How To Sync Samsung Health Data With Google Fit

Samsung has long been a leader in Android smartwatches. And while wearables are great at tracking health and fitness in the Samsung Health app, there aren't many options for Samsung smartwatch owners to share and export their data. Google's health tracking platform, Google Fit, can act as a central hub for your fitness data from various fitness apps and services. The problem is that Samsung Health does not allow you to export data to Google Fit.

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Google wants to solve this problem with Health Connect, which brings together your health data from multiple apps and services in one place where connected apps can easily access it. How to sync Samsung Health data to Google Fit using Health Connect.

What is Hit Connect?

Health Connect is a platform that consists of a set of APIs where multiple applications and services can read (or write) your health metrics. Fitness apps currently need to be manually integrated with other similar data sharing services. For example, if you use Strava to record your runs, other apps like Sleep My Cycle won't be able to see the data. If you're using Sleep as Android to monitor your sleep quality, other activity tracking apps won't be able to see the data either until they add support for it.

Health Connect is designed to solve this problem. Any fitness app can write collected data to Health Connect, which other apps can retrieve from it. This allows applications to communicate with each other without compromising privacy.

Health Connect supports the sharing of a variety of health data, including activity type, body measurements, cycle tracking, vital signs, and more.

How to set up Health Connect

Before you can sync Samsung Health with Google Fit, you need to install and set up Health Connect on your phone.

1. Download Health Connect on your Android phone from the Play Store.
2. Open Health Connect .
3. Tap Start .
4. Select Application Permissions .
5. Select Samsung Health from the application list.
6. Turn on the " Allow All " option or manually select the health data to sync.

How to sync Google Fit data with Health Connect

Download and set up Google Fit on your phone and smartwatch before moving on to the next steps.

1. After installing Health Connect, you will see the "Sync with Health Connect" banner for the first time when you open Google Fit.
2. Click Start .
3. On the Health Connect Sync page , select Configure.
4. Give Fit access to your Health Connect data. You can allow access to all data or select categories individually.
5. Click Allow to continue.

Once connected, Google Fit will read data provided by Health Connect over the past 30 days to retrieve existing data stored by other services. You can verify that Google Fit is syncing data with Health Connect by doing the following:

1. Open the Google Fit app on your phone.
2. Click the profile button on the bottom navigation bar.
3. Click the " Settings " button at the top.
4. Make sure " Sync Fit with Health Connect " is checked.

If you'd rather use Google Fit to track all your activity, check out our guide on how to track your fitness goals and stay healthy with Google Fit.

How to sync Samsung Health data with Health Connect

Now you need to link Samsung Health with Health Connect.

1. Open the Samsung Health app.
2. Tap the three-dot main menu icon in the top right corner.
3. Select Settings .
4. Click Connect to Health .
5. Install the app if you haven't already.
6. Open Health Connect and click Start .
7. Click App Permissions .
8. Select Samsung Health .
9. Select the types of data you want to sync.
10. Click Allow to complete the process.

Your Samsung Health data may not immediately appear in Google Fit. The synchronization process can take several hours, and it is not possible to speed up this process manually.

Viewing Samsung Health Data in Google Fit

With data sync between Samsung Health and Google Fit enabled, you can view health statistics tracked in the latest app. To see a timeline of the activities you've tracked or recorded throughout the day, go to the History tab in Google Fit. It gives you a complete picture of your daily physical activity, including your sleep cycle. Tap an entry to view more details such as heart rate, distance traveled, energy used, and more.

Samsung Health does not allow you to sync your step count with Google Fit. To do this, you must rely on compliance tracking.

Manage your health data from Google Fit

Health Connect makes it easy to see the activities you log with Samsung Health on Google Fit. Some of the best Android health and fitness apps also support Health Connect, so you can export data from them to Google Fit, allowing it to act as a central hub for all your health-related data.

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