Peloton, Oura and other fitness apps roll out support for Google's Health Connect platform
, Google Fit and Samsung Health. The integrations mean that when you take on a workout in one app, you can share your stats across the Health Connect ecosystem. The likes of Oura and WeightWatchers will be able to take into account your Peloton workouts, for instance.
Google and Samsung have made it easier for health and fitness app developers to tap into such information by creating a standardized data schema. This supports across six categories: activity, body measurement, cycle tracking, nutrition, sleep and vitals. Google notes that it only takes a few lines of code for apps to read and write any of these data types through Health Connect.You can disable notifications at any time in your settings menu.
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