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over 1 year ago

Bug Report: Garmin Connect API recently updated which activity types are synced to 3rd party sites

Garmin non-health and wellness sports are no longer being reported to 3rd party apps including Strava.   I contacted both Garmin and Strava below are their responses.   This affects most apps that include activities that are the non-Primary sports (flying, snowmobiling, Driving, Racing, Motorcycle, Motocross, ATV,  and other motorsports, horseback riding, RC drone, etc.).  This functionally is used by a large portion of the Garmin community and should be reinstated.  

Response from Strava:  

Thanks for writing in and sorry for the activity syncing troubles. Garmin recently updated which activity types are synced to Strava.
 
The Garmin Connect developer API program has been aligned to its original health and wellness intent to focus on health, wellness and primary sports (run, walk, bike, etc.) The change to non-primary sports activities such as flying, motorsports, horseback riding, RC drone, etc. means that you will need to export those activities from your device and manually upload them to Strava.
 
The best option at this time is to export the original from Garmin Connect and upload it to Strava from our upload page. Let me know if you have any questions.
 
Best,
Jimi
Strava Support Team

Response from Garmin:  

Thank you for contacting Garmin Product Support. I would be happy to assist you!

  
Since the activities are not syncing over from Garmin Connect to Strava (and it sounds like the activities are in Garmin Connect) it is going to be a Strava issue. 
Please follow this article for further help and then contact Strava: Garmin Connect Data Is Not Syncing Over to My Third-Party App
Please see at the bottom:
After reconnecting the application and Garmin Connect, your activity data should sync properly. If the issue persists, you will need to reach out to your Third-Party app's support team for further assistance.
Please let me know if you have any more questions! 
Thank you for choosing Garmin,
Hannah
Product Support
Garmin International
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F3b Software (Brian)
  • 9 months ago in reply to Brandon.ConnectIQ

    Hi Brandon, have you heard any news on this issue.

    Brian

  • 9 months ago

    Hopefully this issue gets resolved, I use Garmin to sync laps on F3B Motocross -> "GoKart tracks/time/HR" to the adidas running app, through F3B Motorsports, or should I say I used to do that.

    Would be really great to get this "feature" back to life.

    Thank you for considering and looking/solving this topic.

  • 10 months ago

    Owning the Descent Mk2 watch series allowed me to track all my health and wellness activities plus all of my diving and upload them to Strava and other 3rd party platforms so I can share with my friends. This change devalues the functionality of the watch and makes me question belonging to the Garmin ecosystem overall or recommending these watches to others. Please enable 3rd party developers access these non-health activities.

  • 10 months ago

    PLEASE ADD HORSEBACK RIDING back to your syncable activities. What was the logic behind removing certain activities? The whole reason I got into wearable was to see how much more stress I was putting on my body with non running activities. TrainingPeaks and strava do not care about my body battery so without the riding activities syncing, my fitness does not reflect the impact of riding sessions.  I am now breaking your data integrity by using biking or trail running for my HORSE sessions, so that they will sync.