Samsung He alth will stop sharing your data with other he alth apps
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If you have ever used Samsung He alth, you will know that it is one of the most advantageous applications of the Korean. This is specially designed to help users to track their he alth and physical performance, hence, as you can imagine, it collects a lot of information.
The application works and is powered by home devices, such as the Samsung Gear S3, Gear Sport and Geat Fit Pro In addition A couple of years ago, the tool launched a function called Connected Services so that Samsung He alth users can synchronize the data obtained through third parties, such as Microsoft He alth, Fitbit, Runkeeper or Misfit.
In this way, and until now, users have had the opportunity to use other applications and services, synchronizing all the data with the Samsung application at the same timeBut this option will be deprecated shortly. Samsung has decided to remove this functionality as of September 1st.
Samsung He alth will soon stop providing your data to third parties
The "Connected Services" feature will no longer be available from September 1. And it will be like this for all third-party applications and services, except Strava.
As you know, Strava is a social network especially aimed at athletes of different kinds, which allows you to track sports performance through GPS.For now, users of this app will continue to have the ability to monitor their performance through Samsung He alth.
For the rest, and as reported by Samsung itself, the application will also stop tracking other data, such as information on ultraviolet radiation, temperature and humidity.
All these new features will be coming to the Samsung He alth app aboard version 6.0. Users are expected to receive the update soon.
At the moment, you are already receiving the notice that warns you of these developments and that urges you to synchronize the data before the update takes place. This is to avoid losing all the information stored to date.