Wyze Moves the Smart Scale Screen to Eye Level With the $149 BodyScan Plus
Wyze has announced the Scale Ultra BodyScan Plus, a $149 smart scale that moves its 4.3-inch customizable color display to a retractable handle. The announcement was reported on Oct. 19, 2026, with sales through Wyze's online store in black and white. The Verge
The change is about viewing angle. The earlier Wyze Scale Ultra BodyScan placed its customizable 4.3-inch TFT screen, a type of full-color LCD, on the scale base, so users had to look down at their feet. The Plus puts that screen in the handle, bringing live readings closer to eye level. The panel is still full color, not the segmented LED readout used on the lower-cost Wyze Scale BodyScan, which shows seven key metrics.
The measurement list grows. The Scale Ultra BodyScan Plus reports more than 50 body composition metrics, including visceral fat, protein and basal metabolic rate, the energy the body uses at rest. The prior Ultra BodyScan reported 13 metrics, including weight, BMI, bone mass, body water percentage and muscle weight. The Verge
The method is segmental bioelectrical impedance analysis, or BIA. The scale sends a very small electrical signal through the body and measures resistance to estimate fat, muscle and water. Segmental means it breaks those estimates down by arms, legs and torso instead of giving only a whole-body number. That needs multiple current paths through upper and lower body in one weigh-in. Wyze previously described the standard Ultra BodyScan as bringing professional-grade body composition analysis to the home, and equipped that model with eight electrodes for body fat measurement. Business Wire
The Plus syncs over Bluetooth through a phone or directly over Wi-Fi to Apple Health, Google Health and Health Connect. Direct Wi-Fi uploads weigh-ins without the companion phone nearby. That helps shared households where people step on at different times and lowers missed syncs.
The scale recognizes and stores data for up to eight registered users and allows unlimited guest measurements. Separate profiles keep each person's long-term trends apart. That separation counts because BIA estimates shift with hydration, recent exercise and consistent contact with the electrodes. Guest mode gives a one-time reading without adding it to a registered profile.
The Plus also keeps a weighing mode for children, pets and luggage while held, with no detailed health breakdown. That matches the Baby/Pet Mode on the earlier Ultra BodyScan. In this mode it acts as a conventional load-cell scale, a weight sensor that reports total mass only. No segmental analysis is attempted, in line with the limits of impedance modeling for small bodies and inanimate loads.
All features work without monthly or annual fees. At $149, the Plus sits above the $79.98 Wyze Scale BodyScan that became available starting June 22, 2026. Business Wire
The broader context here is useful for anyone building a home health setup. Segmental BIA was once limited to gym and clinical machines with separate hand electrodes and foot plates. Wyze now fits that layout into a consumer scale with a tethered display, onboard Wi-Fi and links to the three major health clouds.
In my view, the handle is the more important engineering choice than the 50-metric count. Once impedance magnitude and phase are sampled per segment, software can derive protein estimates, visceral fat proxies and metabolic numbers from the same raw inputs at low cost. A display at eye level affects whether people complete the reading. People step off early when they cannot see progress, and they shift weight when bending to read a floor display, which adds noise. The open questions are repeatability, durability of the electrodes in the retractable assembly, and how cleanly eight profiles plus guests map into Apple Health, Google Health and Health Connect. With no subscription, steady logging over months becomes easier to maintain.
