- Google Health Connect soon supports Garmin
- MI Fitness and Runna will also be supported from June
- A few other updates come to Google Health Connect for developers
Google I/O always starts with an opening key, but the developer conference contains great software messages across its various lectures and events – and such a reveal on Google I/O 2025 is that Google’s Health Connect will soon be compatible with Runna, Mi Fitness and Garmin.
Google Health Connect, launched back in 2022, is Android’s Apple Health Equivalent. It allows you to easily share health measurements and fitness data across devices and between apps, while privacy control allows you to choose what data is and is not shared.
From June, MI Fitness (Xiaomis Fitness Laptop), Runna (the excellent running coach app that Strava recently acquired) and Garmin will be able to share data with Health Connect, which revealed on its Android scene and discovered by Android Central.
It’s not the only change that comes to Health Connect. As is the case with most I/O notifications, these app developer is focused, but there are some features we wanted to highlight.
First, Health Connect supports new medical items APIs. Users will be able to directly enter details in apps to highlight their allergies and immunizations, and apps can be designed to interface with clinics and practice to use a person’s medical records as a source of information
The story sounds should allow apps to more easily spot health trends over time to keep users better informed.
These features require app updates before they can be implemented and will in most cases require you to allow your data to be shared, but they mark a solid upgrade to Google’s Health Connect services.
They should help us squeeze more of the best smartwatches, best smart rings and maybe soon (thanks to Android XR) best smart glasses that many of us are wearing so we can monitor our health a little better.
