Before You Connect
Before connecting Health Connect to Healthy Cities, you must have the Health Connect app downloaded on your phone. If it's not already installed on your phone, the Health Connect app can be downloaded for free from the Google Play store.
Enabling App Permissions
Health Connect is compatible with the applications listed here. Health Connect also offers support for Samsung Health.
Once you download Health Connect, you will need to make sure Health Connect has permission to sync your data:
On your device, open the Health Connect app.
Tap App permissions.
Select the app(s) that you would like to sync with Health Connect.
Toggle on or select permissions for app(s) that you would like to sync with Health Connect.
Your application and Health Connect are now linked and data is shared between them.
Connect Health Connect to Healthy Cities
After granting Health Connect permission to access your data, you can connect with Healthy Cities by following the steps below:
Open your Healthy Cities mobile app to your dashboard
Select the menu bars in the top left corner
Select Settings, and then scroll down and select Device
Select Health Connect from the list of devices.
Select Allow when prompted to give Healthy Cities access to your activity data
Select the Get Started button to connect with Health Connect.
Allow Healthy Cities to access your Health Connect data by toggling Allow all > select Allow to confirm your connection to the Health Connect app.
You'll now be prompted to reopen the Healthy Cities app and see a connection confirmation pop up on your screen. Select Okay to confirm.
Congratulations! Your Health Connect account is now connected!
⚠️ Please note: It is important that native Samsung Health App on your device is active and remains in foreground to allow successful syncing of steps with Healthy Cities App.
If your latest activity is not getting reflected in the Healthy Cities app, open and refresh the native Samsung Health App and ensure steps are getting recorded. Post that Healthy Cities App would show your synced data too.
For instructions on how to sync within the Samsung Health app, click here.