🔍 What is Google Health Connect

Health Connect is a free Android feature that allows your favorite health and fitness apps—such as Samsung Health, Fitbit, Nike Run Club, Oura, and more—to securely share data with each other.

Stridekick uses Health Connect as a bridge to access your steps and distance data from apps that track your activity.

🤔 Who Should Use Health Connect?

Health Connect is ideal for Android users who:

✅ Use only an Android smartphone (no wearable) to track steps via an app like Samsung Health
✅ Use a fitness device or app not directly supported by Stridekick, such as: Oura Ring, Whoop, Nike Run Club, Mi Fitness and other niche wearables or health apps
✅ Use multiple fitness apps or devices and want to sync all their data in one place

⚠️ Note: Health Connect itself does not track your steps. It works behind the scenes to connect apps that do. It serves as a centralized data-sharing hub, allowing users to link multiple fitness sources—even across different devices or platforms.

🔔 To use Google Health Connect, you must be on Android version 28+
📲 Download from the Google Play Store if you don’t already have it.

🔓 Step 1: Enabling App Permissions

Once you download Health Connect, you will need to make sure Health Connect has permission to sync your data:

On your device, open the Health Connect app.
Tap App permissions.
Select the app(s) that you would like to sync with Health Connect (like Samsung Health or Fitbit).
Toggle on or select permissions on the data types you'd like to sync (Steps, Distance, etc).

✅ Your application and Health Connect are now linked, and data is shared between them.

🔗 Step 2: Connect Google Health Connect to Stridekick

After granting Health Connect permission to access your data, you can connect with Stridekick by following the steps below:

Open your Stridekick mobile app to your dashboard
Select the menu bars in the top left corner
Select Settings, and then scroll down and select Device
Select Health Connect from the list of devices.
Select Allow when prompted to give Stridekick access to your activity data
Select the blue Get Started button to connect with Health Connect.
Allow Stridekick to access your Health Connect data by toggling Allow all > select Allow to confirm your connection to the Health Connect app.
You'll now see a connection confirmation. Select 'OK' to confirm.

Congratulations! Your Health Connect account is now connected! 🎉

🔁 Need to Sync Your Data?

Health Connect doesn’t sync automatically on its own. Make sure:

You’ve synced your tracker app (Samsung Health, Fitbit, etc.)
You’ve opened Stridekick to refresh your data
You’re connected to the internet

👉 Learn more with this quick guide on syncing!

❓FAQs

How do I get started with Health Connect?
Make sure you’re on Android version 28+, or download the Health Connect app from the Play Store. Then follow the steps in this guide to connect everything.

What apps work with Health Connect?
It supports apps like Samsung Health, Fitbit, Nike Run Club, Whoop, and more.
👉 See the full list here

What kind of data does it sync?
Steps, distance, and other fitness data. It does not sync active minutes, so that info won’t show in Stridekick.

Can I control what I share?
Yes! You can choose which data types to allow when connecting apps—like steps only or everything.

How does Health Connect work?
It’s a data-sharing hub. It doesn’t track anything itself—it just lets other apps store and share data in one place.

Is my data secure?
Yes. All Health Connect data is stored locally on your device. Apps only get access if you give them permission.

Can I revoke access?
Totally. Go to App permissions in the Health Connect app to remove access for Stridekick—or any other app—at any time.

What happens if I uninstall an app?
Deleting an app won’t delete its data from Health Connect. You’ll need to do that manually in the Health Connect app if you want it gone.

How do I disconnect everything?
Go to Permissions and data > App permissions, then tap Remove access for all apps.