If you have an Android phone, VertigoMe asks for permission through Health Connect. Health Connect is a free app from Google that acts as a bridge. Your devices and apps put their readings into it, and VertigoMe reads from it with your permission.
The bridge in words
Your watch or app, then Health Connect, then VertigoMe.
Garmin, Oura, Polar and WHOOP are the exceptions. They connect to VertigoMe directly, under Connections.
Do I have Health Connect?
On newer Android phones, Health Connect is built in. On older ones, install it from the Play Store (search for Health Connect, made by Google). If VertigoMe's Connections screen shows no Health Connect card, it is not installed or not available on your phone.
Why it works this way
- One place for everything. VertigoMe only has to ask one place.
- Privacy. You approve each category. VertigoMe reads only what you allow.
- You stay in charge. You can turn any category off at any time.
How to check what VertigoMe can read
- Open Health Connect (from your apps or from Settings).
- Tap App permissions, then VertigoMe.
If you want VertigoMe to stop reading something, switch it off here.
Periods are asked for separately
Reading periods is not part of the first permission screen. VertigoMe asks for it only when you pick Health Connect as the source on the Menstruation row in Data and Notifications.
What happens behind the scenes
The first time, VertigoMe looks back over the last 14 days (periods up to two years). After that, it fetches only what has changed, when you open the app and in the background. On Android, VertigoMe only reads. It does not write anything to Health Connect.
If something goes wrong
- Check the device's own app is allowed to write to Health Connect.
- In VertigoMe, open Data and Notifications and check the matching row is switched on.
- For food or periods, check the row's source badge says Health Connect.
