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When Will Garmin Fix Data Synching Issues Across Other iOS Apps?

If you rely on Apple Health, Apple Fitness, or other third party iOS apps to track and analyze your activity, beware that "Garmin Connect" does not reliably share your activity data to other iOS apps. For example, if you use Apple Fitness to count steps, and "close your circles," activity from your Garmin device will not transfer over consistently and your circles will not close. Or, if you use an app like HealthFit to track routes and other activity data, "Garmin Connect" does not share routes/GPS data to other third party apps, and heart rate often differs from the values reported on "Garmin Connect".

Poor data sharing from "Garmin Connect" to other iOS apps seems intentional, to lock Garmin device users to "Garmin Connect." That might not be so bad, if "Garmin Connect" were polished and up to 2022 mobile app standards, but the interface and experience on the Garmin app are dated and subpar — for example, even after I dismiss/close a "new record set" alert banner, the banner continues to show every time I review the activity. Frustratingly, there is no option to disable the banners within the app.

Bottom line, I'm so frustrated with "Garmin Connect," I'm considering returning my recently purchased Enduro 2. The hardware/watch is great, the Garmin software ecosystem (Garmin Connect and Garmin Express) is HORRIBLE, and, worst yet, they break my experience on other iOS apps. In 2022, the software used to manage the hardware is as much, if not more, part of the experience. After all, the software is how I interact with my activity data, and track my progress. At a minimum, PLEASE fix synching issues across other iOS apps.

0 WizardlyHat over 2 years ago

The problem is that Garmin Connect doesn't correctly write most data to HealthKit. There are a number of discussions about that on this forum, but the good news is that as of today one of their representatives has indicated an understanding of the issue, and is making an attempt to see if anything can/will be done about it. If you would like to add your info for those who are interested, please look toward the end of this thread: 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-request-for-improvement-on-how-garmin-connect-writes-data-to-apple-healthkit-sdk#pifragment-1286=19

0 Josh over 2 years ago

I've made a petition that I have been sharing that will help everyone get the proper Apple Health integration. You can sign it here : https://chng.it/MTBWNzs9Fh

0 ManSurfingOnLifeBuoy over 1 year ago

I just posted a subject that is related to yours.

https://forums.garmin.com/apps-software/mobile-apps-web/f/garmin-connect-web/348977/what-can-cause-a-so-erratic-heart-rate-value-from-the-same-hrm-pro

If I wear my watch during a Zwift Workout, without a HRM strap, my watch collect my HR data from my wrist HR. So far, this is normal.

But If I wear a Garmin HRM Pro+ strap around my chest, with my watch, HRM Pro+ which is more accurate than my wrist watch HRM, Garmin Connect don’t use my HRM Pro+ data, it uses my wrist HRM. If I don’t start an activity, my wrist HRM is recorded.

So when Zwift records my HR at 161bpm during a workout, it sends the HR Data and all other data as an activity, I can see my 161bpm at 229W but if I go to my all day HR graph, my wrist HRM recorded a 108bpm at the same minute.

And from that 108bpm, I get all other metrics (calculated from those wrong data) to tell me that my Pulse OX is 91%, that for training status I have a shortage of high aerobic, my VO2 Max is 43, my body battery is 63 after a 10h sleep.

Can we rely on those data ?

In my case, I would want Garmin to use its AI and see that if I wear my HRM Pro+, which is a Garmin, that it would prioritize that device over the wrist HRM right from the moment the user wear that HRM Pro+, into the all day HR collected, not the wrist one. So this mean that if I use Zwift, external third party, Garmin Connect should know when and from what the most accurate HR has to used from and insert those data into GC. This way, while I’m riding, and after when I sync Zwift Data with GC, the graph for my Zwift workout and my Health Stats/Heat Rate graph will show the same HR.