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(Withings -> Health -> Connect) not working for body measurements

I recently switched to a Withings Body Cardio scale and a Forerunner 235 and I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or there's an issue with the Connect app. From within Health I see that the Withings app will write body measurements (body fat % / BMI / weight) and Connect will read weight but when I actually run the Connect app it's not actually picking up new values for weight from Health that Withings has clearly added.

Is this a known issue? Has anyone else run into the same thing and figured out a workaround for it?

0 ASmugDill over 8 years ago

See https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?365087-Garmin-Scale-vs-Another-Scale-that-syncs-with-apple-heath

0 kendalvandyke over 8 years ago

See https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?365087-Garmin-Scale-vs-Another-Scale-that-syncs-with-apple-heath

Thanks - I saw that. One post essentially says "Yes using Health as the data hub works" and the rest are talking about using MyFitnessPal. I want to keep it simple - using Health as the hub, keep extra apps out of the picture. I've verified my settings for data sources and what's allowed to read & write data and as far as I can tell it all looks correct (Withings writes weight, Connect reads it) but Connect isn't picking up the Withings weight measurements that are being written.

0 kalamarios over 8 years ago

I have the same problem. I have verified that for example my weight goes from Withings -> Health -> Strava but I have never managed to make GCM pick it up like Withings -> Health -> GCM.

I have also heard about the MyFitnessPal workaround but I also want to KISS and have GCM read it directly from Health.

My personal interpretation is that once again Garmin is trying to force us to use Garmin products (for example only recently F5 started supporting BLE HR) weight scales by not playing nice with the rest of the ecosystem.

I am really curious to see if this will be fixed any time soon.

0 DerDembo over 8 years ago

The MyFitnessPal workaround/connection works just fine for me. I even removed the MFP app from my iPhone after I setup up everything and so far things are working out.

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

You're doing nothing wrong. The HealthKit sync in Garmin Connect is completely broken and Garmin doesn't care the slightest about it.

The only "workaround" that really works, is not to buy any products from this crappy company anymore.