Smartphones can now do much more than text, make calls, and take photos/videos. Consumers want to be able to use almost every new feature. Health applications, one of the most requested features, had activated Google and Samsung for a joint application in the past months.
The two giants, which have been in serious competition with Apple for years, gathered their forces for the application called Health Connect. Aiming to collect your health and fitness status in a single point and share it with other applications thanks to Health Connect, Samsung and Google are preparing to include this application among the applications that come with Android 14.
It will collect all your health data in one place
Health Connect is currently in beta testing and is supported by only 11 apps. Among these applications are well-known applications such as Fitbit, Google Fit, Samsung Health and Flo. While Apple’s health and fitness features on iPhones and Apple Watches often come up with positive news, that’s not the case for Android. In particular, the health data and fitness information processing feature of Watch OS is among the features that have no equivalent in Google Watches.
In fact, it would be wrong to describe Health Connect as a stand-alone application. It is an application that acts as a bridge between your health and sports applications. The applications you connect with Health Connect will constantly communicate with each other and collect all your health and sports data. In addition, the open source codes of the application were made available to all developers. In this way, even independent developers developing a new application will be able to benefit from this bridge service.
Having Health Connect installed on Android 14 will allow all smartphone and accessory manufacturers using Google’s mobile operating system to have immediate access to this feature on Wear OS and Android. Companies such as Samsung, Xiaomi, Realme will also be able to use these features on their own devices without any problems. Thus, users will be protected from the risk of loss of health data and the same data can be used on every device. In addition, you can start using the Health Connect application right now by downloading it from the Play Store.
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