Thanks no joy for me unfortunately Fitness App on phone is showing the Zwift activities from Garmin Connect but move ring on Watch and on phone will not update only the fitness minutes.
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Ah I see. Iām not bothered about calories so hadnāt looked. Minutes is updated but not calories.
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@James_McLean_Watt Yeah Iām having exactly the same issue, calories and move goal doesnāt update on the watch. Which is very annoying
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Havenāt used Apple Watch as a HRM on Zwift for a long time it certainly didnāt work that great on the last few occasions constantly loosing connection. This morning I connected my Polar Verity to my Apple Watch thinking this may be a work around move ring did update to 204 but not a specific value to match any of the four rides I did on Zwift.
While not ideal, you can manually create a workout in Apple Health. (I donāt want to do this either) Though it only seems to be a couple of data points, Calories, Distance, Start/Stop time.
I am not happy about this either and would really like to see a direct sync from Zwift to Apple Health (I see they do/can sync to Fitbit) So we need more noise on getting Zwift to do a direct integration and this will resolve this.
Is it possible to connect a HR-strap via bluetooth with the Apple watch and then open the Zwift Companion app on the Apple watch? So the Apple Watch will act as a pass-through?
I used my garmin watch to do the same thing this morning for a run and thatās didnāt work either. The health app pulls the data through and updates the exercise but not calories. Just added them manually for now.
I didnāt try opening the companion app on the watch will try next time but donāt really want to use Apple Watch I have a couple of arm HRM which I much prefer wearing.
Just to confirm are you saying RunGap will sync with apple health and update exercise minutes and calories from Zwift or Garmin Connect.
Garmin connect will sync with apple health but it only updates for the exercise ring not the move ring
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Iāve havenāt tried from GC, but RunGap worked for Zwift and for FulGaz to update move calories and exercise minutes (including for past days).
Strava didnāt even so much as send a courtesy email to itsā users nor, to my knowledge, did they contact their partners like Zwift to make any of us aware of these changes.
Seems like it is time for somebody to step into this space and shake up Stravaās stranglehold on our data.
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I think there is are multiple issues with the iOS Health Data Connectivity, when I reinstall the Companion App there is no Allow Health Data, I see Health Data as Heart Rates, Calories, and SpO2. Distance, Effort, Routes is great but not Health Data. Companion needs the full Health Kit, Strava is saying they do not want to broker the data for a more popular service so, cut them out. Strava Support say they have no interest in brokering other product data.
Kevin W. (Help Center)
Mar 11, 2022, 10:00 AM MST
Hi Tim,
Thanks for reaching out. We recently updated our Health Kit integration, which means only activities recorded directly with Strava (iPhone or Apple Watch app) will push to Apple Health. You will need to connect your 3rd party device directly to Apple Health moving forward or reach out to the 3rd party if an integration does not yet exist.
Just to synthesize some of this thread for folks just arriving here:
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Strava broke this intentionally.
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Zwift really ought to make it possible to just send the data directly. The need to use the Apple Watch as the HRM is not necessary. I donāt pay for Strava, so I canāt complain too much to them. I do pay for Zwift ($30/month in our household) and this is a simple fix ā so they should take care of it.
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We know itās a simple fix because RunGap fixes it. I can confirm that RunGap will send ALL your zwift ride data (including, for the first time, full heart rate chart!) to apple health. I imagine the developer will be having a big day. I happily paid for it.
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I agree totally about Strava, I will no longer support that app until they get off their high horse and play nicely with other apps that US CUSTOMERS want.
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Itās not just Stravaās fault, itās Zwiftās as well.
There is no legitimate reason that if the Zwift app receives heart rate information from any device that it cannot send this information to Apple Health.
I am beyond sick and tired of playing this game with fitness apps. No wonder the barrier of entry is so high, you have to be extremely technically competent to participate in these kinds of activities.
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Iāve enabled zwift companion on my apple watch and it did share my ride with apple health. Even has BPM and Calories, but it does not change my move calories ring as well.
I tried RunGap. It simply wont work for me, and I am not willing to pay until I see it works. I have Apple Health set as destination and zwift, strava as sources. Nothing syncs.
I hope Zwift can finally have this full connectivity to apple health.
There is no legitimate reason that if the Zwift app receives heart rate information from any device that it cannot send this information to Apple Health.
This is exactly right. And RunGap proves it.
I tried RunGap. It simply wont work for me, and I am not willing to pay until I see it works. I have Apple Health set as destination and zwift, strava as sources. Nothing syncs.
Here are the steps that worked for me:
- Accounts & Settings ā> Zwift ā Give RG your Zwift credentials; then let it sync and it will pull in all your zwift rides.
- Accounts & Settings ā> Apple Health ā Use as Source and Destination and turn on all read and write in Health
- Activities āā chose a ride, click on 3 dots, choose share, make sure Health slider is on and hit save.
It gives you ALL the Zwift data, including the HR chart.
(Note: I recorded my ride in Zwift without the ZCA and without using Apple Watch ā just a Zwift ride.)
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this only works with a paid subscription to rungap though?
I havenāt paid for it and i donāt get a write section in the health app for rungap