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Withings now charges new users to sync with Apple Health and other apps
Withings now requires Withings+ for new accounts to export to Apple Health and Health Connect. Who is affected, what it costs, and what developers need to know.
TL;DR: Withings now requires a Withings+ subscription for accounts created on or after October 13, 2026 to send data to Apple Health and Health Connect. Older accounts keep free export. Withings+ costs $99.50 a year or $9.95 a month, so the recurring fee is now part of the cost of using the hardware. Apps that read Withings measurements through Apple Health inherit the same cutoff, and developers testing with an older account will see a different result from a new one.
Withings now requires a paid subscription for new users to send their health data to Apple Health and Health Connect.
The change applies to accounts created on or after October 13, 2026. Older accounts keep free export, whether or not they subscribe to Withings+. The cutoff depends on the account’s creation date, rather than when the device was purchased. Withings’ updated policy.
The subscription becomes part of the hardware cost
Withings+ currently costs $99.50 a year or $9.95 a month on the company’s US website. Users can still view their basic measurements and trends in the Withings app without paying. For affected accounts, sending those measurements to another health platform now requires an active subscription. Pricing and subscription details.
That changes the cost of using Withings hardware. Someone buying a scale to track their weight in Apple Health now has to budget for both the device and continued data sharing.
Withings links the decision to its new AI Connector, saying the rollout required API changes and additional privacy measures. Ordinary health-data exports have been included in the same paid subscription as its AI features. Customers who only want their measurements in Apple Health face that requirement too. Withings’ explanation.
Apps reading Apple Health inherit the cutoff
The consequences also reach apps that depend on these exports. A nutrition or fitness app reading weight from Apple Health needs Withings to send the measurements there first. Correct permissions in the receiving app cannot compensate for missing data upstream.
For developers testing that route, an older Withings account can therefore give a different result from a newly created one.
Export access is now a buying criterion
Users have begun calling for the decision to be reversed. Meanwhile, buyers need to look beyond whether a device supports Apple Health and other apps. They also need to know whether keeping that connection working costs extra.
Withings has made that distinction consequential: new customers can buy the hardware outright, but exporting its measurements is now a recurring expense.
