This open source project lets you sync Withings data to other apps without a subscription
Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid.
When it was revealed earlier this month that Withings would require new users to subscribe to a Withings Plus subscription to sync heath data from the company’s devices to third-party apps, Tom Anthony, who was already fed up with the Withings mobile app which they describe as a “bloated mess,” became motivated to “free” their scales. Anthony’s solution was to create an open source project called YourOwnWeigh that reroutes your data away from Withings’ servers so it can be wirelessly synced to other apps and platforms for free.
You can read more about the project on GitHubwhere you’ll also find quick start guides on how to get YourOwnWeigh set up, but it mostly consists of a web app running on...
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