Health Connect
On Android, Kata reads steps, workouts, sleep and heart data from Health Connect. It never writes back.
- Open Settings, Privacy and data, Connections, then Health Connect.
- Tap Connect Health Connect.
- Choose what Kata may read.
On Android 14 and newer, Health Connect is part of the phone. On Android 13 and older, install it from Google Play first. Health Connect needs Android 9 or newer.
Steps, active energy, distance, workouts with heart rate, weight, height, sleep, resting heart rate and HRV.
Without the history permission, Health Connect gives Kata the 30 days before you connected.
Open Health Connect in your phone’s Settings, then App permissions, then Kata. Kata stops reading at once.
Values from Health Connect stay on your phone and out of your Google backup. After a restore, Kata reads them again from Health Connect.