GARMIN GUIDE

What does Garmin share with Apple Health?

Garmin Connect can send much of your watch data to Apple Health on your iPhone, including steps, workouts, heart rate, and sleep. Garmin’s own scores, like HRV Status, Body Battery, stress, and Training Readiness, stay in Garmin Connect. Sharing runs one way, and Garmin Connect needs to be open after your watch syncs.

How do I turn on Apple Health sharing?

In the Garmin Connect app, tap More, then Settings, then Connected Apps, and choose Apple Health. Tap Connect with Apple Health, pick the categories you want to share, and tap Allow. Menu names can shift a little between app versions, so look for “Connected Apps” if you don’t see it straight away.

To check or change what’s allowed later, open the Health app, tap your profile picture, then tap Apps under Privacy. Garmin Connect appears there as “Connect.” Tap it and turn on the categories you want. After you turn sharing on, Health brings in up to two weeks of earlier data.

What comes through to Apple Health?

Garmin’s support page lists these:

Steps, walking and running distance, and flights climbed.
Active and resting energy.
Heart rate through the day. For workouts, Garmin sends only the high and low heart rate, so Apple’s workout heart rate charts may show “Chart Unavailable.”
Sleep. Recent versions of Garmin Connect generally include sleep stages as well as total sleep.
Workouts uploaded to Garmin Connect, without the GPS route.
Weight, body fat, BMI, and water, if you track them.

Exactly what arrives depends on your watch, your Garmin Connect version, and the categories you allow, so coverage can differ from one setup to another.

What stays in Garmin Connect?

Garmin’s own measurements and scores aren’t on its list of data shared with Apple Health. That includes HRV Status, Body Battery, stress, and Training Readiness. You’ll still find them in Garmin Connect.

Sharing also goes only one way. Garmin says Garmin Connect sends data to Apple Health but doesn’t read data from Apple Health or an Apple Watch. And Apple’s Activity rings only move with data from an Apple Watch, so Garmin data won’t close them.

Why isn’t my Garmin data showing up?

Most gaps come down to a few things:

Garmin Connect wasn’t open. Garmin says the app must be open in the foreground to send data to Apple Health. If it’s closed, the transfer pauses until your next sync with the app open. A simple habit helps: after you wake and your watch syncs, open Garmin Connect for a moment.
A category is turned off. In Health, tap your profile picture, then Apps, then Connect, and check that the categories you want are on.
Another source has priority. When two sources record the same thing, like steps from both your iPhone and your Garmin, Health shows the one ranked highest. Open that data type in Health, tap Data Sources & Access, tap Edit, and drag Connect toward the top.
Connect isn’t listed at all. Garmin notes that Connect won’t appear in Health if the only Garmin device on your account is an Edge cycling computer.
Older history is missing. Health only imports about two weeks of data from before you turned sharing on.

If something still looks off, check that Garmin Connect and iOS are up to date, then sync your watch again with Garmin Connect open.

How Wellplease helps

Wellplease reads your Garmin data from Apple Health, so there’s no Garmin account to connect. In the app, Settings → Garmin has a step-by-step setup guide. Because Garmin doesn’t share HRV with Apple Health, your Recovery score uses sleeping heart rate and sleep instead, compared with your own usual range. Wellplease only reads Apple Health and never writes to it, and your health history stays on your iPhone. You’ll need an iPhone with iOS 27 or later. See how the scores work.

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This guide is general information, not medical advice. Garmin and Apple change their apps over time, so details may differ on your devices. Last reviewed October 10, 2026.

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