED screen covered with a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. In addition, the Apple Watch Ultra can be used to dive to a depth of 40 meters.
Its touch interface is fluid and ergonomic and the smartwatch is equipped with many ultra-precise sensors: accelerometer, gyroscope, barometer, altimeter, GPS, ECG sensor or temperature sensor. for monitoring menstrual cycles. As for autonomy, it is almost impeccable: the watch announces 36 hours without having to recharge its battery, which can go up to 60 hours by activating the “Power saving” mode.
Source: BFM TV
