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Apple Health Sync completely useless

So all activity fields are syncing to Apple Health as one instantaneous value at the end of the day. In this case it actually happened twice. Apple Health integration is basically completely useless and false advertising.

Is the only way to fix this to turn of Apple Health integration?

I have set the priority of Connect data as higher than Apple Health and iPhone data in the Apple Health settings for all the activity fields. It doesn't even load my weight from Apple Health(where it loads from Renpho) so what's even the point of Apple Health connection with Garmin Connect? It's completely useless.

I have a top of the line Fenix 7X Sapphire Solar. For what I paid for this I'd expect it to be a lot better.

Any suggestions? Garmin fix this.

David

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CO_Life over 2 years ago +1

This is the single most irksome thing about the Garmin ecosystem. It’s incredible that they have no ability or plans to properly integrate with Apple Health. One thinks perhaps this is a misguided strategic…

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0 David Findlay over 2 years ago

I've just changed my settings so that only my Active Energy, Heart Rate, Resting Energy, Resting Heart Rate and Sleep are loaded into Apple Heatlh.

0 MartinHu over 2 years ago

Hey David, I am afraid it is useless. If you want to know more - and also submit a feature request check out this one: https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mobile-apps-web/f/garmin-connect-mobile-ios/288457/apple-health-activity-ring-does-not-fill-after-workout-is-completed-on-a-garmin-device

0 CO_Life over 2 years ago

This is the single most irksome thing about the Garmin ecosystem. It’s incredible that they have no ability or plans to properly integrate with Apple Health. One thinks perhaps this is a misguided strategic corporate direction as they see Apple coming for their fitness/health market space and don’t want to do anything to support Apple. However, I’ve spent a ton of money with Garmin and just spent more on an order for the 1040 Solar, I expect when spending that type of money that a company will keep it’s software up to current standards as others do and properly support commonly used platforms like IOS and Apple Health. I used to use Cyclemeter as my primary cycling tracking platform and it synched perfectly with Apple Health, all data correctly integrated with Health.

0 MartinHu over 2 years ago in reply to CO_Life

Indeed. One would say the “silos” built in other areas and businesses would act as lessons- this doesn’t work.

but Garmin wants it’s own lesson or it’s just lazy to explain ratio behind the decision.

0 Josh over 2 years ago

I have suggested that they sync Body Weight, BMI, Body Fat %, Water %, Skeletal Muscle, Fat-free Body Weight, Subcutaneous Fat, Visceral Fat, Muscle Mass, Bone Mass, Protein, Basal Metabolism, and Body Age. This data comes from smart scales outside the garmin one. I picked this guy up and its amazing.Syncs to apple health too. fit-index.com/.../fitindex-es-26m-bluetooth-body-fat-scale

0 WizardlyHat over 2 years ago

David Findlay

I wanted to bring your attention to a post that has been trending for the purpose of improving the communication between Garmin Connect and Apple Health. Please see Garmin-Kevin's comment on page 19.

Request for improvement on how Garmin Connect writes data to Apple HealthKit SDK