Health data is collected every time you have your phone in your pocket. Apple or Android, the phones are equipped with a pedometer that counts your steps. Hence, health data is recorded. This data could be your one free data mart for a simple Machine Learning or some other project related to Health data. It’s yours and free to use!. Let’s see how we can export data from the Samsung S-Health App.

Exporting from Phone

The data download feature is available in your Samsung health app.

• Open health app
• Open the left side panel — click on the settings wheel
• Find “Download personal data” button
• Follow instructions (you’ll need to login) and click Download
• You’ll be shown with the location to find your health data

Steps for exporting health data

This probably is the easiest thing to do. However, understanding the data is a bit complicated. Let’s go through each of the file and its content to understand how Samsung health app stores data.

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