Brush, Sleep, and Pee Your Way to Better Health: The Best Fitness and Wellness Tech of CES 2023

LAS VEGAS—The CES 2023 show floor was filled with myriad devices promising to help improve your health and fitness. 

From a connected urine analysis monitor that lives in your toilet to a smart treadmill that folds down to the size of a piece of luggage, we saw some unique connected health and fitness devices at the convention this year. In no particular order, these are our favorite health-focused products from this year’s show.

ErgoSportive Bed

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Designed for athletes, the ErgoSportive adjustable smart bed (priced from $3,599 for an XL Twin) features biometric sensors that measure your sleep stages, movement, heart rate, and respiration, so you don’t need to wear a tracker while you snooze. Its companion ErgoSportive app offers sleep reports and customized recovery recommendations. Announced at CES, the bed now integrates with Garmin smartwatches to bring daytime calorie burn, Body Battery energy reserve, and stress data into the ErgoSportive app for 24/7 health insights and enhanced recovery advice. 

iTouch Jillian Michaels Edition Wearables

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Celebrity personal trainer Jillian Michaels of The Biggest Loser fame teamed up with iTouch on a line of new affordable fitness wearables. The iTouch Air 4 Jillian Michaels Edition smartwatch features a touch screen, sensors to capture heart rate and step count, 20 sports modes, and a fun LoveTap feature that lets you send loved ones a glowing heart notification to let them know you’re thinking of them. The iTouch Active Jillian Michaels Edition fitness tracker is a lower-cost alternative with 13 sports modes. The wearables come with a free 90-day subscription to Jillian Michaels’ The Fitness App (normally $9.99 a month). iTouch also introduced the Explorer 4, Sport 4, and Flex 4 smartwatches. The new collection will be available this spring, with prices ranging from $75 to $115. 

Withings U-Scan At-Home Urine Analysis Device

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Withings is going where few smart products have before. Its U-Scan device resides in your toilet and tests your urine without requiring you to capture a sample or use messy strips. The company initially plans to introduce two consumer health cartridges for the device to help you monitor your metabolism and menstrual cycle. Withings describes the product as a “miniaturized health lab that will change the way people monitor their health from the comfort and privacy of their own bathroom.” The U-Scan reaches the EU during the second quarter with a price tag of €499.95 (about $532). Withings is still waiting on FDA clearance to set pricing and availability for the US.

King Smith Fitness WalkingPad X21

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The TikTok-famous WalkingPad X21 features an innovative double-folding design that takes its length down to just 8.9 inches (from 55.9 inches), so it can be easily stored out of sight. It connects with a companion app that tracks your workouts and lets you control the speed. At CES, WalkingPad creator King Smith Fitness announced several new models, including the G1 featuring side handrails for safer running and jogging, and the MX16 with a wider belt and a higher maximum user weight (up to 300 pounds).  

King Smith Fitness Gym Box

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King Smith Fitness is also challenging Tonal with a compact strength training machine called the Gym Box, which measures just 31.5 by 31.5 by 3.15 inches (HWD). Like the Tonal, it features electromagnetic resistance technology, keeps track of your weight for each move, and increases it as you get stronger. I previously tested a similar product called the Vitruvian V-Form Trainer, which failed to impress due to its jerky resistance adjustments. The Gym Box felt a lot smoother when I briefly used it at CES, so I have high hopes for this machine.

Valencell Fingertip Blood Pressure Monitor

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You may not recognize Valencell by name, but the company’s optical heart rate technology has been used in millions of third-party wearable devices. Now, Valencell is branching out with plans to launch its own branded line of digital health products, starting with an over-the-counter fingertip blood pressure monitor for those with hypertension. Powered by photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors and artificial intelligence trained on more than 7,000 patients, the cuffless and calibration-free device promises to let you take a blood pressure reading in less than a minute using a “small probe on the middle finger.” It works with a companion app that lets you track and share your readings, view trends over time, and follow cardiovascular health-focused diet and exercise plans. The device is still pending FDA clearance, but Valencell expects to sell it for around $99. 

