The $69.95 Withings Move looks like a traditional timepiece, but inside beats the heart of a fitness tracker.
On its own, it tracks step count and sleep quality.
When paired with your phone, the Move also tracks distance and workouts.
While it doesn't have a heart rate monitor or support notifications like the Withings Steel HR ($179.95), the Move is a solid option if all you're looking for are the basics.
Its mechanical watch face keeps track of your metrics discreetly and allows you to check on your progress conveniently from your wrist.
Its minimalist design also blends in nicely with any outfit, allowing you to easily keep tabs on your stats without cramping your style.
Design
The Withings Move has the same general look as the Withings Steel, but trades stainless steel for plastic.
The watch face features an outer dial for time and a subdial, marked zero to 100 percent, for step progress.
The subdial moves in real time as your step count increases, which allows you to quickly glance at your progress throughout the day.
In terms of size, the Move's case comes in at 1.4 inches around and 0.5 inches thick, which looks good on wrists both big and small.
At 0.5 ounces, it's also super lightweight and comfortable to wear to the gym and to bed.
With water resistance of up to 5 ATM, you can wear it in the shower and the pool as well.
The Move comes in a variety of color combinations, including a black case with a black silicone wristband, a white case with a blue wristband, a white case with a coral wristband, a black case with a mint wristband, and a black case with a white watch face and a mint wristband.
The color of the subdial matches the wristband, aside from the all-black version, which has a gold subdial.
Withings also offers additional silicone wristbands for $19.95 each, and plans to offer the option to customize the color of the case, watch hands, and watch dial later this year.
I tested the Move with a white case and coral wristband, which I found versatile enough to wear with almost any outfit.
The Move operates on a CR2430 coin cell battery that Withings says lasts up to 18 months.
So unlike most other fitness trackers and smartwatches, you don't have to worry about charging it.
Fitness Stats and App
On its own, the Move tracks steps and sleep.
You have to sync the watch the Health Mate app, available for Android and iOS, to view in-depth stats.
When you open the app, you'll see your exact step count and percentage completed toward your daily step goal at the top.
Below that is a timeline of your stats and activity for previous days, including sleep quality and workouts, along with badges you earned for completing specific step goals.
When connected to your phone, the Move uses its GPS to track distance, pace, and elevation.
Under the Dashboard tab, you can manually log additional information the Move doesn't track on its own, including weight, heart rate, blood pressure, body fat, food intake, BMI, and body fat.
The Profile tab includes your name, age, height, and weight.
It's also home to your badge collection, and is where you can see your total number of steps and distance so far, along with your highest step count.
Here you can also link your account to third-party fitness apps including Apple Health, Google Fit, MyFitnessPal, and RunKeeper.
You can use the app to set a silent vibrating alarm on the watch.
Withings describes the alarm as a "gentle wake-up experience," by going off during a window of time before your actual alarm.
For instance, I set my alarm for 7 a.m.
each morning and highlighted my wake-up window to start at 6:50.
The Move then used that range of time to wake me up at the best point in my sleep cycle.
While the buzzing definitely woke me up, there is no snooze button if you want a few more minutes of sleep.
The Move doesn't customize fitness and health tips based on your metrics, but the app offers a few Wellness Programs to choose from, ranging from meditation, to improving sleep, to pregnancy tracking.
But most of them require using additional Withings products, like its smart scales.
Performance and Accuracy
The Move automatically recognizes and tracks activities like walking, running, and swimming, and logs duration, calories burned, and steps.
To track distance, you have to use Workout mode.
To enable it, hold down the side button on the watch until it vibrates.
From there, the app immediately starts to track duration, miles, pace, and route in real time, while the watch acts as a timer.
To end the workout, hold down the side button again or press the stop button on the app.
On your phone, the app prompts you to identify the specific workout you completed (from a list of 37 options) before showing you a complete summary of your metrics.
For a $69.95 watch, the Move is fairly accurate in terms of step count.
