No longer bound to Android phones or Wear OS, the Google Fit app is coming as a standalone iOS download for iPhone users, according to a Google blog post published earlier today.Since its big redesign last August, Googles free exercise and heart health tracking platform already seemed to take a page from Apples own fitness offering with its fitness ring-like progress bars.Now the app, which could already pull activity data from LG smartwatches or a handful of third-party fitness apps, will be able to speak with devices and services that connect to Apple Health for instance, Sleep Cycle, Nike Run Club, Headspace and the Apple Watch itself. However, Macworld notes that this isnt a full two-way integration, as data populating the Google Fit app from a non-Apple Watch source will not appear within Apple Health on its own accord.Googles app focuses on two main activity goals, which it calls Move Minutes and Heart Points. The former is earned during any kind of activity detected automatically through phone or watch sensors, or inputted manually by the user. The latter is accrued with each minute of moderate activity (such as a brisk walk) and is doubled if the app deems the wearers movements to be more intense (like participating in a sport).
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