Conneqt Pulse Blood Pressure Monitor 

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The Conneqt Pulse, another at-home blood pressure monitor announced at CES, promises to track advanced arterial health metrics like central blood pressure (the blood pressure at your heart) and arterial stiffness (a thickening of the arterial wall) with “medical-grade” precision. Its companion app lets you customize what you see on the Pulse display based on your specific health conditions and share your data with your physician. There’s no word yet about pricing, but the Pulse is currently under FDA review.

Playfinity Smart Baseball

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The Backyard League is a smart baseball that measures speed, distance, height, throws, catches, transfer time, dropped balls, and more. After launching the product in the US last spring, Norwegian sports technology company Playfinity debuted two new games for it at CES, including Speed Test, a fun way to challenge each player’s pitching abilities, and Ground Ball, designed to help improve ground ball skills. You can toss it back and forth with someone else, or up in the air to yourself, and check your stats via the companion app after each throw. Meant for players 6 to 14 years old, the Backyard League Baseball is available now for $99.

Fall Detection on the Affordable Moto Watch 100

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Originally launched in late 2021, the $99.99 Moto Watch 100 has finally arrived in the US and recently received an update that adds fall detection support. Motorola licensee eBuyNow, which makes the Moto Watch 100, says it’s the most affordable smartwatch on the market with fall detection. Core capabilities include 5ATM water resistance, built-in GPS, up to 14 days of battery life, and a super bright 1.3-inch OLED screen. With features like 24/7 heart rate monitoring, SpO2 tracking, and family-sharing software, the Moto Watch 100 could be a nice option for senior citizens, its target market. 

Movano Health Evie Smart Ring

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The Oura, our favorite smart ring, will soon have some new competition. The female-focused Evie from Movano Health promises to help you track your period, ovulation, menstrual symptoms, and moods. It also tracks other health and fitness metrics like your resting heart rate, heart rate variability, blood oxygen saturation, respiration rate, skin temperature variability, steps, active minutes, calories burned, sleep, and more. The Evie is slated to launch later this year for less than $300. It’s made of polished aluminum and will come in three different finishes. I tested it at CES and it was very comfortable—the sensors on the inside aren’t too bulky, and its open design offers some give when your fingers are swollen.

TrueKinetix TrueBike 

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Road cyclists looking to take their training indoors during the winter might be interested in the TrueKinetix TrueBike. Instead of a traditional flywheel, this smart exercise bike combines a “powerful electromotor and a smart robotic solution” to continuously measure how hard you’re pushing down on the petals and automatically adjusts the resistance, closely mimicking the feel of riding outdoors. TrueKinetix says the TrueBike gives you both a cardiovascular and strength workout for more efficient indoor training than the competition. The company is working to secure US distributors, but the product might induce sticker shock: At $3,795, it costs more than a Peloton. 

Y-Brush ’10-Second Toothbrush’

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Admit it—you don’t brush your teeth for the recommended two minutes each time. If you’re in search of a quicker solution, the Y-Brush NylonStart promises to get the job done in just 10 seconds. Developed in France with the help of dentists, the Y-Brush has 35,000 nylon bristles that brush all your teeth at once using sonic vibration. Previously available in Europe, the $90 Y-Brush made its US debut at CES this week.

Dyson Zone

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Worried about the negative health effects of outdoor air and noise pollution? The Dyson Zone air-purifying headphones aim to tackle both problems. When I demoed the Zone at CES, the purified air felt cold on my face, a nice change from the stuffy show floor. Others might disagree, but I think its Bane-like aesthetic(Opens in a new window) looks cool. Even if you’re not a fan of the design, you have to admit—it’s a lewk. It launches in the US in March. Pricing starts at $949.

The Ultimate Guide to Health and Fitness Tech

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