Android only
With Health Connect, you can manage your fitness and health app connections and data with a single app. Health Connect combines data from other fitness and health apps and displays the shared health app information on your Google Fit dashboards.This will allow Fit to manage other health and fitness apps such as your smartwatch.
Set up Health Connect
- On your Android phone, download Health Connect from the Play Store.
- Open Google Fit .
- Tap Profile Settings Under "Health Connect" settings, turn on Sync Fit with Health Connect.
Change Health Connect Settings
From your phone settings
On your Android phone, go to Settings Apps Health Connect Open.
From the Google Fit app
- Open Google Fit .
- Tap Profile Settings Under "Health Connect" settings, tap Manage data and access Connected apps.
- Manage connected apps in Health Connect.
Disconnect Health Connect
Disconnecting will stop Google Fit from accessing or editing any data from Health Connect.
- On your Android phone, open Google Fit .
- Tap Profile Settings Under "Health Connect" settings, turn off Sync Fit with Health Connect.
You can also Delete your data from Google Fit to remove past data written by Fit into Health Connect, and the data can’t be read by other apps. New data may still be created in the future.
Note: Other apps may still have access to historical Fit data if they’ve downloaded it before it’s deleted.
Shared data
When you connect and grant access to Google Fit, Fit has permission to access or edit Health Connect data. Fit will still have a copy of this data that it has access and ownership over. Control and change who has access to your data on Health Connect and the data that’s shared with the app. Learn more about How connected app sharing works with your Google Fit data.
Google Fit adheres to the Health Connect Policy Requirements and the Permissions and APIs that Access Sensitive Information policy. This includes adhering to the Limited Use Requirements which determines how and for what purpose Google Fit can access and use your data through Health Connect.