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Android Health & Fitness

Use Health Connect to share your health and fitness app's unique superpowers with other health apps on-device, and consume specialized data from other apps to help users achieve their goals. Take your apps to the next level using Health Services to access on-device sensor data for all Wear OS 3+ devices.
Plan
Learn how to migrate your existing health and fitness apps from Google Fit APIs to Health Connect APIs on Android.
Plan
Learn how to interact with Health Connect to safely share health data with other apps on-device or derive deeper health insights.
Plan
Learn how to supplement your Wear OS app with high-quality sensor data in a power-efficient way.
Design
Explore designs for health & fitness in the Wear OS Gallery.
Design
Your app’s UI should articulate the benefits of Health Connect and explain key concepts in a way that enhances user knowledge.
Develop
Give users secure health and fitness data storage on-device and full control over their privacy settings, with granular controls to see which apps are requesting access to data at any given time.
Develop
Learn how to optimize for the wrist and provide at-a-glance updates.
Enhance
Put Health Services and Health Connect together.
Enhance
Use the Data Layer API to send sensor data to a mobile device, which can then store the data in Health Connect.

Connect your devices

With Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), apps can communicate with BLE devices that have stricter power requirements, such as proximity sensors, heart rate monitors, and fitness devices.
Use Companion Device Manager (CDM) to scan for nearby devices that can be paired with your app.