How does the scale communicate with your phone? Bluetooth? WiFi? Do you have to leave Bluetooth on?
1512360
This scale is a joke, it says it will automatically sync to the app on your phone. NO IT WON'T! You have use your phones camera to snap a picture of a bar code it displays after you weigh yourself. It has be done in a well lit room or it won't work. I'm sending this junk back. Very misleading and an attempt to cheat the consumer.
1512361
it does not communicate with your phone. you must take a pic of the readout to download the info. very disappointing.
1512362
You don't have to leave your Bluetooth on or anything. Once you weigh, you simply scan the screen with your phone and it imports all the data.
1512363
you take a photo of the image with their APP, it is not bluetooth (I don't think it is wifi) but it works great, simple
960034
I do not see any bluetooth settings or a find bluetooth devices in the menu. I did see some similar units that were bluetooth capable but none seamed to have as clear a screen, handy when your vision isn't what it used to be.
1095612
Nope no Bluetooth..I just read the other reviews and mine is..It streams netflix and youtube just great and plays the majority of the games on the Google play store and no issues with streaming music on slacker radio and spotify. I have no complaints.
1862765
Actually, if your mother's weight is close to yours (about 10 pounds more or less), the scale will store the data and forward it to your cell phone next time you will activate the scale and your phone will be close enough to connect with bluetooth. Of course, this all suppose that you created a profile for yourself and that your mother did not create a profile. If you both created a profile, the scale will ask which profile to forward the datas (weight). In any situation, you can still manually remove or correct the information sent to your "loseit!" account (if you have one).
2109359
My experience is, once there is activity with the scale, it does not turn off. If you leave it dormant, even with a weight on, it will shutoff after a while.
828668
It depends on the ANT+ Head unit you are using .. If its something like a Garmin 810/1000 yes, it provides data in the native measurements you are using .. (there's more than just weight that comes out) The scale itself has no display .. you *must* connect it to a display via ANT+ wireless radio
551296
The scale comes with the software. Because I use a Mac, then I downloaded a widget that can be used for the scale. If you are a Garmin user, you can also use the Garmin software to track your weight.
1535653
A small device (shaped like a thumb drive) is included with the scale. When it is plugged into the USB port, it enables your computer to communicate with the scale. It was included with my scale I did not have to purchase it separately.
1514847
It will work perfectly as a scale without the usb cable plugged in. It just won't communicate with anything except your eyes that read the scale display.
184129
Yes, I use it as a basic scale without the app. The app is just an added feature that allows you to track your progress if you wish.
587292
We do not have an Iphone anywhere around; we do have an Android. That is what we used. Do not use the Iphone. You may have to download an app (I think it's called Withing); can't recall what we did but there was NO Iphone. Don't go there. We do like the scale and like that it syncs with our Android. It's fun to see that chart head downward. I just followed the directions. No IPHONE.
1061094
What phone are you using via bluetooth? will any phone with bluetooth work?why would you need or want to use phone instead of wifi?
376635
I can only respond that it did not work with Android phones as promised. For me, it was just an overpriced digital scale. I called the head office and offered no solutions.
1874530
You have the option of programming the scale to turn off automatically or to stay on. I left the setting to shut off automatically; have not changed that; and have not had the scale turn off before I was ready for it to do so.
1415528
I read in the instructions that you can as long as each person has there own device. You program your name into the scale when you attach your blue tooth device but when i tried it connected easy to my ipad for me but my husband has android phone with the app and it would not let me bluetooth without upgrading the lose it app to premium but was free with i pad but not all features only a few were free. And he did not want to pay the 40.00 for full app . I have not tried this with two apple products. And the scale it very nice and so far haven't had any problems with it. Hope this helped some for you. I read in the instructions that you can as long as each person has there own device. You program your name into the scale when you attach your blue tooth device but when i tried it connected easy to my ipad for me but my husband has android phone with the app and it would not let me bluetooth without upgrading the lose it app to premium but was free with i pad but not all features only a few were free. And he did not want to pay the 40.00 for full app . I have not tried this with two apple products. And the scale it very nice and so far haven't had any problems with it. Hope this helped... » Read More I read in the instructions that you can as long as each person has there own device. You program your name into the scale when you attach your blue tooth device but when i tried it connected easy to my ipad for me but my husband has android phone with the app and it would not let me bluetooth without upgrading the lose it app to premium but was free with i pad but not all features only a few were free. And he did not want to pay the 40.00 for full app . I have not tried this with two apple products. And the scale it very nice and so far haven't had any problems with it. Hope this helped some for you. « Show Less
633751
No app currently exist for the windows phone. The scale has a third party developed app so it's a possibility someone will create one for the windows phone. Another snag is that windows phones do not currently support bluetooth 4.0 so an app made by withings would have no way to talk to the phone. Fitbit has the exact same issue.
1159614
It works neither through Bluetooth nor wireless - the app apparently senses the movement of the magnets in the spinner. The plug is plastic and is merely used for mounting the sensor to your phone, not for ktransmitting a signal. It took me about 15 seconds to get it working on each of our phones. I have not tried to compare it next to another anemometer so I can't vouch for accuracy.