Health Connect
Health Connect is a health informatics platform developed by Google in collaboration with Samsung for the Android operating system. The platform was announced in May 2022 at Google I/O and launched in public beta that November, serving as a centralized repository and API that lets health and fitness applications securely share and synchronize user health data across devices and services.
With the release of Android 14, Health Connect moved from being a standalone application downloaded through the Google Play store to a framework module integrated directly into the Android operating system. As of May 2024, more than 500 applications have integrated with the platform.
History
Development and announcement
Google announced Health Connect in partnership with Samsung at the Google I/O developer conference on May 11, 2022. The two companies developed the platform to address a longstanding problem in Android's health and fitness ecosystem: different applications maintained their own separate data repositories, which made it difficult for users to get a unified view of their health information across multiple services.The platform was developed with early access provided to select partners, including MyFitnessPal, Leap Fitness, and Withings.
Beta launch and adoption
On November 14, 2022, Health Connect became available in public beta as a downloadable application on the Google Play store. More than 10 health, fitness, and wellness applications launched integrations at the same time, including Fitbit, Samsung Health, Peloton, MyFitnessPal, Oura, and WeightWatchers.The service left beta in March 2023 and started coming pre-installed on Google Pixel devices.
Integration into Android 14
In May 2023, Google announced plans to make Health Connect a core part of Android 14, moving it from a standalone app to an integrated system service. This change put Health Connect in the Android Settings menu by default on devices running Android 14 or later. For older devices Health Connect remains available as a downloadable app.When users upgrade their devices to Android 14, the system automatically migrates existing Health Connect data and permissions from the standalone app to the system-integrated version.
Relationship with Google Fit
As Health Connect developed, Google began winding down the Google Fit platform. In 2022, the company announced that Google Fit APIs, including the REST API, would remain available until June 30, 2025, with Health Connect taking over as the primary platform for health data management on Android.Features and functionality
Platform architecture
Health Connect works as an on-device data repository, storing health and fitness information locally on the user's Android device in encrypted form. It provides a standardized API that lets applications perform CRUD operations on health data, subject to user permissions.The system works with Android SDK version 28 and higher, giving it broad compatibility across the Android ecosystem.
Supported data types
Health Connect handles more than 50 standardized health and fitness data types, organized into six main categories:- Activity: step count, exercise sessions, distance, calories burned
- Body measurements: weight, height, body fat percentage, bone mass
- Cycle tracking: menstrual cycle data
- Nutrition: hydration, meals, macronutrients
- Sleep: sleep sessions, sleep stages
- Vitals: heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, blood glucose, oxygen saturation
Privacy and permissions
Users get granular permission controls that let them manage data access on a per-app, per-data-type basis. Specifically, users can:- Grant or revoke app access to specific health data types
- See which applications have accessed their data
- Choose which data source takes priority when multiple apps provide the same data type
- Delete health data stored in Health Connect
Adoption and ecosystem
Platform adoption
As of May 2024, more than 500 applications have integrated with Health Connect. Among major fitness platforms, approximately 20% of Peloton's new members use Health Connect, contributing to a 10% increase in members using the platform to log workouts over time.Supported applications
As of 2025, Health Connect works with numerous health and fitness platforms, including:The platform pulls in data from wearable devices including Wear OS smartwatches and compatible fitness trackers. Garmin added official Health Connect support in July 2025, allowing one-way data sharing from Garmin devices to Health Connect.