Withings BodyScan 2 Review: A Smart Scale Built for Long-Term Health

Nowadays, more people are taking a proactive approach to improving their overall health at home. While tracking your weight is a good start, a smart scale provides much more detailed insights by measuring key body composition metrics such as body fat percentage, muscle mass, body water, and more. These devices can also sync with smartphone apps, making it easy to monitor your progress over time and stay motivated toward your health goals. The newly released Withings BodyScan 2 takes that concept further by delivering a whole body analysis across multiple health measurements.

The Withings BodyScan 2 is a second-generation smart scale that provides a comprehensive assessment of your cardiovascular and metabolic health. It features a smart retractable handle, along with 12 integrated electrodes and a proprietary 13-frequency Bioimpedance Spectroscopy (BiS) system for tracking 60+ biomarkers, giving you a comprehensive overview of your long-term health.

The scale integrates a built-in HD color screen on its handle that displays measurements in real time. It offers two scan modes: Daily Scan for tracking essential measurements like weight, fat/muscle/water composition, and more, plus Longevity Scan for a more in-depth analysis, including a 6-lead ECG for AFib detection, heart age, nerve response score, and blood oxygen levels. Via the Withings app, you can check your scan results, receive health notifications, get full longevity check-ups, and share results with your doctor.

Designed with longetivity in mind, this smart scale transforms your daily weigh-in into a complete cardiometabolic assessment—showing you whether your daily habits are adding healthy years or quietly taking them away.

Here’s our review of the Withings BodyScan 2, where we discuss its design, health tracking capabilities, performance, and whether its price makes sense for buyers who want more than a traditional smart scale.

Design and Build Quality

Starting with its size, this smart scale has a compact footprint, meaning it doesn’t take much space to set up. It measures 12.8″ long by 14.1″ wide by 0.7″ thick (325 x 357 x 18.5 mm). The device is also relatively lightweight, weighing just 7.5 lbs. (3.4 kg).

Withings BodyScan 2

The Withings BodyScan 2 also sports an elegant, minimalist design, allowing it to seamlessly blend in with your living space, whether you set it in your bathroom or bedroom. Its body comes in a solid Black color, while also featuring a smooth glass surface at the top side.

Moreover, this smart scale also packs a premium construction. It combines a sturdy aluminum frame with a full-size ITO glass platform made from high-strength tempered glass.

Health Monitoring Technologies and Health Tracking Capabilities

The Withings BodyScan 2 immediately stands out from conventional smart scales. For tracking your body composition, the scale combines multiple medical-grade components, enabling it to deliver cardiac, vascular, and metabolic analysis with expanded longevity insights.

Unlike most smart scales that simply measure through your feet, the BodyScan 2 uses both foot and hand electrodes to create a more complete picture of your body. It leverages 12 electrodes in total, including eight ITO (indium tin oxide) electrodes embedded on its tempered-glass surface and four stainless steel electrodes integrated on its smart retractable handle. Its smart handle plays a major role in capturing upper-body measurements that traditional scales cannot collect.

In addition, the scale also uses a proprietary 13-frequency Bioimpedance Spectroscopy (BIS) system to deliver independent fat mass and muscle mass readings for each of 6 body segments: right arm, left arm, trunk, right leg, left leg, and core.

The BodyScan 2 also combines ECG2, ICG, and PPG technology to help you track your heart health, understand what it means, and make early lifestyle changes that support a longer, healthier life.

Furthermore, the scale also features an SpO2 sensor that’s used for measuring blood oxygen levels.

Together, these advanced technologies make it capable of tracking over 60 biomarkers, biosignals, and personalized health insights, including:

  • Body composition — segmental fat and muscle mass across 6 body zones (arms, legs, torso, abdomen).
  • Cardiovascular health — Heart Age, Vascular Age, Hypertension Notifications, Pulse Wave Velocity.
  • Heart rhythm — 6-lead ECG, AFib detection.
  • Nerve health — Nerve Response Score across hands and feet.
  • Metabolic health — Visceral Fat Index, Glucose Resilience, BMR.
  • Other — SpO2, hydration, body fluids balance, AI-powered coaching and insights.

It also integrates four weight sensors for tracking body weight with high-precision accuracy. The scale can track body weight within a range of 9 to 440 lbs. (5 – 200 kg) with an accuracy of 0.1 lbs. (50 g).

Interface and Scan Modes

For controlling its operation and help you monitor and visualize your body composition scans, the Withings BodyScan 2 features a user-friendly interface that makes it straightforward and intuitive to use.

The scale features a smart retractable handle with a built-in 3.5″ HD color screen boasting 640 x 172 pixels resolution, through which you can view your body scan results in real time during weigh-ins. This makes the experience more interactive without requiring you to constantly check your phone.

Its retractable handle also integrates two buttons that let users answer personalized lifestyle questions and receive longevity AI-powered coaching prompts.

As for its scanning modes, the scale offers two complementary scan modes; one designed for daily monitoring, while the other provides a deeper weekly assessment of long-term health and longevity.

  • Daily Scan (30 seconds) — A quick scan mode designed for tracking daily essential measurements every morning, including weight, body fat, muscle mass, water levels, visceral fat index and its trend, heart rate (bpm), and vascular age (via pulse wave velocity).
  • Longevity Scan (90 seconds) — A comprehensive scan mode designed for a more in-depth analysis, which includes all Daily Scan measurements while adding advanced insights, including a 6-lead ECG for AFib detection, heart age, blood oxygen levels (SpO2), and nerve response score. This mode also provides a full longevity check-up via the Withings app, allowing users to spot changes in their health trends over time.

What’s more is that the scale can also automatically recognize and track up to 8 users independently.

Battery and Battery Life

For its power, the scale uses a rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery that can offer up to one year of battery life on a full charge.

When it comes to recharging it, the scale’s battery is recharged via USB-C. This takes a few hours, so its recommended users do it overnight.

Connectivity and App Features

For pairing with its mobile app, the scale uses Wi-Fi connectivity (802.11 b/g/n), with Bluetooth connectivity coming soon.

Users are meant to install the Withings app on their smartphone (available for iOS and Android), through which they can get a full overview of the results from their daily and weekly scans.

Via the Withings app, you can check your scan results and monitor your tracked health measurements over time. You can also receive health notifications when abnormal levels are detected. For example, you can receive blood pressure insight notifications, alerting you if your blood pressure is becoming irregular.

As mentioned before, the app also provides you with a full longevity check-up when running a Longevity Scan, making it easier to spot changes in your health trends over time.

You can also share your scan results with your doctor as a way to help them detect potential health risks.

Things to Consider

The Withings BodyScan 2 clearly targets buyers looking for comprehensive health monitoring rather than casual weight tracking.

Its premium price places it well above most smart scales. Buyers primarily interested in weight, BMI, and basic body fat percentages could find more affordable alternatives that satisfy their needs.

Some of the most advanced longevity insights also depend on a Withings+ subscription. As such, users should factor that ongoing cost into the overall value proposition. Additionally, while many measurements provide valuable wellness information, they should complement professional healthcare instead of replacing medical evaluation.

Pricing and Availability

If you’re interested in purchasing the Withings BodyScan 2, know each unit goes for $599.95. Each purchase also includes a complementary one-month trial of Withings+, which unlocks extra features like advanced health scores, personalized trend analysis, and an AI health assistant. Once the included trial expires, this subscription service costs $9.95 per month or $99.50 per year.

This smart scale is also FSA/HSA eligible, meaning it qualifies as covered medical expenses for personal health care.

You can order it from Withings’ official shopping page.