During a one-mile walk on the treadmill, the Move logged 2,096 steps while a 3DTriMax pedometer logged 2,319, for a difference of 223 steps.
It fared even better during a one-mile run on the treadmill.
The Move logged 1,830 steps to the pedometer's 1,872, for a difference of only 42 steps.
During an outdoor run, the watch logged 2,173 steps to the pedometer's 1,845, for a difference of 328 steps.
The Move also tracks sleep.
Every morning after you sync the watch to the app, you'll see your sleep score.
Based out of 100 points, your score is calculated using your duration of sleep, depth of sleep, regularity (an estimate of average rise and bed time), and interruptions—all of which are broken down for you to see individually.
Since the Move's calculations are based strictly on movement, I didn't find its sleep tracking to be terribly accurate in testing.
When I left the Move on my desk for a day, it confused the stagnance for sleep, which isn't promising.
To test its accuracy at night, I wore it to bed alongside a Fitbit Inspire HR.
On the first night, the Move logged that I slept for 9 hours and 48 minutes, which definitely didn't happen, while the Inspire HR logged a much more accurate 6 hours and 42 minutes.
The Move also recorded that I was in a deep sleep when I was actually awake and watching TV.
The same thing happened on the second night, although this time it overreported sleep by a lesser degree.
Conclusions
The Withings Move is an easy-to-use watch that tracks very basic fitness metrics .
If all you're looking for is an attractive, affordable watch that counts your steps, look no further.
But if you want more, the aforementioned Withings Steel HR is worth considering, with deeper analysis thanks to a heart rate monitor, as well as support for phone notifications.
If you're less focused on style than you are on fitness, meanwhile, the Fitbit Inspire HR ($99.95) does an excellent job of accurately tracking more advanced health metrics, including heart rate.
Pros
Attractive, versatile design.
Lightweight, comfortable fit.
Easy to use.
Long battery life.
Affordable.
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The Bottom Line
The stylish Withings Move is an affordable, no-frills wearable best suited for those who want to track very basic fitness metrics.
The $69.95 Withings Move looks like a traditional timepiece, but inside beats the heart of a fitness tracker.
On its own, it tracks step count and sleep quality.
When paired with your phone, the Move also tracks distance and workouts.
While it doesn't have a heart rate monitor or support notifications like the Withings Steel HR ($179.95), the Move is a solid option if all you're looking for are the basics.
Its mechanical watch face keeps track of your metrics discreetly and allows you to check on your progress conveniently from your wrist.
Its minimalist design also blends in nicely with any outfit, allowing you to easily keep tabs on your stats without cramping your style.
Design
The Withings Move has the same general look as the Withings Steel, but trades stainless steel for plastic.
The watch face features an outer dial for time and a subdial, marked zero to 100 percent, for step progress.
The subdial moves in real time as your step count increases, which allows you to quickly glance at your progress throughout the day.
In terms of size, the Move's case comes in at 1.4 inches around and 0.5 inches thick, which looks good on wrists both big and small.
At 0.5 ounces, it's also super lightweight and comfortable to wear to the gym and to bed.
With water resistance of up to 5 ATM, you can wear it in the shower and the pool as well.
The Move comes in a variety of color combinations, including a black case with a black silicone wristband, a white case with a blue wristband, a white case with a coral wristband, a black case with a mint wristband, and a black case with a white watch face and a mint wristband.
The color of the subdial matches the wristband, aside from the all-black version, which has a gold subdial.
Withings also offers additional silicone wristbands for $19.95 each, and plans to offer the option to customize the color of the case, watch hands, and watch dial later this year.
I tested the Move with a white case and coral wristband, which I found versatile enough to wear with almost any outfit.
The Move operates on a CR2430 coin cell battery that Withings says lasts up to 18 months.
So unlike most other fitness trackers and smartwatches, you don't have to worry about charging it.
Fitness Stats and App
On its own, the Move tracks steps and sleep.
You have to sync the watch the Health Mate app, available for Android and iOS, to view in-depth stats.
