Withings’ New Toilet Scanner Analyzes Your Urine & Provides Health Insights
The smart-bathroom era is coming. French consumer electronics company Withings follows Kohler’s lead in creating a toilet-mounted device that tracks key biomarkers like hydration levels
Withings is taking connected health somewhere few tech companies have gone: the toilet.
The French consumer electronics company has launched U-Scan, a miniaturized urine analysis laboratory toilet accessory that automatically collects urine samples and transmits results to its accompanying app for insights on hydration, nutrition, calcium trends and recovery. The app then translates those readings into actionable recommendations through Withings+, the company’s premium coaching experience included with every U-Scan.
The app also provides a free nutrition consultation with a registered dietitian through a partnership with Fay Nutrition, along with an AI-powered health assistant that contextualizes biomarker trends, and health improvement score tools that generate insights from multi-day urine data.
“The story of U-Scan began with a simple intuition: urine provides a precise and comprehensive window into our health,” Withings founder and chairman Eric Carreel said. “The challenge was to transform that insight into a laboratory so compact it could be integrated directly into a toilet — without changing anyone’s habits.”
Sitting discreetly inside the toilet bowl, the U-Scan uses a sensitive thermal sensor to detect urine and analyze small samples with miniaturized biochemical sensors housed in an interchangeable cartridge. Each cartridge lasts about three months and can be recharged or swapped out in a companion cleaning station.
There are two separate devices, depending on user needs: U-Scan Nutrio focuses on metabolism and nutrition, measuring urinary pH, specific gravity, ketones and vitamin C, while the U-Scan Calci model targets kidney-stone prevention by tracking calcium levels, urinary pH and hydration patterns.
The Proactive Plan ($379.95) includes 2–4 analyses per week, one cartridge, a cleaning station and Withings+ access, while the Intensive Plan ($449.96) offers 5–7 analyses per week, two cartridges, a cleaning station and Withings+ access. Replacement cartridges cost $99.95 or $179.96, depending on plan level, and each plan covers roughly three months of testing.
Are Toilets the Next Wellness Hub?
Withings’ launch arrives as the bathroom is quickly emerging as an at-home health monitoring space.
Last month, kitchen and bath brand Kohler introduced Dekoda, a toilet-mounted device that analyzes hydration, gut health and even traces of blood. While the concept likely appeals to the most health-conscious consumers, Withings and Kohler are also tapping into a broader wellness real estate movement, where homes are being designed or retrofitted with technology that privately and comfortably monitors health metrics through everyday fixtures and furniture.
Beyond U-Scan, next up for Withings is BeamO, a handheld, multi-sensor health device designed for personal, family and telehealth use and provides temperature, heart and lung readings in under a minute. The device connects directly to the Withings app and Health Link, so users can share real-time data with physicians for remote consultations or generate detailed health reports.
Both U-Scan Nutrio and U-Scan Calci are now available to order in Europe and the U.S. on Withings’ website.