How Do Active Minutes Work
What are Active Minutes?
Active minutes are a way to track your movement and, in some cases, increased levels of physical activity. How active minutes are calculated can vary depending on your device and how it's linked to Motion Connected. It's important to know that "active minutes" isn't a universal term—your device may refer to this metric using a different name. For details on how your specific device tracks and names this data, see the categories below.
How Do I Earn Active Minutes?
iPhone/Apple Health Users
The Apple Health app for iPhone unfortunately does not record active minute data unless you have linked a device, like an Apple Watch. Active minutes in the Apple Health app must first appear as Exercise Minutes before they can be reported to Motion Connected. Typically, active minutes are recorded when your heart rate is elevated, or your movement is continuous for 10 minutes or more at a moderate or greater intensity (for most people this is approximately a rate of 75 steps per minute). If you are only using an iPhone to record your steps, you won't be able to record active minutes.
Android/Health Connect Users
The Health Connect app does not pull active minutes from other apps or devices. Instead, active minutes are calculated in Motion Connected based on the total duration of your walking/running time throughout the day.
*Even if an app or device tracks your active minutes, Health Connect does not share that data with our system
Fitbit
Fitbit tracks both active minutes and Active Zone Minutes, but only active minutes are reported to Motion Connected. Because active minutes are no longer visible in Fitbit accounts, your Motion Connected dashboard is the only place to view them. For more details on the difference between Active Zone Minutes and traditional active minutes from Fitbit, please click this link: Fitbit - What are Active Zone Minutes or active minutes Garmin
In the Garmin Connect app, active minutes are called Intensity Minutes. Motion Connected retrieves this data set but does not award double credit for the high intensity minutes as the Garmin system does. Typically, active minutes are recorded when your heart rate is elevated, or your movement is continuous for 10 minutes or more at a moderate or greater intensity (for most people this is approximately a rate of 75 steps per minute).
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