When you open the app, you'll see your exact step count and percentage completed toward your daily step goal at the top.
Below that is a timeline of your stats and activity for previous days, including sleep quality and workouts, along with badges you earned for completing specific step goals.
When connected to your phone, the Move uses its GPS to track distance, pace, and elevation.
Under the Dashboard tab, you can manually log additional information the Move doesn't track on its own, including weight, heart rate, blood pressure, body fat, food intake, BMI, and body fat.
The Profile tab includes your name, age, height, and weight.
It's also home to your badge collection, and is where you can see your total number of steps and distance so far, along with your highest step count.
Here you can also link your account to third-party fitness apps including Apple Health, Google Fit, MyFitnessPal, and RunKeeper.
You can use the app to set a silent vibrating alarm on the watch.
Withings describes the alarm as a "gentle wake-up experience," by going off during a window of time before your actual alarm.
For instance, I set my alarm for 7 a.m.
each morning and highlighted my wake-up window to start at 6:50.
The Move then used that range of time to wake me up at the best point in my sleep cycle.
While the buzzing definitely woke me up, there is no snooze button if you want a few more minutes of sleep.
The Move doesn't customize fitness and health tips based on your metrics, but the app offers a few Wellness Programs to choose from, ranging from meditation, to improving sleep, to pregnancy tracking.
But most of them require using additional Withings products, like its smart scales.
Performance and Accuracy
The Move automatically recognizes and tracks activities like walking, running, and swimming, and logs duration, calories burned, and steps.
To track distance, you have to use Workout mode.
To enable it, hold down the side button on the watch until it vibrates.
From there, the app immediately starts to track duration, miles, pace, and route in real time, while the watch acts as a timer.
To end the workout, hold down the side button again or press the stop button on the app.
On your phone, the app prompts you to identify the specific workout you completed (from a list of 37 options) before showing you a complete summary of your metrics.
For a $69.95 watch, the Move is fairly accurate in terms of step count.
During a one-mile walk on the treadmill, the Move logged 2,096 steps while a 3DTriMax pedometer logged 2,319, for a difference of 223 steps.
It fared even better during a one-mile run on the treadmill.
The Move logged 1,830 steps to the pedometer's 1,872, for a difference of only 42 steps.
During an outdoor run, the watch logged 2,173 steps to the pedometer's 1,845, for a difference of 328 steps.
The Move also tracks sleep.
Every morning after you sync the watch to the app, you'll see your sleep score.
Based out of 100 points, your score is calculated using your duration of sleep, depth of sleep, regularity (an estimate of average rise and bed time), and interruptions—all of which are broken down for you to see individually.
Since the Move's calculations are based strictly on movement, I didn't find its sleep tracking to be terribly accurate in testing.
When I left the Move on my desk for a day, it confused the stagnance for sleep, which isn't promising.
To test its accuracy at night, I wore it to bed alongside a Fitbit Inspire HR.
On the first night, the Move logged that I slept for 9 hours and 48 minutes, which definitely didn't happen, while the Inspire HR logged a much more accurate 6 hours and 42 minutes.
The Move also recorded that I was in a deep sleep when I was actually awake and watching TV.
The same thing happened on the second night, although this time it overreported sleep by a lesser degree.
Conclusions
The Withings Move is an easy-to-use watch that tracks very basic fitness metrics .
If all you're looking for is an attractive, affordable watch that counts your steps, look no further.
But if you want more, the aforementioned Withings Steel HR is worth considering, with deeper analysis thanks to a heart rate monitor, as well as support for phone notifications.
If you're less focused on style than you are on fitness, meanwhile, the Fitbit Inspire HR ($99.95) does an excellent job of accurately tracking more advanced health metrics, including heart rate.
Pros
Attractive, versatile design.
Lightweight, comfortable fit.
Easy to use.
Long battery life.
Affordable.
View More
The Bottom Line
The stylish Withings Move is an affordable, no-frills wearable best suited for those who want to track very basic fitness metrics.
