How to connect to and sync with Health Connect - Android

Connect to Health Connect in order to sync your exercise data to Lifesum and your nutrition data to your connected health apps. With Health Connect installed on your Android device you can sync your exercise and food data from Lifesum to other apps in an easy way.

How do I connect Lifesum to Health Connect?

This can be done by following these steps: 

1. Go to the Diary/Progress tab.
2. Go to your Profile in the top right corner. 
3. Go to Settings in the top right corner. 
4. Go to Automatic Tracking. 
5. Select Health Connect and follow the instructions. 

Which apps does currently work with Health Connect?

Currently, these are some of the apps you can sync to Lifesum via Health Connect:

• Samsung Health
• Fitbit
• Google Fit
• Oura

What data is it possible to import/export to or from Health Connect? 

Import: 

• Exercises    
• Total calories burned    
• Steps tracked

Export: 

• Nutrition (tracked food)    
• Hydration (tracked water)

How do I connect an app via Health Connect?

If you want to connect the exercise or health app you are using to Lifesum via Health Connect you can do so. How this is done varies a bit depending on which app you want to use, here are some examples: 

How to sync Google Fit to Health Connect: 

1. Open Google Fit. 
2. Tap Profile. 
3. Go to Settings. 
4. Go to Health Connect settings. 
5. Go to Manage data and access. 
6. Go to Connected apps. 
7. Turn on Sync Fit with Health Connect.

You can find more information here. 

How to sync Samsung Health to Health Connect: 

1. Open Samsung Health.
2. Go to Settings. 
3. Select Health Connect.
4. Tap Get started.
5. Select and approve the data you want to share with Health Connect. 

You can find more information here.

How to sync Fitbit to Health Connect: 

1. Open Fitbit. 
2. Go to the Today tab. 
3. Tap the Device icon.
4. Open the Add connections section. 
5. Tap Set-up Health Connect. 
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to set up Health Connect and choose what data to allow Fitbit to access.

You can find more information here.

I am having issues with the connection, what can I do?

If you are experiencing issues syncing to or from Health Connect, work through the steps below.

General checks

1. Make sure Health Connect is updated to the latest version via the Play Store.
2. Make sure Lifesum is updated to the latest version.
3. Make sure the connected app (Samsung Health, Fitbit, Google Fit, Oura, etc.) is updated to its latest version.
4. Under Automatic Tracking in Lifesum, confirm Health Connect is still selected as the active source and reconnect it if needed.
5. In Health Connect, go to App permissions > Lifesum, and confirm the specific data types you expect (steps, active calories, workouts, nutrition, hydration) are switched on. Steps alone will not produce a calorie value if calorie/workout permissions are not also granted.

Sync works some days but not others

This is usually caused by Android battery optimization suspending Health Connect or the source app in the background, so data does not sync consistently. Set both Health Connect and the connected source app (for example Garmin Connect, Samsung Health) to Unrestricted battery usage in the phone's app settings. Samsung devices in particular apply additional manufacturer-level background restrictions on top of standard Android battery optimization, so ask for the device model if the issue persists after this step.

Burned calories not importing correctly, or steps sync but calories don't

Check that only one source is active in Lifesum's Automatic Tracking settings. Also confirm the source app is sending Active Calories or full Workout records into Health Connect, not just step count, and that Lifesum has read permission for those specific data types under Health Connect > App permissions > Lifesum.

Duplicated or conflicting values when multiple apps are connected (for example Samsung Health and Health Connect together)

Samsung Health has its own direct connection to Lifesum that is separate from Health Connect, with a different API. Having both connected at the same time is a common cause of duplicated or conflicting exercise and calorie data. To resolve:

1. In Lifesum, go to Automatic Tracking and keep only Health Connect active.
2. In Samsung Health, disconnect the direct Lifesum connection.
3. In Health Connect, verify Lifesum's read permissions are correctly scoped for the data types being synced.

Nutrition or food data not appearing in Health Connect

Food logged using Multimodal (AI) Tracking is not currently sent to Health Connect. If nutrition data is missing on the connected app's side, check under Customize Diary whether Multimodal Tracking is enabled, and disable it if the user wants all logged food to sync through.

Calorie or nutrition values differing between Lifesum and the connected app

If the values shown in Lifesum do not match what is reflected in the connected app, this can be a cache versus server-side mismatch, and can appear as either higher or lower than expected, not only lower. Workaround: delete the affected food or exercise entry in Lifesum and re-add it, which forces the app to fetch the current value from the server rather than a stale cached one.

Updated on: 09/07/2026