Meet the Whoop Band 5.0 and its many upgrades

The release of the Whoop 5.0 and Whoop 5.0 this May brought a range of new features into the Whoop world. The fitness and health brand also upgraded its technology for existing users.

While some of the upgrades were app-based, some of the newest features are exclusive to the Whoop 5.0 and MG. We're here to talk you through everything you need to know about the latest Whoop experience, including their new subscriptions. And if you're an existing member, there's an option to upgrade, too.

What's new with the Whoop?

The Whoop 5.0 and the Whoop 5.0 have 14 days of battery life compared to the Whoop 4.0's 4-5 days of battery life on a single full charge. The new bands are also sleeker, officially seven per cent smaller than their predecessors. Whoop has also released a new charger, their PowerPack, which holds battery life for 30 days on a single charge, meaning the Whoop 5.0 and MG can last a month without charging. Their previous PowerPack lasted only a week.

The Whoop MG is geared towards those who want health insights. It does this via the Heart Screener and Blood Pressure Insights (more on these in a moment). It makes use of a different band, which is scalloped.

The release of the new wearables has come with a new subscription system. Your initial payment includes the band, and then your ongoing yearly payment allows you continued access to your data via the app. Importantly, the features are categorised within the subscription tiers, which are called One, Peak, and Life.

NOTE: Prices are accurate at time of publishing.

The new subscriptions and features:

Whoop One

$299 per year

• Sleep performance update: Sleep Performance 2.0 offers a refined, science-backed method for evaluating sleep. Tracking beyond sleep length, it incorporates elements like consistency, efficiency and sleep stress. There have also been tweaks made to the system that are more realistic for the average user. For example, the will often tell a user to manage sleep debt by going to bed at 7 pm. Given this isn't always realistic or helpful, Whoop now balances sleep debt with consistent and attainable bedtimes based on your behaviour.
• Comprehensive fitness tracking: Everything from your daily steps, your VO2 Max, and muscular strain will be measured to into how to train for your health and fitness needs.
• Strength trainer: A new feature that measures the impact as you lift weights, which helps you manage overtraining and mitigate the risk of injury.
• Menstrual tracking: Going further than basic cycle tracking, the science-backed education and personalised insights on your cycle. This includes how hormonal shifts might influence your day-to-day, including recovery, sleep, stress, and performance. There's also an option to select any method of contraception you may be using, or alert Whoop to pregnancy or perimenopause, allowing this to be included in the data wrap-up.
• The subscription comes with the and a new PowerPack. It's the recommended option for those who have never used Whoop.

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Whoop Peak

$419 per year

The Whoop Peak subscription includes everything on Whoop One, plus:

• Health Span with Whoop Age: This insightful feature will give you a look at how your daily habits and choices affect your long-term health. The team at Whoop worked in partnership with Dr. Eric Verdin, CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, to develop a way to quantify your physiological age. It will also show you how to slow your pace of aging, using metrics like sleep consistency, VO2 Max and daily activity levels to help inform your daily habits.
• The Whoop Peak subscription comes with the Whoop 5.0 and the new PowerPack.

Whoop Life

$629 per year

The Whoop Life subscription includes everything on Whoop Peak, plus:

• Heart Screener with ECG: Whoop can now run an ECG for you at any time, so long as it's worn on your wrist. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has just approved this feature, so it's officially available in Australia. The Heart Screener can detect issues like atrial fibrillation and can provide irregular heart rhythm notifications. The upgrade just has to be enabled in the Whoop app. You have to elect to run an ECG, but it can monitor your heart rate for any abnormalities as you go about your day. You can then share your results directly from the Whoop app, which allows you to send them to your healthcare provider.
• Blood pressure insights: The Whoop can also offer blood pressure insights, with estimated systolic (the pressure in your arteries) and diastolic (force of blood against the artery walls) readings. This can help you learn how your blood pressure affects your overall wellness.
• The Whoop can also offer comes with the Whoop MG and the new PowerPack.

Existing Whoop members:

Existing Whoop members will be automatically rolled into the Whoop Peak plan, with the data capabilities updating in the app.

There's the with no additional hardware cost, but you can also renew immediately and get a new, upgraded Whoop Band with a one-time fee. The , while the .

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