Withings now requires customers who create an account on or after October 13, 2026, to subscribe to Withings+ for automatic syncing with third-party apps, including Apple Health. In the United States, the subscription costs $99.50 per year.

The change applies to the Withings account rather than a specific scale or other device. That means people who already had an account before the cutoff can continue using automatic third-party syncing without paying for Withings+.

Who has to pay for Apple Health syncing?

According to Withings, accounts created on October 13, 2026, or later require an active Withings+ subscription for automatic data transfers to third-party services. Apple Health is among the affected services, making the policy especially relevant to users who rely on Withings devices to keep weight and other health information in Apple’s health-tracking platform.

Withings+ costs $99.50 annually in the US. The available announcement does not state whether other subscription pricing or plans are affected.

Existing Withings accounts keep free syncing

Customers who created their Withings account on or before October 12, 2026, are not affected by the new requirement. Their automatic syncing to third-party apps remains free under the announced policy.

Withings is also tying the exemption to the account creation date, not to the age or purchase date of the hardware. Existing customers can therefore buy a new Withings scale or another Withings device without losing free automatic syncing.

What the policy means for new device owners

New customers who want their Withings data to appear automatically in Apple Health will need to factor the subscription into the cost of using the company’s hardware. Without Withings+, the announcement indicates that automatic syncing to third-party apps is not available for accounts created after the cutoff.

The policy does not say that new users are unable to use Withings devices themselves. It specifically concerns automatic syncing of data to third-party applications. Users considering a Withings scale or other device may therefore need to decide whether Apple Health integration is important enough to justify the recurring annual charge.