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- Polar has launched the Polar Loop, a minimalist fitness band without a display or a subscription fee.
- The device tracks heart rate, activity, sleep, and recovery and syncs data to the Polar Flow app.
- It is available now for $199 in the US and €179 outside of the US, with shipping beginning September 10.
Wearables usually fight for attention with brighter screens and smarter features, but the new Polar Loop takes the opposite approach. The company best known for its sports watches packed with displays, GPS, and training tools introduces the Polar Loop, a wearable designed to disappear into daily life. At $179.90, it enters the same discreet tracking category dominated by Whoop, with a screen-free, noninvasive wearable for subtle fitness tracking.
The Polar Loop doesn’t reinvent the wheel. It covers the core metrics most users care about, including daily steps and general activity, as well as heart rate, sleep quality, and recovery through Polar’s Precision Prime sensor tech. For workouts, users can either start a session manually in the Polar Flow app or rely on the device’s automatic workout detection. Polar also bakes in practical perks: four weeks of onboard memory and up to eight days of battery life. That’s shorter than the Whoop 5’s claimed 14-day runtime, though real-world use varies widely for both devices.
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