Sync with Google Health Connect or Apple Health

Google Health Connect

👋 UPDATE. Google has now discontinued Google Fit (as of September 2026) and replaced it with Google Health Connect. Google Health Connect is a different app from Google Health (which has replaced the Fitbit app) and has no front-facing app. Instead, Google Health Connect must be configured via your device’s settings app. You can learn more about configuring Health Connect using the links below:

• • https://support.google.com/android/answer/12201872?hl=en-GB
  • Switch from Fitbit to Google Health

To sync data from Google Health Connect.

1. 1. Navigate to Bearable’s Settings page using the icon in the top left-hand corner of your home screen.
   2. Scroll down to the Customise section
   3. Tap on Sync with Health Connect
   4. Tap on each of the health metrics you’d like to sync from Health Connect e.g. Heart Rate
   5. Then select Health Connect from the options on the following screen.
   6. You’ll then see a few permissions screens. Make sure to press “Allow” for all of these.
   7. Then confirm your selections on the final screen.

❗IMPORTANT – When you first connect Bearable to Google Health Connect, make sure you choose the Google Account associated with your Health Connect data on the initial “Choose an account” screen i.e. the one that you are signed into Google Health Connect with, as this is where your data (e.g steps, heart rate etc.) will be pulled from.

To confirm that Bearable is now properly synced with Health Connect:

1. 1. Open the Settings app on your phone.
   2. Search for Health Connect
   3. Tap into the Health Connect option under the Health Connect header (as multiple options may appear)
   4. You should then see a list of ‘your health apps’
   5. Bearable should appear on this list, but if not, you can tap ‘see more health apps’ to add it.
   6. Then tap on Bearable to make sure all permissions have been given.
   7. Your health data will now automatically sync with Bearable.

When you go back to the homepage and view the Health Measurements section. You’ll now see all of your synced data being shown. If not, restart the app and it should show up.

👋 Note. A newer feature in Health Connect allows for prioritisation of your sources of health data. So, for example, if you’re tracking health data via a wearable as well as your device itself, you may need to re-order the priority of your data sources to ensure that the correct data appears in Bearable. You can learn more about this here:

• • https://support.google.com/android/answer/12990553?sjid=4158849510440322852-EU#:~:text=Data sources %26 priority

If you’re switching from Google Fit to Google Health Connect

1. 1. Open Bearable’s settings screen
   2. Scroll down to and click on the ‘Sync with Health Connect’ option
   3. Then tap the ‘stop syncing all’ button
   4. Then open the Settings app on your phone.
   5. Search for Health Connect
   6. Tap into the Health Connect option under the Health Connect header (as multiple options may appear)
   7. You should then see a list of ‘your health apps’
   8. Bearable should appear on this list, but if not, you can tap ‘see more health apps’ to add it.
   9. Then tap on Bearable to make sure all permissions have been given.
   10. Then return to Bearable’s Settings page
   11. Scroll down to and click on the ‘Sync with Health Connect’ option
   12. Tap into each metric you’d like to sync
   13. Tap on the Health Connect option

Apple Health

1. • Navigate to your ‘Profile’ in the top left-hand corner of the home screen.
   • Click on “Apple Health data”
   • You’ll be greeted with a permission screen.  Turn on the toggles for the data you want to sync.

• •  You can confirm that Bearable is now properly synced by opening Apple Health Kit > Click your profile icon (top right) > Apps > Bearable should be there.  You can click here to see which permissions are set up.
  • These will then automatically be turned on in Bearable.
  • Go back to the homepage and look for the Health Measurements section.  You’ll now see all of your synced data being shown. If not, restart the app and it should show up after being nudged into action again.

Note – These instructions are for setting up sync for the first time.  If you have already denied permissions the first time, you may have to uninstall Bearable and reinstall to be asked for those permissions again (on Apple).  On Google you will need to uninstall Bearable and disconnect Bearable from your list of connected apps in Google Fit – then when you reinstall Bearable you should be asked for the permissions again.

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