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Wear OS watch and Kinni

Use this guide to install Kinni on Wear OS, allow watch sensor permissions, open the watch app, and confirm live heart rate is ready for your next run.

A Pixel Watch or another Wear OS watch can provide live heart rate while you record a Kinni run from your Android phone. The phone app remains the main control surface: choose the workout, start the run, stop the run, and review the session in Kinni on Android.

Before you start

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  • Use Kinni on Android with a paired Wear OS watch.
  • Install the Kinni Wear OS companion app from the Play Store on the watch.
  • Keep the watch unlocked and worn so heart-rate measurement can work.
  • Allow body sensor permissions on the watch when Kinni asks.

Set up Wear OS watch

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  1. In Kinni on Android, open Profile.
  2. Under Connected apps & devices, tap Wear OS watch.
  3. If Kinni says the watch app is not installed, open the Play Store on your watch, search for Kinni, and install the Kinni Wear OS companion app.
  4. Tap Allow watch sensor permissions in Kinni.
  5. Check your watch for the permission prompt and allow the requested sensor access.
  6. Open Kinni on your Wear OS watch once.
  7. Wait for the watch app to show its workout-ready state.
  8. Return to the Wear OS watch setup screen in Kinni and tap Done.

The setup screen shows Watch app installed, Watch sensor permissions, and Open Kinni on Wear OS watch so you can see which step still needs attention.

Use Wear OS during a Kinni run

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  1. Open Go Run or the workout run setup screen.
  2. Check Run devices for the Wear OS watch card.
  3. Start the Kinni run from the Android phone.
  4. Keep the watch on your wrist during the run so Kinni can receive live heart-rate updates.
  5. Stop the run from Kinni on the phone when you are finished.

When live heart rate is current, Kinni can show the BPM value on the watch-ready surfaces. If the value is still measuring or unavailable, keep the watch awake, worn, and close to the phone.

What Wear OS does not replace

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Wear OS watch support is not Health Connect. Wear OS is the live companion path for heart rate during a Kinni run; Health Connect is the Android health store used for completed-session import and export.

Wear OS also does not control your treadmill. Use Kinni’s treadmill connection articles for FTMS, FitShow, or treadmill-control questions.

If Wear OS is not ready

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  • Confirm the watch is paired with the Android phone you use for Kinni.
  • Confirm Kinni is installed on the watch.
  • Reopen Kinni on the watch and keep the watch unlocked.
  • Tap Allow watch sensor permissions again if the permission prompt did not appear.
  • If permissions were denied, open the watch’s app permissions for Kinni and allow the required sensor access.
  • If heart rate stays unavailable, check that the watch is being worn snugly and that no other condition is preventing the watch from measuring heart rate.
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