Gear News of the Week: Withings Launches Its Pee Scanner, and Samsung Shows Off a Trifold Phone

A fewer weeks ago, bath and plumbing institution Kohler debuted nan Dekoda, a wellness and wellness sensor that lives connected your toilet vessel and records signs of your gut wellness and hydration. Now, Withings has launched nan U-Scan. First shown astatine CES successful 2023, nan U-Scan also sits wrong nan toilet bowl. A thermal sensor detects erstwhile a fresh, er, sample is being deposited. The U-Scan takes a mini sample and analyzes it on-site pinch miniature biochemical sensors wrong an interchangeable cartridge.

There are 2 abstracted U-Scans. U-Scan Nutrio analyzes your diet, checking for biomarkers for illustration bio-acidity, hydration status, and ketone levels, which shows that you’ve started burning assemblage fat alternatively of sugar. U-Scan Calci besides checks for calcium, which is simply a motion that you mightiness person kidney stones. Results are past transmitted via Wi-Fi to nan Withings app.

The cartridges are replaceable, and nan sensor comes pinch a docking position to cleanable and recharge nan sensor. Purchasing nan U-Scan comes pinch a complimentary subscription to Withings+, nan company's upgraded app, which besides includes a free consultation pinch a nutritionist.

The U-Scan packages commencement astatine $380, which comes pinch 1 U-Scan, either Nutrio aliases Calci, 1 cartridge, and 2 to 4 scans play (each cartridge lasts astir 2.5 months). For much intensive monitoring, nan Intensive package includes 2 cartridges for 5 to 7 play measurements. Replacement cartridges are $100 for 1 cartridge aliases $180 for two, and Withings sends you nan cartridge automatically depending connected which package you select. The U-Scan is now disposable astatine Withings.com. We'll beryllium testing it soon. —Adrienne So

Samsung Brings Its Browser to Windows, and Teases a Trifold Phone

Samsung has agelong offered its ain browser connected its smartphones—Samsung Internet—but now nan app is finally available connected different platform: Windows. Considering Samsung makes Windows laptops and Android phones, this move allows folks who usage nan company's browser to stock their browsing history and bookmarks betwixt telephone and laptop, and if you person saved passwords pinch Samsung Pass, you tin usage it to autofill passwords connected websites.

The institution is taking this opportunity to bring immoderate Galaxy AI features complete arsenic well, including Browsing Assist, which lets you instantly summarize webpages aliases construe them to different language. Samsung says its browser besides blocks third-party web trackers, and there's a Privacy Dashboard that lets you spot what has been blocked.

Samsung Internet for PC is only disposable arsenic a beta correct now, but anyone successful nan US aliases South Korea connected Windows 11 aliases Windows 10 (version 1809 and above) can download it now.