Wearables and health overview

Kinni has two different health and wearable paths:

• Watches can act as a live run companion and heart-rate source while you are recording with Kinni.
• Apple Health and Health Connect are phone health stores used for session import, session export, and health-history sync.

They are related, but they are not the same feature. A watch can provide live heart rate during a Kinni run; a health platform can move completed workout history between Kinni and the phone’s health store.

Kinni support articles should cover these app features:

• Apple Watch setup: install Kinni on Apple Watch, allow Apple Health permissions, open the watch app, and use live heart rate during iPhone-led Kinni runs.
• Wear OS setup: install Kinni on a Pixel Watch or other Wear OS watch, allow watch sensor permissions, open the watch app, and use live heart rate during Android-led Kinni runs.
• Health-platform connection: connect Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android from Connected apps & devices.
• Health sync options: choose whether Kinni auto-uploads sessions to the health platform and whether Kinni imports health workout history.
• Sync status and troubleshooting: review import/export access, last import/export, sync status, and any health-sync error shown in Kinni.

• Use Apple Watch and Kinni when you want live heart rate from Apple Watch during a Kinni run.
• Use Wear OS watch and Kinni when you want live heart rate from a Pixel Watch or another Wear OS watch.
• Use Health Connect and Apple Health when you want completed sessions to move between Kinni and your phone health store.
• Use Troubleshoot health sync when health permissions, import, export, or sync status needs attention.

Apple Health and Health Connect do not control your treadmill and do not replace the live watch companion. For treadmill Bluetooth, FTMS, FitShow, or incline-control questions, use the Treadmills overview instead.