Withings WiFi Body Scale Now with Twitter Integration

by Sze | Filed under Others

Withings adds Twitter integration into its WiFi Body Scale. As you may remember, the connected Body Scale automatically records the user’s body weight, lean & fat mass, and calculated body mass index (BMI) to their secure webpage and/or free Withings iPhone application, WiScale. Now, the scale can even post users’ updates to their Twitter accounts.

The WiFi Body Scale is priced at $159.00. You can get one from Amazon.

By default, the Twitter feature will not be activated when you purchase your scale, it will have to be enabled by the user on www.withings.com. During the Twitter set up process, a user can set their Twitter alerts to post automatically at each measure, daily, weekly or monthly (see image here). The tweet will read the users current weight and how many pounds they have left to reach their set goal, whether they need to loose or gain! Since the scale tracks up to eight users per scale, only the users that enable this feature will benefit from the online peer motivation. More information on the Twitter feature here: Withings Blog.