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Apple Health Activity Ring does not fill after workout is completed on a Garmin device (Request for improvement on how Garmin Connect writes data to Apple HealthKit SDK)

Hello, I use my Garmin Fenix 6 for all my workouts and my Apple Watch 7 for daily use. When completed a workout, Garmin Connect synchronizes with Apple Health. Apple Health sees the workout data but does not fill the activity ring. Could anyone provide a solution to this? I see its a common problem among Garmin - Apple users. Garmin, please take care of this!! Thank you!

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Garmin-Kevin over 1 year ago +1 verified

This report has been resolved with an update to Garmin Connect. If you are still experiencing this, please start a new thread.
Garmin-Kevin over 2 years ago +13

Hello all,

First of all, I want to thank you for your diligence on making sure I understand the issue and for your concern on how this integration does or does not work for you and for other users.

I'd…
sivailla over 2 years ago in reply to scicco21 +6

I disagree with Garmin-Kevin. Yes, Garmin has an API, but so does Apple. He's pointing to the Garmin API policy saying that if data is not showing up correctly somewhere else, it's not their problem, but…
scicco21 over 2 years ago in reply to Garmin-Kevin +4

Thanks Garmin-Kevin - just so we’re clear based on your FAQ, you’re saying this is NOT Garmin’s problem but Apple’s problem. Just want to make sure I have something to point to when…

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0 Josh over 2 years ago in reply to WizardlyHat

Only if apple had pulled together all the training data like garmin does. That's what got me. With an apple watch I can't really tell where my fitness is

0 Richny over 2 years ago

Hi all, I just noticed IOS 16.1 will be out Tuesday , this update allows users to use the activity app without needing an Apple Watch .. I wonder if this update will someone fix our issue with how Garmin connect works with Apple Health/Activity app…. Wish I had the beta to try out but we will see Tuesday once it’s released.

0 Divindude over 2 years ago in reply to Richny

Sorry, but that came out with 16.0 and no joy. It is due to all the bad records garmin is creating (i know of 6 instances of malformed or missing records).

0 Richny over 2 years ago in reply to Divindude

ohhh i was reading some 16.1 beta reviews and it sounds like it was something new coming.

0 Divindude over 2 years ago in reply to Richny

If you look at the apple health data detail (tap the item you want to see detail on and scroll down to “show all data”) you can see the data that garmin is creating. In many cases they are doing a dump and run late in the day (sometimes doubling) instead of incrementally writing data with proper time stamps. The issue is garmins

0 Richny over 2 years ago in reply to Divindude

So if Garmin would just fix the timestamps it could actually work properly.

I wonder if anyone even is aware of this at Garmin.

0 Divindude over 2 years ago in reply to Richny

That would solve some. It doesnt solve the missing cycling entry. Or the end of day dumps of a day’s data without proper range timestamps (and i have many examples of double entries where it wrote twice). All of this is corrupting the apple health

0 Richny over 2 years ago in reply to Divindude

So i just had a chat with a Garmin Rep last night and i was told that this is being looked into. Not sure how much i believe that especially with no reps really giving us any updates here

0 Divindude over 2 years ago in reply to Richny

Some of it would work properly .. yes .. but they have all sorts of mess such as the missing records .. double updates .. end of day updates versus incremental updates.

0 Divindude over 2 years ago in reply to Richny

I have friends already using it without the watch. Came out in 16.0