[Q] Question about Fit

[Kermit33]

I installed Google Fit on my Zenwatch and went aboard for a week and left my Zenwatch home. I noticed after I came back that there are data for that week on my handphone!

Is it normal? Where did the data come from? are they correct?

p.s. the Zenwatch was power off during that week.

 

[CSX321]

I installed Google Fit on my Zenwatch and went aboard for a week and left my Zenwatch home. I noticed after I came back that there are data for that week on my handphone!

Is it normal? Where did the data come from? are they correct?

p.s. the Zenwatch was power off during that week.

Fit will also gather data from your phone. If you were using it, that's where the data is from.

 

[Kermit33]

Fit will also gather data from your phone. If you were using it, that's where the data is from.

You mean my phone can track my steps, etc. even I am not wearing my watch? I doubt it.

 

[CSX321]

You mean my phone can track my steps, etc. even I am not wearing my watch? I doubt it.

Yes, it uses the sensors in the phone. It was available for the phone quite a while before the first Wear devices were available.

 

[Kermit33]

Yes, it uses the sensors in the phone. It was available for the phone quite a while before the first Wear devices were available.

Thanks for your reply but I notice Wellness doesn't keep track during that week!

 

[CSX321]

Thanks for your reply but I notice Wellness doesn't keep track during that week!

Wellness is an Asus app. Earlier you said you used Google Fit. Google Fit can use the sensors in the phone.

 

[Kermit33]

Wellness is an Asus app. Earlier you said you used Google Fit. Google Fit can use the sensors in the phone.

I use both.

 

[BigBlue007]

The Wellness app for the smartphone is, as said above, an Asus app. It does NOT count steps on the phone, but only syncs with the watch and therefore only shows you the steps that the watch measured.

Google Fit on the other hand was primarily designed for phones and uses its sensors to gather steps and other stuff. In addition, Google Fit can also gather the data from Wear Smartwatches (and other 3rd party wearable devices). In the Android Wear app on your phone you should find a setting where you can configure which app should be used on the watch for steps and heart rate. If you select "Wellness" there, Google Fit will not receive any data from the watch, only the Wellness app will. If you select "Google Fit", it's vice versa.

Usually it makes more sense to use Google Fit, because when you do, your steps will be counted if you have EITHER your watch OR your phone with you. And Google Fit is smart enough to not double-count the steps if you carry both. With Wellness on the other hand, you have to wear the watch in order to count your steps.

 

[Kermit33]

The Wellness app for the smartphone is, as said above, an Asus app. It does NOT count steps on the phone, but only syncs with the watch and therefore only shows you the steps that the watch measured.

Google Fit on the other hand was primarily designed for phones and uses its sensors to gather steps and other stuff. In addition, Google Fit can also gather the data from Wear Smartwatches (and other 3rd party wearable devices). In the Android Wear app on your phone you should find a setting where you can configure which app should be used on the watch for steps and heart rate. If you select "Wellness" there, Google Fit will not receive any data from the watch, only the Wellness app will. If you select "Google Fit", it's vice versa.

Usually it makes more sense to use Google Fit, because when you do, your steps will be counted if you have EITHER your watch OR your phone with you. And Google Fit is smart enough to not double-count the steps if you carry both. With Wellness on the other hand, you have to wear the watch in order to count your steps.

Thanks for your information.

 

[Kermit33]

The Fit app on my watch starts malfunctioning this week, whenever I try getting my heart rate, it shows the rate the moment I put my fingers on the watch! I keep trying and even restart the watch but the problem still exists.

What should I do?

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