Earlier today, Asus announced a brand-new wearable device, the VivoWatch 6. What makes this one interesting is that it’s the world’s first smartwatch featuring fingertip-based blood pressure and ECG measurements.
Featuring a 1.39-inch AMOLED Gorilla Glass touchscreen with 350 nits peak brightness, dual-frequency GPS, and a battery that promises up to 14 days of usage in Power-Saving mode, the VivoWatch 6 feels like a very decent smartwatch, not just a health-tracking wearable device.
Asus revealed that its VivoWatch 6 is equipped with two sets of medical-grade ECG and PPG sensors. Also, the outer ring of the smartwatch features a bioelectrical impedance (BIA) sensor designed to measure body composition.
Asus VivoWatch 6 | Image credits – Asus
Additionally, Asus’ wonder device can monitor the balance of the autonomic nervous system and uses heart rate variability as the basis to calculate the Relaxation Index. This is good when you want to know your stress levels. And with the Body Harmony Analysis, the wearer will get their daily emotional status over certain periods of time.
As far as availability goes, Asus didn’t confirm when the VivoWatch 6 will be available for purchase, but the company did announce that the smartwatch costs £110 / €130 / $140. That’s incredibly cheap for a wearable device that does so many things.
