• Google is officially adding native step tracking to Health Connect, as confirmed by Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2. • The company announced the change today, and a new banner and “Devices” page within the app now explicitly state Health Connect will track your phone’s steps for other apps to use. • This marks a significant shift for the platform, turning it from a simple data hub into a fitness tracking service.

Last week, we reported that Google was bringing native step tracking to Health Connect, allowing the app to count your steps using your phone’s sensors. This marks a significant shift for the app, which currently doesn’t track any data on its own and instead acts as a hub for information from other health and fitness services. While that was its original purpose, it seems Google has

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