Samsung health connect Archives - TechGoing https://www.techgoing.com/tag/samsung-health-connect/ Technology News and Reviews Fri, 23 Dec 2022 01:11:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Google and Samsung Health Connect are expected to be integrated into Android 14 https://www.techgoing.com/google-and-samsung-health-connect-are-expected-to-be-integrated-into-android-14/ Fri, 23 Dec 2022 01:11:20 +0000 https://www.techgoing.com/?p=56983 At the 2022 Google I / O conference, Google revealed the Health Connect (Health Connect) system that it is developing with Samsung. It’s an Android API and platform that collects health and fitness data from apps or devices, stores that data securely, and allows users to share the data with other apps or devices. Currently, […]

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]]> At the 2022 Google I / O conference, Google revealed the Health Connect (Health Connect) system that it is developing with Samsung. It’s an Android API and platform that collects health and fitness data from apps or devices, stores that data securely, and allows users to share the data with other apps or devices. Currently, Health Connect is available as an app on Android smartphones and Wear OS smartwatches. However, Google may integrate Health Connect into Android 14.

Google has recently released Android 13 QPR2 Beta 1 for Pixel smartphones. interestingly, the beta firmware comes with the Health Connect app pre-installed. However, Health Connect may not be limited to Pixel devices in the future. According to Mishaal Rahman, senior technical editor at Esper, code changes submitted to AOSP Gerrit suggest that Health Connect will become an Android 14 system-level service. In other words, Google could make Health Connect the default app for Android 14.

If Health Connect becomes an integral part of the operating system, more and more app developers will integrate the service into their apps. The greater the number of apps that integrate Health Connect, the easier it will be for people to share their health and fitness data across apps. This also means that users can easily switch between different brands of smartwatches without worrying about losing their health and fitness data.

Currently, there are more than 10 apps that integrate with Health Connect, including Google Fit, Samsung Health, Fitbit, MyFitnessPal, HealthilyMe, Oura, Flo, Lifesum, Outdooractive, and Prov. If users are using any of these services, they can use Health Connect to share health and fitness data between these If users are using any of these services, they can use Health Connect to share health and fitness data between these apps very easily.

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