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Foot pods, treadmills, and smartwatches
Use this reference when more than one device can provide speed, cadence, distance, or heart-rate data.
Treadmills, foot pods, and smartwatches measure different parts of a run. Choose the source that matches the data you care about most for the session.
Quick comparison
Section titled “Quick comparison”| Source | Best for | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Connected treadmill | Treadmill speed, incline, distance, and control | Best when you want Kinni to control or follow the treadmill directly. Some treadmills also provide heart rate or cadence. |
| Foot pod | Shoe-based speed, cadence, stride, and distance | Useful when treadmill data is unavailable or when you prefer a running sensor for cadence and stride. |
| Apple Watch or Wear OS watch | Live heart rate from the watch companion path | Watch heart rate is managed from the Watch card, not the Foot pod card. |
| Bluetooth heart-rate monitor | Live BPM from a strap or armband | Heart-rate monitors do not provide foot-pod cadence or stride data. |
| Apple Health or Health Connect | Completed-session import/export | Health stores are not live treadmill, heart-rate monitor, or foot-pod transports. |
How Kinni chooses running data
Section titled “How Kinni chooses running data”During a Kinni-recorded run, the app combines the active sources available in the run setup. A connected treadmill is normally the primary treadmill data/control source. A foot pod can provide running speed, cadence, stride, and distance data where supported.
If a connected treadmill exposes Running Speed and Cadence data, Kinni can use that treadmill cadence source. If you connect a separate foot pod, Kinni uses the separate foot pod instead.
How Kinni chooses heart rate
Section titled “How Kinni chooses heart rate”Foot pods do not provide heart rate. Heart rate can come from a Bluetooth heart-rate monitor, a treadmill-provided source, or a supported watch companion path.
If you are comparing data after a run, check which source was actually active before assuming one device is wrong.
After the run
Section titled “After the run”In session detail, Kinni shows charts and statistics only for data that was recorded or synced for that session. For example, a session without heart-rate samples should not show a heart-rate chart, and a session without stride/cadence samples may have less detail than a run recorded with a compatible foot pod.
Related articles
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