I want to connect my watch to Walk to Plant ⌚️
We understand - you want to plant trees while you walk, but you don't want to always have your phone on you!
We've pulled together a step-by-step guide for each major fitness watch. Follow along to make every step count! 🌳
Connect your Fitbit 💪
Unfortunately, Fitbit doesn't directly connect to Apple Health or Google Fit. We can still make it work, it just requires using a third party app.
For iPhone 🍎:
We recommend downloading Fitbit to Apple Health Sync. The app is free for syncing daily steps. For a subscription fee, you can can sync historical data and use auto sync. For our purposes, we only need daily steps, so no subscription necessary.
After downloading:
In the app, sign into Fitbit.com using your account details
Pick the fitness fields (in our case: 'Steps') that you want to sync with Apple Health
Click "Sync Now" to start syncing your Fitbit data to Apple Health
For Android 🤖:
We recommend using Health Sync. It is a paid app, but there is a 1 week free trial to see if it works for you. If you like it, you can either pay in a 1 time payment or via subscription.
We understand the frustration that comes with using these paid third party apps. We will have a better solution for you soon! As always, you can just use your phone to track your steps 🌳
Connect your Garmin watch 🧭
Unfortunately, Garmin doesn't directly connect to Apple Health or Google Fit. We can still make it work, it just requires using a third party app.
To add your Garmin to Apple Health:
Download and set up the Garmin Connect app.
Open the Apple Health app.
Select Summary (bottom left).
Select your Profile Picture (top right).
Select Apps under Privacy.
Select the Garmin Connect app.
Toggle Categories on or off.
To add your Garmin to Google Fit:
Download the Garmin Connect app.
Open the app and sign in with your Garmin Acccount
Select the Settings gear icon in the top right corner of the screen.
Select 'Integrations'
Select 'Google Fit'
Sign in with your Google account
Then, select the data you want to share. Ensure to add Steps to plant trees!
Make sure to 'Save'
Your Garmin device should now be connected to Google Fit!
We understand the frustration that comes with using third party apps. We will have a better solution for you soon! As always, you can just use your phone to track your steps 🌳
Connect your Apple Watch 🍏
Connecting your Apple watch to your iPhone so easy, you've probably already done it!
As long as you've connected your iPhone to your Apple watch, your steps will all be in stored in Apple Health. This data is what we use to track your steps!
Unfortunately, Apple doesn't allow their Apple Watch to connect to Android devices.
Google Pixel Watch 👾
To track your steps with your Pixel Watch, connect your Google Pixel Watch to Google Fit.
Here's how:
Tap screen to wake up your watch
Press your watch's Power button to go to your list of apps
Scroll down and tap Play Store. You'll sign in with the Google Account used to set up your watch
Tap Search, and download Google Fit app
Once Google Fit in downloaded and connected on your watch, all your steps will help plant trees!
Unfortunately, Google doesn't allow the Pixel Watch to connect to Apple devices.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 🌌
Depending on your phone type, there are a couple options:
Connect to your iPhone:
Pair Samsung Galaxy Watch to your iPhone via Bluetooth (if you have not already)
Download the Samsung Galaxy Watch (Gear S) app
When you set up the Gear app, your iPhone should automatically ask if you want to share data with the Health app
Click 'Allow'
Connect to your Android:
Unfortunately, Samsung doesn't current allow direct connection to Google Fit. But we've found a sneaky workaround that you can try out:
Use Google's Health Connect app:
This is Google's new free app that allows you to connect to Samsung watches to Google Fit. Because it's in Beta, it can be a little buggy and has only worked for some users.
Ensure you have both Google Fit and Samsung Health downloaded and connected
Download the Health Connect app from the Google Play Store.
Open the app, then select Samsung Health and select the data permissions you wish to add to Health Connect
Select Google Fit and select the data permissions you wish to read from Health Connect
If this doesn't work, try this next:
Open the Samsung Health app
Tap the three-dot main menu icon, then select Settings
Tap Health Connect
Select the data permissions Samsung Health is allowed to write to Health Connect
Tap Allow
Next, open Google Fit
Tap the Profile tab in the bottom-right
Tap the Settings icon at the top-right
Toggle on Sync Fit with Health Connect
On the next page, tap Set up
Select the data permissions Google Fit is allowed to read from Health Connect
Tap Allow, then tap Done
Fossil Watch 🦖
Cool thing about the Fossil Smartwatch - it can easily connect to Google or Apple Health!
Another cool thing? They connect in almost the same way.
Follow the steps below to connect your Fossil Watch to your device:
For Android 🤖:
Download the Fossil Smartwatches app for your Android
Click the burger icon on the top left corner
Select Wellness from the menu
Next, click Connected Apps
Tick the box for Google Fit
Click Continue on the sign-in popup appears
Log in with your Google account associated with Google Fit
For iPhone 🍎:
Download the Fossil Smartwatches app for your iPhone.
Click the burger icon on the top left corner
Select Wellness from the menu
Next, click Connected Apps
Tick the box for Apple Health
On the next screen, tap 'Turn On All'.
Click on 'Allow' at the top right corner.
Don't see your watch?
Send in your request here, and we will add instructions to this article shortly!