How to SYNC your Garmin with Apple Activity Rings

Thanks for the video. Can you share details or make a video on what actually syncs to Apple Health? I’m less interested in what ultimately ends up in the Fitness app. I’d like to understand if when a day’s steps sync to Apple Health from Garmin Connect, does it just sync the total or does it sync the total and when they occurred so that you can look at steps over the course of the day and understand when they were earned.

This is rubbish. You don't need an Apple Watch to sync your workouts from Garmin.  
On Garmin's own support page it says "Once Garmin Connect sharing is enabled in Apple Health, data will begin syncing to the Apple Health app after each successful device sync with the Garmin Connect app. Data will only be sent to Apple Health while the Garmin Connect app is open in the foreground. If the app is closed or sent to the background, the transfer of data to Apple Health will not complete until a successful sync of the device while the Garmin Connect app is open."

Additionally, if you notice that your Garmin Connect data is not appearing in Apple Health but you have enabled sharing, you may need to update the priority of data sources so that Garmin Connect is first priority. This is because Apple Health can allow multiple sources to update your health data. When multiple sources are available, only one data source will be chosen based on the priority order listed in the Apple Health app. For instructions refer to this Apple Support article: Prioritize data sources in Apple Health.

I am using the iPhone 15 Pro Max and followed the steps one by one but for some reason the Garmin Connect is not showing in Health even though I have it downloaded and connected in my Garmin.

Thank you! I couldn’t figure out why mine wasn’t working and now it works!

Worked for me after turning on my Apple watch ultra. Problem is, i want to sell my ultra and use my aaple watch series 1. I don’t feel like keeping an $800 watch just to update the rings on my iPhone fitness app. Anyone know if Apple watch series 1 can be used to update Apple's fitness rings and exercise data???

Is there a way to have the watch call out splits or other info through your phone audio?

so in order to make my garmin give me those rings i need to buy an apple watch and use both watches....

ive added the outdoor active app to the list of apps that apple health can get data from and it works on its own, i don't have an apple watch.
I would think you just have to add garmen connect and sync your watch after your workout for it to work.

Complete waste of time. Thanks a lot bud. It would have been nice to say you need an APPLE WATCH to do this.

What a waste of time. I’ll never get my 4 minutes and 34 seconds back

This video does not explain how to sync a Garmin watch with the apple activity rings…

Thanks for the video- I am very strongly considering switching to a garmin for fitness stuff but will likely keep my Apple Watch for day-to-day use but I don’t want to lose being able to close my move ring and your video has reassured me this is possible

and the opposition i have the apple watch and i want to send data to garmin connect , is it possible?

Click Bait

Iphone is the only apple product i own and my garmin workout calories gets synced with apple ring pretty much as soon as i finish workout. Sometimes i have to open garmin app and do sync and apple ring achievement pops up immediately. I have garmin workouts synced with strava and komoot so maybe that helps.

does this only sync data of the move data of the day or does it sync past data as well?

The video title says how to connect/SYNVC Garmin with apple activity ring but I don't see you did that.

I also run with a Garmin Epix watch (I have an Ultra Apple Watch just use it for daily wearing) but why doesn’t my steps from my Garmin run transfer over to the the Apple Fitness app and track my steps? I’m at a loss of this. Ran 7 miles this morning with the Epix watch and my Apple Fittness says I’ve only done 967 steps total today. Do you have an idea? Let me know. Thank you!

Nice video! I've been wearing Apple Watches on and off again for the past five years and had no idea my workouts from Garmin would transfer over to Apple Health - cool & thank you!

So without an apple watch, workouts and runs won't sync from garmin watch to fitness app on my phone?

I had a similar issue - if I opened the Garmin Connect App on my phone it would sync the move activity. Problem is, it would report workouts multiple times, and report active calories every time I opened it, just adding the same number to the total every time. I'm hoping they fixed this. Did you try opening the connect app on your iPhone during this testing to sync with apple health?

correct me if I'm wrong but here how it should work.

1. Have any version of applewatch (even the oldest one or series 3)
2. It should be turned on and within the bluetooth range of the phone
3. Activate an activity in Garmin (work out such as running, cycling, etc)
4. Once you end the activity and the applewatch is with in the range it would update the activity rings (as long as it is done in 24 hours)

Does this solution work even if I do not activate any activity from Garmin?

So, unless you have another Apple Watch, even if you don’t wear it, you can’t sync your activity tracked with a Garmin device? Is this the conclusion of the video? Sorry, it wasn’t clear. If so, not good Apple, not good.

Awesome finally what I’ve looking for.
Had an applewatch since 2016 and now switched to a Garmin fenix 7 but missing the rings. To share with my family.
I’m going to try that!
What band or strap did you use on your Garmin?
I miss the nylon strap from the Apple Watch…

I've enjoyed your videos. I have the similar issues as you and have watched some of your other content, which I appreciate. I'm stuck between keeping the ultra (had one and sold it... on a second and comparing it to a Garmin crossover). My issue between the two watches is the ultra counts way too many steps and is not as accurate running indoors on a treadmill. After around a 5 minute mile on a treadmill... my Apple Watch Ultra will usually say I'm at .8 to .85 miles, while the Garmin Crossover Solar (or my Instinct Solar 2) will hit spot on after a calibration... doing the outdoor walk/run calibration on the Apple Watch has not worked out well for me... even after re-calibration... my garmins just track better in terms of activity. I like the Ultra for a smart watch, but wearing two separate watches is just annoying at times and I only want to stick with one. So conflicting bouncing between these two platforms lol. I also like that I can access my Garmin data from anywhere I can reach Garmin Connect... the Apple Watch keeps me locked into a phone and migrating data around can be annoying, waste of time, and frustrating at times. Anywho... first world problems, but in the same vein... it's annoying. I also like to track my adventures on maps (hiking, traveling (waypoints), Stand up paddle boarding and Garmin does this well... the Apple Watch Ultra, ugh, difficult to even look up hikes on maps, etc unless you know an exact date... Another conflict, my family owns Apple Watches, I like closing rings to compete with them and encourage fitness at our own paces... but you can only do so much with standing, fitness time, and active calories. Garmin at least takes snap shots of my overall health, fitness health, and tries to interpret it for me and when to slow down with my activities. I feel like I have to interpret this data and go out of my way for it on the Apple platform... It's also nice having a selection of watches to choose from with Garmin, while Apple I'm stuck with one of two basic designs... Ultra and traditional... I do not working on amoled screens... I don't have to worry about this on the non-backlit version of Garmin watches... anywho... just reflecting out loud in text ha ha.

Can you do some guessing toward garmin venu 3, will they come out soon? I ve been waiting for this I felt like they will release it soon. So Im afriad to buy venu 2 cause its kinda old like since 2021..

Sorry, pretty misleading. I’m trying to sync a Garmin without an Apple Watch. Still not possible.

Al cual recomiendas mejor, el Ultra o el Epix 2?

Title very misleading. Nice clickbait!

So unless I missed something, you can NOT sync a Garmin watch to move your Apple Activity rings - you need an Apple watch!