{"id":765,"date":"2025-07-15T18:03:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/forms-smart-swim-2-goggles-add-heart-rate-tracking\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T18:03:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:03:35","slug":"forms-smart-swim-2-goggles-add-heart-rate-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/forms-smart-swim-2-goggles-add-heart-rate-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"Form\u2019s Smart Swim 2 goggles add heart rate tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A close-up of Form\u2019s Smart Swim 2 goggles.\" data-caption=\"The Smart Swim 2\u2019s display and electronics can be worn on either side of the goggles. | Image: Form\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Form\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/form3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThe Smart Swim 2\u2019s display and electronics can be worn on either side of the goggles. | Image: Form\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Nearly six years after introducing its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/8\/7\/20755379\/form-swim-goggles-review-ar-augmented-reality-price-specs-features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original smart swim googles<\/a>, Form has announced an upgraded version called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formswim.com\/products\/smart-swim-2-goggles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smart Swim 2<\/a>. The goggles carry forward the same features as the original, including a built-in 72 x 40-pixel display showing a swimmer\u2019s various performance metrics. However, they\u2019re now smaller and lighter, and while battery life is a little shorter, it\u2019s because of new features like a digital compass and heart rate tracking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Smart Swim 2 goggles are available starting today through Form\u2019s online store for $279. The company also offers a Pro version for $329 with upgraded lenses made from Corning\u2019s Gorilla Glass 3 that are more scratch resistant.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/form5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,10.703371159177,100,78.593257681647\" alt=\"A close-up of the Smart Swim 2 goggles\u2019 optical heart rate sensor.\" title=\"A close-up of the Smart Swim 2 goggles\u2019 optical heart rate sensor.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;A new optical heart rate sensor means swimmers don\u2019t need to wear other fitness trackers if that\u2019s a metric they care about.&lt;\/em&gt; | Image: Form\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Form\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The display and small pod that hang off the side of the googles containing the rechargeable battery, optical heart rate sensor, and other electronics are now 15 percent smaller, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/forms-smart-swimming-goggles-get-refined-for-2024-150056789.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to <em>Engadget<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> and can be worn on either side. Being able to see your heart rate in real time during a swim (in addition to metrics like distance, stroke count, and calories burned) is another new feature that will appeal to athletes and competitive swimmers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/form4.gif?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,10.732984293194,100,78.534031413613\" alt=\"An animation showing the low-res screen inside Form\u2019s Smart Swim 2 goggles.\" title=\"An animation showing the low-res screen inside Form\u2019s Smart Swim 2 goggles.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;When swimming in a lake or river, the Smart Swim 2 goggles can help keep you on course by showing your current compass bearing.&lt;\/em&gt; | Image: Form\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Form\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">For those who prefer swimming in open bodies of water, the Smart Swim 2\u2019s digital compass, which shows your current bearing on the goggle\u2019s display, can help keep you swimming in a straight line or towards a specific destination without constantly having to break your stroke to check your progress. However, that SwimStraight feature is locked behind Form\u2019s optional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formswim.com\/pages\/premium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$9.99 per month Premium subscription<\/a>, which also unlocks additional features that will appeal to athletes, such as guided workouts and training plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">As a result of the new features, battery life maxes out at up to 14 hours for the Smart Swim 2, while the original version offered up to 16 hours. But given the smaller design, which potentially makes the new version more comfortable to wear, that feels like a minor trade-off.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Smart Swim 2\u2019s display and electronics can be worn on either side of the goggles. | Image: Form Nearly [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}