Health connect is a new app that integrates data from all eligible health and fitness apps through a single platform
It's possible to sync and get credit for your Peloton workouts in apps like MyFitnessPal, WeightWatchers, and Lifesum, as well as sharing workout data with other fitness apps. It makes it easier to manage privacy settings.
FitBit, Oura, and Flo are among the health, fitness, and wellbeing apps that have been integrated with the services. The first access to Health Connect was restricted to developers.
The Health connect can be downloaded from the play store.
In order to standardize data sharing between health and fitness apps, Health Connect was created in collaboration withSamsung. It was difficult for users to get their data unlocked in order for it to sync with other apps because of this.
Health connect supports over 40 data types across six categories and only requires a few lines of code to provide a standardized data schema for developers Users can monitor which apps have access to specific data at any given time thanks to the centralized privacy controls provided by this.
There is no mention of a full public release for Health Connect, but it is possible to download it as a public alpha. The app will be on new phones later this year.