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Foot pods and Kinni
Use this overview when deciding whether to use a foot pod with Kinni.
A foot pod is a running sensor worn on your shoe. In Kinni, a compatible Bluetooth foot pod can provide live running speed and cadence data when you are not using a treadmill data source, or when you prefer a shoe-based running sensor.
Kinni supports foot pods that advertise the Bluetooth Running Speed and Cadence service.
Where foot pods appear in Kinni
Section titled “Where foot pods appear in Kinni”Open Go Run and look under Run devices. The Foot pod card shows whether Kinni is ready to connect, reconnecting to your last foot pod, using treadmill cadence data, or connected to a separate foot pod.
Tap the card to open Scan & connect. From there you can scan, connect, disconnect, or return to run setup.
What Kinni reads from a foot pod
Section titled “What Kinni reads from a foot pod”Kinni decodes the Bluetooth Running Speed and Cadence measurement feed. Depending on what the sensor sends, Kinni can use:
- running or walking state;
- instantaneous speed;
- cadence in steps per minute;
- stride length;
- total distance.
Foot pods do not provide heart rate. Use a heart-rate monitor or watch heart-rate source separately if you want live BPM.
When a foot pod is useful
Section titled “When a foot pod is useful”A foot pod can help when:
- you run without a controllable Bluetooth treadmill;
- your treadmill does not send cadence or step data;
- you want a shoe-based speed/cadence source for indoor runs;
- you want Kinni sessions to include cadence, stride, or foot-pod distance data where the sensor provides it.
When the treadmill already provides cadence
Section titled “When the treadmill already provides cadence”Some connected treadmills also expose Running Speed and Cadence data. When that source is active, Kinni may show Using your treadmill cadence sensor on the Foot pod card.
If you want to use a separate foot pod instead, disconnect the treadmill cadence source from the card, then scan for your foot pod.
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