• Google is adding native step tracking to Health Connect, changing its function from just a data hub for other apps. • This marks a significant shift, as Health Connect will now be able to collect its own data directly from the phone’s sensors. • This could be the first step in turning Health Connect into a comprehensive health platform, though the feature isn’t fully working yet.
If you want to improve your health, there’s no shortage of services you can use to track your health, fitness, and wellness metrics. Some options are better than others at tracking certain metrics, so many people mix and match to find the best solution. To simplify this for users, Google created Health Connect in 2022 to serve as a central hub for all this data. Currently, the service only facilitates data