Other devices and apps

ByStep has no direct connection to Garmin, Fitbit, Oura, WHOOP, Strava, Samsung Health, Polar or COROS. These apps write your workouts to Apple Health on iPhone or to Health Connect on Android. ByStep reads them there. On this page, Health means Apple Health or Health Connect.

Connect ByStep to Health first. See Apple Health and Health Connect. Then read For every device and the section for your device.

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• Open the app of your device and turn on sharing with Health. Allow workouts. On iPhone, the category is Workouts. On Android, the permission is Exercise.
• After a workout, sync your device with its app. The app then writes the workout to Health.
• ByStep reads the workout at its next sync. See sync.
• A workout with no sport shows No sport recorded and a Set type button. Pick the sport to earn workout points. The steps of the workout still count. See what earns nothing.
• To check, open Settings, then Apple Health, Health Connect and other apps. ByStep lists each app that sent a workout. Look under Apps that write to Apple Health or Apps that write to Health Connect.
• ByStep does not read sleep data or recovery scores.
• On iPhone, when two apps write the same data, Health uses the app at the top of Data Sources & Access. Read Apple's steps to change the order.

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In Garmin Connect, open the settings. Turn on Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android. Allow workouts.

Read the Garmin help for Health Connect.

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The Google Health app is the app for Fitbit devices and Pixel Watch. In the app, tap Connections. On Android, open Partner apps and set up Health Connect. On iPhone, open Apps and services and tap Apple Health.

• The app writes total energy to Health, not active energy. For a workout, ByStep takes an estimate of your resting energy off the total. This estimate uses your weight in Health. When Health has no weight, or ByStep cannot read it, the estimate uses your weight in Settings. With neither, it uses 70 kg. The result can differ from the number in the Google Health app. See recorded workouts.
• To give the estimate your Health weight, allow Weight for ByStep in Health and keep a recent weight there. Otherwise, add your weight in Settings.
• On iPhone, a Fitbit Air can share its heart rate over Bluetooth. In the Google Health app, tap Connections, then your band. Tap Share heart rate, then Always visible. Then connect the band as a heart rate sensor.

Read the Google Health help for Health Connect and Apple Health.

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In the Oura app, tap the menu at the top left, then Settings. Under Data sharing, tap Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android. Turn on sharing.

• Oura writes no sport name to Health. When Health has no type for the sport, the workout arrives with no sport. See For every device.

Read the Oura help for Apple Health and Health Connect.

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In the WHOOP app, open More and find Integrations. Choose Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android. Connect it and allow workouts.

WHOOP writes no distance to Health. For a walk, hike or run from WHOOP, the recorded calories set the effort. See on foot. In a Custom challenge with the Distance measure, a WHOOP workout earns 0 points. See distance.

Read the WHOOP help for Apple Health and Health Connect.

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In the Strava app, open Settings, then Manage Apps and Devices. On iPhone, tap Health and turn on Send to Health. On Android, tap Health Connect.

• Strava writes the type, distance, time and calories of an activity.
• On Android, Strava writes only GPS-based activities.

Read the Strava help for Apple Health and Health Connect.

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Samsung Health runs on Android. In Samsung Health, open Settings and tap Health Connect. Tap Get started, choose the data to share and tap Allow.

• Samsung Health writes exercise sessions and steps to Health Connect.
• A Galaxy Watch sends its data to your phone when it reconnects. To sync the watch, open Samsung Health or pull down on its home screen.

Read the Samsung developer article on Health Connect.

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In the Polar Flow app, tap More, then General settings. Turn on Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android. Choose the data to share and tap Allow.

On iPhone, if a workout is missing, tap Sync now under the Apple Health toggle. Polar Flow then writes the last 14 days again.

Read the Polar help for Apple Health and Health Connect.

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In the COROS app, tap Profile, then Settings, then 3rd Party Apps. Tap Data Sync and choose Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android. Select the data to share.

• The COROS help page lists distance, heart rate, steps and sleep for Apple Health. It does not list workouts.
• After a workout, look under Apps that write to Apple Health. If COROS is not there, ByStep cannot read the workout. Add it by hand in ByStep instead. See typed workouts.

Read the COROS help for Apple Health and the list of supported apps.

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ByStep does not connect to Google Fit. On Android, it reads Health Connect. Google Fit is not the Google Health app.

In the settings of your device app, look for Health Connect. A workout that an app writes only to Google Fit does not reach ByStep.