Samsung Health will stop syncing data with third-party apps

Last updated: August 27th, 2018 at xiii:54 UTC+01:00

Samsung Health is one of the improve-designed and feature-rich apps from the Korean company's stable. The health and wellness-focused app is capable of collecting a wide variety of activeness related data through the built-in smartphone sensors and defended wearables such as the Gear S3, Gear Sport, Gear Fit Pro, etc.

In an endeavor to make the app more versatile, Samsung added the 'Connected Services' feature a couple of years dorsum. Connected Services characteristic allows Samsung Health users to sync data with third-party apps and services such every bit Microsoft Health, Misfit, Fitbit, Jawbone, Runkeeper, etc. It offers users the flexibility to use whatever app, service, or wearable of their option and notwithstanding exist able to sync that information with the Samsung Health app.

Samsung Wellness will remove 'Connected Services' shortly

Unfortunately, Samsung has decided to retire this functionality from September 1 for all the third-political party apps and services except Strava. It is besides removing UV tracker, Temperature and Humidity (Thursday) tracker from the app. The company is notifying Samsung Wellness users about the upcoming change through a discover in the app. It is non clear what prompted this motility, but it definitely makes Samsung Health less open and more restrictive.

All these changes appear to be part of Samsung Wellness version 6.0, scheduled to hit the devices soon. The visitor is teasing users nearly the impending major update and asking them to sync the data before the update to foreclose any data loss.