Google Fit vs Strava

fcon

I hardly ever bother using strava lately. I downloaded Google Fit and that requires no inputs to record an activity. It has both an autostart and autostop. Just leave the phone in your pocket and it does all the work. The downside is that it's pretty low on data. It really only gives you elapsed time. No elevation. No distance. No average speed. I was wondering if there is a way of uploading activities to strava from Google fit or a way of getting Strava to automatically record activities. It would be cool to set up a private segment that started outside my driveway and finished outside work and vice-versa just to track improvements on the commute.

Alternatively is there another app with an autostart feature?

Daroxtar

Just use Strava FFS

bazermc

fcon wrote: »

I hardly ever bother using strava lately. I downloaded Google Fit and that requires no inputs to record an activity. It has both an autostart and autostop. Just leave the phone in your pocket and it does all the work. The downside is that it's pretty low on data. It really only gives you elapsed time. No elevation. No distance. No average speed. I was wondering if there is a way of uploading activities to strava from Google fit or a way of getting Strava to automatically record activities. It would be cool to set up a private segment that started outside my driveway and finished outside work and vice-versa just to track improvements on the commute.

Alternatively is there another app with an autostart feature?

Can you not already do that with Strava? Create a route based on that and mark it private. Google should stick to being a search engine and thats it

petethedrummer

Just consider the 5 button presses to start strava as a finger work out and incorporate it into your fitness program. You should use your left index finger on alternate days so you don't end up with odd sized fingers.

neris

bazermc wrote: »

Can you not already do that with Strava? Create a route based on that and mark it private. Google should stick to being a search engine and thats it

Google is well past been a search engine and has been for years. The strava on my mobile is running on Android which is made by ........?????

godtabh

neris wrote: »

Google is well past been a search engine and has been for years. The strava on my mobile is running on Android which is made by ........?????

Some lads in China

mathie

fcon wrote: »

I hardly ever bother using strava lately. I downloaded Google Fit and that requires no inputs to record an activity. It has both an autostart and autostop. Just leave the phone in your pocket and it does all the work. The downside is that it's pretty low on data. It really only gives you elapsed time. No elevation. No distance. No average speed. I was wondering if there is a way of uploading activities to strava from Google fit or a way of getting Strava to automatically record activities. It would be cool to set up a private segment that started outside my driveway and finished outside work and vice-versa just to track improvements on the commute.

Alternatively is there another app with an autostart feature?

FFS there's me like an idiot using the start and stop button for ages!!!111oneoneone

bazermc

godtabh wrote: »

Some lads in China

But if Revenue ask they are in Ireland :rolleyes:

Mec-a-nic

fcon wrote: »

I was wondering if there is <> a way of getting Strava to automatically record activities.

If the few seconds to use fingers is too much, here's details of two over-engineered options - NFC tag start and voice activation...

https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/2c9rwt/how_to_task_to_automatically_start_and_stop_a/

mcgovern

Mec-a-nic wrote: »

If the few seconds to use fingers is too much, here's details of two over-engineered options - NFC tag start and voice activation...

https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comments/2c9rwt/how_to_task_to_automatically_start_and_stop_a/

If you have an android wear watch you can just say 'start a bike ride' and it will start a cycle in strava.

petethedrummer

mcgovern wrote: »

If you have an android wear watch you can just say 'start a bike ride' and it will start a cycle in strava.

rizzodun

mathie wrote: »

FFS there's me like an idiot using the start and stop button for ages!!!111oneoneone

I nearly spat my tea out!

fcon

Thanks for all the helpful replies, great bunch of lads.

27cyrix

Google - My Tracks, simple and it works

- record
- stop
- map
- chart
--- speed
--- elevation
- distance
- calories
- total time
- moving time
- speed
---max, avg, avg moving.