The quickest way: follow our interactive guide, which shows every setting with screenshots for your phone and watch.
On Android, WeWard is gradually rolling out a new single pedometer that reads your steps from Health Connect and from the phone's sensor. Depending on your phone, you may or may not have it yet: the checks below apply in both cases.
1. Update WeWard
Install the latest version from the Play Store, then open the app.
2. Check the step source
In WeWard, Settings › Step data source. A single "Pedometer" source: that is the new pedometer, nothing to change (learn more). Several sources: choose Health Connect.
3. Allow WeWard in Health Connect
Open Health Connect (on Android 14 and later: Settings › Security and privacy › Health Connect), then App permissions › WeWard: reading Steps must be allowed. Also check Android Settings › Apps › WeWard › Permissions › Physical activity: Allow.
4. Connect the app that counts your steps
If you use Samsung Health, Google Fit, Fitbit (Google Health) or a watch app, turn on syncing with Health Connect in its settings. An app that does not send its steps to Health Connect is not seen by WeWard.
5. Let WeWard run
Set WeWard's battery usage to "Unrestricted" (Settings › Apps › WeWard › Battery). Steps do not sync in real time: after a few steps, open WeWard in the foreground to start syncing.
WeWard shows fewer steps than another app?
Two independent pedometers never show exactly the same total, this is normal. Steps added manually are not counted.
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