The Samsung Gear app will actually provide users with a brief overview of the latest workout (after the workout has been completed) but those looking for greater and more granular feedback will need to have the Samsung
Health app installed and synced to the device.
It is currently estimated that one and a half billion smartphone users have
a health app installed and this number is set to treble in the next three years.
Not exact matches
In Spain, a third of smartphone users will have
installed at least one
health application this year, according to a report from The
App Date.
You can view your workout data in the Gear Manager
app, but you'll need to
install Samsung's S
Health app and sync it to Gear Manager to view your running logs.
You can have notifications appear and even
install apps from the Samsung Gear store while an embedded version of Samsung
Health shows your activity data.
Other Microsoft
apps I
installed include Microsoft Band for
health, Xbox and Beam for gaming, GroupMe for communication with colleagues.
You can of course use Samsung's own
Health platform, which is there by default, but you can also
install the Under Armour suite of
apps consisting of UA Record, Map My Run, MyFitnessPal and Endomondo.
This makes it easy for the Android users to simply
install Google Fit
app and start tracking their fitness and
health.
That said, if you have an Android device and you don't want to
install a third - party
app or spend some pennies on a fitness device, the Google Fit is the best for you but if you want to use your Windows Phone device as a fitness tracker then the Microsoft
Health is only made for you.
There's a version for both Android and iOS, with screens for
health and activity tracking, customising and adding watch faces, downloading, customising and
installing apps, and a screen for switching off notifications for individual
apps.
Windows Diagnostic Data Viewer provides common data, device properties and capabilities, network information, product and service performance data, device
health,
installed apps, and more.
To get the most out of the Gear Sport, you need to
install the Samsung Gear and Samsung
Health apps on your iOS or Android smartphone.
It's been made abundantly clear that the Gear Sport is a smartwatch focused on fitness and sporty endeavors and comes
installed with Samsung's
Health app.
A couple of
apps that can be
installed if they are supported namely Google Fit and Microsoft
Health.