During the Google I/O 2024 event, the Mountain View company revealed new capabilities coming soon to Health Connect. With the addition of background reads and history reads support, Google hopes to make it possible for developers to read data from Health Connect while their app is in the background without having to rely on the user to open the app.
On top of that, history read will provide users with the option to grant apps access to all historical data in Health Connect, not just the past 30 days.
According to Google, both upcoming capabilities from Health Connect will require developers to declare the respective permissions so that users can approve them before developers can make use of the data protected by those permissions.
Of course, users will be able to revoke access at any time from within Health Connect settings. It’s important to add that Google will be releasing these new features later this year.
The Health Services sensor panel
- Ground Contact Time
- Stride Length
- Vertical Oscillation
- Vertical Ratio
Last but not least, debounced goals for instantaneous metrics will include measurements like heart rate, distance, and speed. These debounced goals will help prevent the same event from being emitted multiple times over a short time period.
