Withings will require new customers to hold a Withings+ subscription before their health data can sync automatically to third-party apps, including Apple Health, under a policy the company confirmed on its support forum.
Accounts opened on October 13, 2026 or later need an active Withings+ plan for automatic syncing, MacRumors reported. In the United States the plan costs $99.50 a year. Engadget put the figure at about $100 a year.
Anyone whose account dates from October 12, 2026 or earlier keeps automatic third-party syncing at no extra cost. Since the rule keys off when the account was set up, an existing customer who later buys another Withings device still keeps the free syncing, according to MacRumors.
New free users can still move their data, but only by manually exporting their history and uploading it to another platform, Engadget reported.
The policy surfaced in a thread on Withings' support forum titled "Unacceptable: Apple Health Sync is now behind a $99/year paywall for new accounts". A reply marked as an official response from Withings confirmed the change, stating that after October 13 "automatic sync to third-party apps is part of Withings+".
Owners of Withings devices pushed back in the same thread. One commenter said the money already spent on a scale, a heart rate monitor and a thermometer should have covered moving data between databases, and added that they would not buy another Withings product.
Withings is a French company best known for connected scales and other health devices. Its flagship Body Scan 2 scale sells for $600, while a cheaper version costs $280, Engadget reported. Engadget said it had asked Withings for further comment.