Here's what's new in version 4.1.3 👇

Hi everyone - today we're happy to announce the release of our Health Connect integration for Android! This should now be available in the latest Play Store build (version 4.1.3).

Health Connect is essentially Google’s replacement for Google Fit. Health Connect is structured a lot more like Apple Health, in that it only uses device-level permissions, instead of account-level permissions.

While Health Connect had been in beta for some time, Google recently announced the more official cutover to Health Connect, and will be deprecating Google Fit next June; as such, we decided that it was now time to support it properly in Caliber.

With our Health Connect integration, you’ll now be able to:

• Sync data from sources like Samsung Health, MyFitnessPal, and Fitbit, which didn’t work properly with Google Fit

• Sync bodyweight and body fat data from Health Connect to Caliber, assuming you have a smart scale or another app that writes to Health Connect

• Sync strength workouts from Caliber back to Health Connect, which then allows you to sync that data up with other fitness apps

• All existing syncing types from Google Fit are also supported with Health Connect, including steps, cardio, and nutrition

New users of the Caliber app will now see an option to enable the Health Connect integration as part of the registration flow, instead of Google Fit. Existing users of the app can now enable the Health Connect integration under Settings.

A few other considerations here:

• We will still be supporting Google Fit for a period of time as well, so there should be no immediate disruption if you are currently using that. However, to avoid various potential syncing issues, you won’t be able to have Health Connect and Google Fit enabled in Caliber at the same time (it’ll show you a modal if you try to do this in Settings).

• Health Connect is bundled into all Android devices on Android 14 or higher; if you are on Android 13 or lower, you should be able to download the Health Connect app from the Play Store.

• Finally, since Google is still in the process of transitioning here, there may still be some bugs with Health Connect itself, although everything ran very smoothly as we were testing.

How To Transition:

If you’re currently using Google Fit, you don’t have to switch to Health Connect right away. However, since Google is now asking users to connect Health Connect to Google Fit itself, here is a good transition approach if you’d like to cut over:

• In the Google Fit app, tap on the widget to connect to Health Connect, allowing all of the relevant permissions as you do this.
• In Caliber, disable the Google Fit integration and enable the Health Connect integration.

This way, all of your existing integrations that are set up through Google Fit should now flow through to Health Connect and Caliber, while also allowing you to connect additional apps to Health Connect, such as MyFitnessPal or Samsung Health, which would also be synced with Caliber.

If you’re on Android and decide to cut over, please let us know if you run into any issues or have any other feedback!