When it comes to tracking health and fitness data, we usually think of smartwatches and other wearables. It turns out that your Android phone can track some basic stats all by itself, and you might not even realize it.
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Apps like Google Fit and Samsung Health can silently track your steps, active minutes, calories burned, and more as you use your phone every day. They can also share data with other health and fitness apps on your phone.
Sure, all of this can be useful for insight into your health and daily routine, but it’s important to know what’s being collected and where it’s being stored. And best of all, auditing these apps only takes a few minutes.
Google Fit now uses an underlying technology called Health Connect, which manages everything locally on your smartphone and keeps it fully encrypted. This data is not accessible to anyone unless they can somehow unlock your phone. This applies to all apps that want to use the Health Connect standard.
