What you want to know
- An replace to the Fitbit app on Android contains help for Well being Join.
- Permissions are turned off by default, however customers can allow the Fitbit to write down well being knowledge to Well being Join.
- Well being Join permits varied apps to entry knowledge from one central service in your smartphone.
Fitbit is the newest app to realize help for Google’s Well being Join service following a latest replace on Android.
Fitbit model 3.69 is on the market now on the Play Retailer (by way of 9to5Google), and whereas there are not any seen adjustments to the app, help for Well being Join is essentially the most notable addition.
Navigating to Permissions and knowledge > App permissions within the Well being Join app now exhibits Fitbit within the “Not allowed entry” part of the app. You possibly can allow app entry by clicking the Fitbit icon and checking every possibility for knowledge you need to enable the app to write down or by simply deciding on “Enable all” for those who so select.
In contrast to different apps, Fitbit would not current customers with the choice to learn knowledge.
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Well being Join is a service launched earlier this yr by Google that goals to make well being and health knowledge extra accessible between apps. This implies apps that do not normally sync collectively ought to lastly have some strategy to talk by way of Well being Join, at the very least as soon as they achieve help for the service.
“The information in Well being Join is all on-device and encrypted,” Google acknowledged earlier this yr when the API launched. “Customers could have the power to close off entry or delete knowledge they do not need on their gadget, and the choice to prioritize one knowledge supply over one other when utilizing a number of apps.”
A number of apps have already gained help for Well being Join, together with Google Match, Samsung Well being, Withings Well being Mate, and extra. Now that Fitbit has joined the celebration, it must be simpler for customers to carry their Fitbit knowledge into Google Match, one thing that has been unavailable with no third-party software. It additionally means Google will get to proceed with its dual-app technique.
