FORM has launched its second-generation swim goggles, FORM Smart Swim 2 – featuring integrated heart rate and an innovative SwimStraight digital compass feature for open water navigation.
FORM notes that its new Smart Swim 2 goggles leverage patented ‘Waveguide’ optics technology and an array of onboard sensors to deliver real-time metrics, guided workouts and real-time swim coaching.
New features include:
- Integrated heart rate monitoring: A temple-based integrated heart rate sensor provides a ‘reliable and accurate way to monitor heart rate in the water’, making real-time heart rate-based zone training accessible to swimmers.
- SwimStraight: Incorporating a first-of-its-kind digital compass, SwimStraight enhances open-water swim confidence by enabling swimmers to follow an in-goggle directional heading. This helps to reduce course deviations and improves overall swim efficiency.
Smart Swim 2 also boasts refreshed design features:
- 15% size reduction: The Smart Swim 2 goggles’ tech pack – containing the accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, and barometer – is now 15% smaller, by volume, than its predecessor, delivering a sleeker, more hydrodynamic design.
- Enhanced fit & comfort: With comfort being imperative, new proprietary eye seals now fit the contours of a wider variety of facial structures. Extended temples provide a new connection point for the goggles’ strap for enhanced stabilization, while the inclusion of five arched nose bridges helps with a more comfortable, secure, optimal fit.
FORM has also rolled out updates to its HeadCoach digital coaching technology. First unveiled in October 2023, HeadCoach gives swimmers real-time in-goggle access to technique awareness, focused skill development (HeadCoach Skills), and in-app education and analysis.
The latest HeadCoach update, using the goggles’ onboard sensors, constantly evaluates performance and technique data to determine areas of improvement. HeadCoach’s machine-learning algorithms automatically generate a variety of personalized workouts.
Additionally, HeadCoach Skills prompts will now appear automatically in Free Swim mode and can be manually built into custom workouts, helping to enhance training impact and skill acquisition.
“Unveiling our second-generation product builds upon our legacy of delivering the best, most cutting-edge solutions for swimmers of all abilities,” said Dan Eisenhardt, CEO at FORM.
“We believe passionately in empowering athletes through real-time feedback via augmented reality, and this next generation of our smart swim goggles exemplifies our relentless pursuit of excellence in design and performance.”
Eisenhardt continued, “Smart Swim 2’s built-in heart rate sensor eliminates the inconvenience of purchasing, attaching, and pairing a separate device and displays accurate continuous real-time heart rate for optimal training and racing.
“SwimStraight is truly transformative, particularly for triathletes, offering an intelligent guide to keep your swim path straight and true, saving energy, time and improving focus.
FORM Smart Swim 2 is now available for purchase for £229.00 from formswim.com and at specific multi-sport retailers.
All purchases include a free two-month trial of FORM Premium, which includes access to workouts, training plans, HeadCoach, TrainingPeaks workout imports and SwimStraight. After trial expiry, continued access to premium features costs £13 a month or £84 annually.
