Samsung's S Health fitness tracker now available for all non-Samsung Android devices

[wickedplayer494]

[url]http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/09/18/samsungs-s-health-app-updated-to-support-non-samsung-devices/[/url]

[quote=Android Police]Fitness tracker apps are a dime a dozen in the Play Store, but few are as visible as S Health. This app has tens of millions of installs because it comes bundled on all newer Samsung phones, and now it's available to everyone else. The latest update expands support to just about any device.

The S Health app still has Samsung's account framework built-in for backup and sync, but you can use it on a single device without logging in. The app can be used to count steps, record exercise data, track calories, and so on. It's a typical exercise app, basically. S Health has a distinctively Samsung UI, meaning it hides the status bar and uses text labels instead of icons. It's a little jarring to see this on a non-Samsung phone, but it's a fine fitness tracking app.[/quote]

While TouchWiz itself is generally shit, the one thing I did like about it was S Health.

[CottonTM]

Somehow I didn't quite understand the context and I thought Samsung had released an app for everyone but themselves and I was like WOW WAY TO SUPPORT YOUR CUSTOMER BASE

massive idiot

[Thelurker1234]

[quote]record exercise data, track calories[/quote]
Hmm, maybe I should reinstall it on my note 4. Better than running to a computer to punch in numbers

[Coldmute]

I've started walking the campus Rec center track with a friend every day. He has been using this since he has a Samsung phone. I got Google Fit instead, seems to work about the same for me.

[wickedplayer494]

[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;48744991]I've started walking the campus Rec center track with a friend every day. He has been using this since he has a Samsung phone. I got Google Fit instead, seems to work about the same for me.[/QUOTE]

Fit is a pretty good start for Google, but right now, it's nowhere near as extensive as offerings from Apple (iOS Health is probably the only "great" thing about it), Sony, Samsung, etc. It's okay for basic stuff though.

[tempcon]

I wish food trackers like this could make it easier to count the calories of non-packaged food. Unless I weigh out the nuts I eat for example it's not so helpful.