# Connect Oura to Apple Health or Health Connect

**Updated:** 2026-10-21  
**Applies to:** iPhone · Android 14+ · Android 9–13 · Oura Ring  
**Canonical:** https://www.stepsclubapp.com/help/connect-oura

## Quick answer

> Turn on sharing in Oura's settings and allow Steps, then open Oura so your ring syncs. Gen3 and later rings need an active Oura membership for this. Oura › menu (top left) › Settings › Data sharing › Apple Health or Health Connect

**Quick check:**
Open Oura and let your ring sync. Then check where your phone keeps steps. **iPhone:** Health › **Search** (**Browse** on iOS 18 and older) › **Activity** › **Steps** › **Data Sources & Access**. **Android:** Health Connect › **Data and access** › **Activity** › **Steps** › **Entries** (**See all entries** in older versions).

**Oura is there?** It's sharing. If the number is low, see [when its steps arrive](#when-steps-arrive). **It isn't?** [Set it up](#set-up).

**On iPhone:**

  

**On Android:**

  

## Set it up

Sharing works with every Oura Ring 2. With Gen3 and later rings, it needs an active Oura membership.

**iPhone:**

1. In **Oura**, open the menu at the top left, then **Settings**.
2. Under **Data sharing**, tap **Apple Health**.
3. Turn on **Connect to Health** and allow **Steps**.

**Android:**

1. In **Oura**, open the menu at the top left, then **Settings**.
2. Under **Data sharing**, tap **Health Connect**. No Health Connect yet? Oura offers to download it.
3. Allow **Steps**.

**On iPhone:**

  

**On Android:**

  

Then open Oura's home screen once so your ring syncs and Oura sends today's steps.

**On iPhone:**

  To change what Oura shares later, open the Health app, tap your profile
  picture, then **Apps** (under Privacy), then **Oura**.

**On Android:**

  Using Google Fit with Oura? That link is gone: Oura now shares with Health
  Connect only.

## When its steps arrive

Oura doesn't publish a schedule. On iPhone, it says Apple Health updates after you finish an activity or workout. On the phones we see, Oura's steps arrive when you open Oura, as your ring syncs with the app. So opening Oura is the surest way to bring today up to date.

## Put Oura first

Your phone counts steps too, and Apple Health and Health Connect keep only the count from whichever source is higher on your list. Oura itself recommends putting it first.

- **iPhone:** Health › **Search** › **Activity** › **Steps** › **Data Sources & Access** › **Edit**, then drag **Oura** to the top.
- **Android:** Health Connect › **Manage data** › **Data sources and priority**, choose **Activity**, then tap the three dots (⋮) next to **Oura** and **Move up** until it's at the top. _Android 13 and older:_ don't see **Manage data**? Tap **Data and access**, then **Activity**, then **App priority**.

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**On Android:**

  

## Things that trip people up

- **Oura counts differently.** It reads step patterns from your finger, so it won't match a wrist or pocket count exactly. A few hundred off is normal.
- **Steps stopped?** In Oura, under **Data sharing**, turn the switches off and back on, then restart your phone and open Oura again.
- **Membership lapsed.** On Gen3 and later rings, sharing stops without an active membership.

## Why it works this way

Your ring stores steps until it syncs with the Oura app. Oura then copies them to Apple Health or Health Connect, the shared place on your phone, mostly while it's open. That's why opening Oura is the surest way to bring today up to date.

**In Steps Club:**
  **Settings › Step sync › Why is my number different?** names Oura when its
  steps haven't arrived yet and reminds you they come when you open Oura.

## Common questions

- [Why aren't my Oura steps in Health Connect?](https://www.stepsclubapp.com/help#connect-oura-android)
- [Why are my Oura steps behind in Apple Health or Health Connect?](https://www.stepsclubapp.com/help#connect-oura-not-arriving)
- [Do I need an Oura membership to share steps?](https://www.stepsclubapp.com/help#connect-oura-membership)
- [Why is my count a few hundred off from my watch's app?](https://www.stepsclubapp.com/help#few-hundred-off)

## Still off?

- [Oura: Apple Health integration](https://support.ouraring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025438734-Apple-Health-Integration)
- [Oura: Health Connect integration](https://support.ouraring.com/hc/en-us/articles/10786105824531-Health-Connect-by-Android-Integration)

## Sources

- [Apple Health integration](https://support.ouraring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025438734-Apple-Health-Integration) (Oura)
- [Health Connect by Android integration](https://support.ouraring.com/hc/en-us/articles/10786105824531-Health-Connect-by-Android-Integration) (Oura)
- [Manage Health data on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch](https://support.apple.com/108779) (Apple)
- [Manage your Health Connect data](https://support.google.com/android/answer/12990553) (Google)