Withings has begun charging new users to sync their health data to third-party apps. Accounts created on or after October 13th, 2026 now need a Withings Plus subscription to use the automatic sync to third-party apps feature. The change affects owners of the company's fitness-tracking smartwatches and smart scales who want to access their data through services such as Apple Health or Google Health.
The subscription costs $9.95 per month or $99.50 per year. Withings devices include a free one-month trial that covers the option to sync data to third-party apps. Once that trial ends, syncing is paused, but the data already held in those apps is not deleted.
Users who created a Withings account on or before October 12th, 2026 will keep automatic third-party app syncing at no cost. According to official comments shared by a member of the Withings support team, that access is tied to the account rather than to a specific device. As a result, those users can continue syncing without a subscription even if they buy and register new watches, scales, or other Withings hardware.
Word of the change circulated through a discussion on Withings' support forums, which was spotted by MacRumors. The support team comments confirm that the free access for earlier accounts extends to hardware purchased later.
For US consumers, the practical effect is that the cost of owning a Withings device now depends on when the account was set up. A buyer who creates an account after the October 12th cut-off and wants data flowing into Apple Health or Google Health must pay the monthly or annual fee once the bundled trial expires. A buyer with an older account faces no such charge, regardless of how much new Withings hardware they register.
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