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Google Health Enables Two‑Way Sync With Apple Health

This update ends reliance on third‑party sync tools.

Overview

  • Google released version 5.05 on Monday, August 3, 2026, allowing Google Health on iOS to write exercise records, sleep, vitals, steps and other Fitbit data into Apple Health.
  • Users must enable the connection inside Google Health, grant category-specific permissions, and choose how much historical data to share.
  • Google Health currently imports up to three months of Apple Health history and says it plans to add longer-history support later.
  • Heart rate variability (HRV) is not synced because Google Health and Apple Health use different HRV calculation methods that are not directly compatible.
  • The update also adds US-only Smart Health Links for creating secure, shareable medical summaries and is rolling out to Android in phases after the iOS release.