Your phone comes stocked with solid tools that'll help you stay in shape.
—and log in with your Google account. Once you enter a few personal details about yourself such as your age, gender, weight, and height, and set your fitness goals, you’ll be up and running—quite literally.
You won’t need to do anything special to activate or enable Google Fit—it works automatically in the background. As long as you keep your phone on you, it will measure your steps as you walk, run, and cycle, and calculate how many calories you’re burning. If your device misses something, or you put down your phone during a workout, you can also add activities manually. Just open the app, tap theTo start using the app more mindfully, try setting goals.
You can view your step and Heart Point stats by day, week, or month, and see highlights of your activity, like that 10-mile hike you took on the weekend. If your phone was logging GPS coordinates at the time, your walks, runs, and bike rides will be accompanied by a map showing your route.Track workout
, and select your activity of choice. You’ll see time, steps, calories, distance, and so on as you go. If you’re walking, running, or cycling, you’ll hear an audio prompt every time you hit a mile, although you can disable this digital cheering section in the app settings if you prefer (tap
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