Xiaomi and Amazfit on Health Connect: data in your own dashboard

Xiaomi and Amazfit sell tens of millions of wearables every year: Mi Band 7, 8, and 9, Amazfit GTR 4 and 5, GTS 4 and 5, Band 7 Pro, Bip 5, and many others. Data from these devices ends up in the Mi Fitness app (for Xiaomi) or the Zepp app (for Amazfit and older Huami devices), and it stays there, separated from the rest of your health data. The problem is not that the data isn't there, the problem is that it stays in a silo. With Health Connect, Google's health data hub for Android, that barrier can be partially broken down.

How the flow works: Zepp / Mi Fitness to Health Connect to FitMesh

The flow has three steps. First the manufacturer app (Zepp or Mi Fitness) syncs the physical device and writes the collected data to Health Connect. Then Health Connect stores it in a local archive on the Android phone. Finally FitMesh Sync requests read permissions from Health Connect and retrieves that data to display it on the dashboard. In this way, data never leaves your phone to unauthorized third-party servers: control stays with you.

Step 1: enable Health Connect in Mi Fitness (Xiaomi / Mi Band)

1. Open the Mi Fitness app on your Android phone.
2. Go to Profile (bottom right icon) then Settings (gear icon at top).
3. Find the 'Google Health Connect' or 'Connect to Health Connect' entry.
4. Tap the entry and follow the authorization process: Mi Fitness will request permissions to write steps, heart rate, sleep, and calories.
5. Grant all requested permissions to get full coverage of available data.
6. From that point, every device sync automatically updates Health Connect.

Step 2: enable Health Connect in Zepp (Amazfit)

1. Open the Zepp app on your Android phone (the one used for Amazfit GTR, GTS, Band, Bip, and others).
2. Go to Profile then App Settings and look for 'Health Connect' or 'Google Health'.
3. Tap the entry to start the connection and authorize Zepp to write to Health Connect.
4. Select the data categories: steps, distance, heart rate, blood oxygen level (SpO2), sleep, and calories.
5. Complete the authorization. Zepp will update Health Connect with every device sync.

What works via Health Connect: available metrics

The honest limits: what does not leave the app

Health Connect exposes a subset of the data that Zepp and Mi Fitness collect. The advanced metrics that make these apps interesting remain proprietary and are not accessible from outside. This is not a FitMesh limitation, it is a Health Connect protocol limitation: no third-party app can read what manufacturers choose not to write into the shared layer.

• •PAI (Personal Activity Intelligence): Amazfit's weekly activity score. Stays in the Zepp app.
• •Body Energy / Zepp Coach: Zepp's personalized training plans. They do not leave Zepp.
• •Advanced sleep analysis: Zepp offers detailed reading of REM, deep, and light phases with an interactive chart. Health Connect receives only total duration and basic phases.
• •Activity GPS tracks: runs or bike rides recorded with GPS are partially written to Health Connect (duration, calories, average HR), but not the full GPS track.
• •Continuous stress data: Zepp/Mi Fitness stress monitoring is not exposed on Health Connect.

Step 3: connect FitMesh Sync to Health Connect

1. Install FitMesh Sync from the Google Play Store on your Android phone.
2. On first launch, the app requests Health Connect permissions. Follow the authorization process.
3. Select the categories to read: steps, heart rate, sleep, calories, distance, and SpO2.
4. FitMesh Sync starts reading data from Health Connect, including data written by Zepp and Mi Fitness.
5. Access the web dashboard from a browser: you will see all data unified by device and by day.

Compatibility: which Xiaomi and Amazfit models work

The main criterion is not the device model, but the app that manages it. If your wearable uses Zepp or Mi Fitness and those apps support Health Connect (both have done so since late 2023), data available on Health Connect also arrives in FitMesh. This includes:

• •Mi Band 7, 8, 9 (Mi Fitness app): steps, heart rate, sleep, calories.
• •Amazfit GTR 4, GTR 5, GTR Mini (Zepp app): steps, HR, SpO2, sleep, calories.
• •Amazfit GTS 4, GTS 4 Mini, GTS 5 (Zepp app): same metrics as GTR.
• •Amazfit Band 7, Band 7 Pro (Zepp app): steps, HR, sleep, calories.
• •Amazfit Bip 5 (Zepp app): steps, HR, sleep.
• •Redmi Watch 3, 4, 5 (Mi Fitness app): steps, HR, sleep, calories.
• •Models with Zepp OS 2.0 or higher: generally cover all metrics in the previous table.