{"id":929579,"date":"2026-10-15T23:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/929579\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T23:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:00:09","slug":"new-withings-users-must-pay-99-year-for-apple-health-syncing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/929579\/","title":{"rendered":"New Withings Users Must Pay $99\/Year for Apple Health Syncing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Withings-iPhone.jpg\"   alt=\"Withings iPhone\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"brief size-full wp-image-1071215\"\/>Withings, the maker of smart scales for measuring body weight, has <a href=\"https:\/\/support.withings.com\/hc\/en-us\/community\/posts\/51887047154577-Unacceptable-Apple-Health-Sync-is-now-behind-a-99-year-paywall-for-new-accounts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that customers who create an account on October 13, 2026 or later must have a Withings+ subscription for automatic syncing of data to third-party apps, including Apple&#8217;s Health app. In the U.S., Withings+ costs $99.50 per year.<\/p>\n<p>If you created your account on or before October 12, 2026, automatic syncing to third-party apps remains free. 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