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Apple Watch vs Withings ScanWatch in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, Apple Watch has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (3 versus 0) than Withings ScanWatch as of 2026.

  • Apple Watch has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (3 vs 0).
  • Withings ScanWatch has the lower recorded price.
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Glucose monitoring, glaucoma visual field virtual reality, and the new Withings BodyScan 2
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ManufacturerAppleWithings
Form factorbiometricbiometric
Maturitycommercialcommercial
Autonomy✓ 3 verified autonomous—
Availabilityshipping-nowshippingshipping-nowshipping
Price$399-$799 (actual sale price)$349-$600 (actual sale price)
Capability claims
  • Detects irregular heart rhythm (autonomous, verified)
  • Tracks heart health (autonomous, verified)
  • Tracks blood oxygen (SpO2) (claimed-only, claimed)
  • Tracks fitness and activity (autonomous, verified)
  • Tracks sleep (claimed-only, claimed)
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Brain——
Verified deployments1Apple1Withings
Privacy practices13cloud-upload, third-party-sharing, location-tracking, on-device-processing, training-data-use, data-sale, data-retention, biometric-storage, data-deletion-control, data-sale, data-deletion-control, data-retention, biometric-storage4biometric-storage, data-sale, data-deletion-control, data-retention
Sources on file2710

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Editorial summaries

Apple Watch

The Apple Watch (current Series 11 and Ultra 3, September 2025; Series 9/10 and Ultra 2 supported) is a biometric-primary smartwatch and the canonical reference of the biometric cohort, with the broadest FDA-cleared portfolio: ECG and AFib/irregular-rhythm notifications (De Novo 2018), sleep-apnea notifications (2024), and hypertension notifications (2025), plus fall and crash detection and the Vitals app. Its sensors (optical PPG, electrical ECG, temperature, accelerometer/gyro, blood-oxygen) need no subscription for the FDA-cleared medical features.

Pricing anchors at about $399 for the Series base (aluminum, GPS), with the Ultra around $799 and the SE around $249 (the SE lacks ECG). A within-entity verified-vs-claimed exemplar: blood-oxygen was disabled in the US in January 2024 over the Masimo ITC ruling and re-enabled in August 2025 via a paired-iPhone calculation redesign. DEPLOY holds the claims to the specific cleared indications: these are cleared features with defined scope, not a general cardiac or sleep diagnostic.

Withings ScanWatch

The Withings ScanWatch (the ScanWatch 2 at about $349 and the ScanWatch Nova, including the Nova Brilliant at about $600, November 2024; from Withings, founded 2008 in France and independent since buying itself back from Nokia in 2018) is the hybrid-analog entry of the biometric cohort: a conventional analog watch dial paired with medical sensors (optical PPG, electrical ECG, SpO2, and TempTech24/7 continuous temperature) and about 30-day battery. Its cleared features include ECG (for AFib, sinus rhythm, and high heart rate, cleared 2021, with an OTC ECG clearance in 2025), SpO2 with breathing-disturbance detection, and temperature trends, with an optional Withings+ subscription (~$9.95/month).

It carries substantial peer-reviewed cardiologist validation for the size of the company. Cap-flag: as a French maker it is cleared in both the EU and the US, with different specific indications by region.

Common questions

How do Apple Watch and Withings ScanWatch differ?
On DEPLOY's record, Apple Watch has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (3 versus 0) than Withings ScanWatch as of 2026. Apple Watch has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (3 vs 0). Withings ScanWatch has the lower recorded price.
What is the difference between Apple Watch and Withings ScanWatch?
Apple Watch and Withings ScanWatch are both biometric robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.
Which is cheaper, Apple Watch or Withings ScanWatch?
Withings ScanWatch has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than Apple Watch. Prices are sourced; see each record for whether the figure is a manufacturer target, an estimate, or an actual sale price.
Is Apple Watch or Withings ScanWatch more autonomous?
Apple Watch has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous on the DEPLOY registry than Withings ScanWatch. DEPLOY counts a capability as autonomous only when verified at a real deployment, not from a demo or a vendor claim.
Which has more verified deployments, Apple Watch or Withings ScanWatch?
Apple Watch and Withings ScanWatch each have 1 verified deployment on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).

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