Microsoft Band 2 & MyfitnessPal

[Regk]

Hi Everyone,

Im hoping that someone can shed some advice on my issue, as my google searches have came up rather empty handed...

I recently purchased a MS Band 2 and have installed the MS Health App. This is my first wearable/fitness tracker, and i am so far very impressed with the sheer volume of data it is able to pull... very cool!

anyway, i was an avid user of mapmyrun and myfitnesspal (Used on a Nexus 5) these 2 apps never had an issue communicating in the past. i added MS Health, went into my ms health settings and added myfitnesspal. after logging a workout on the band, i opened myfitness pal and no data pulled over, i even opened MS health first, waited a few moments and relaunched myfitness pal and nadda... my calorie count is not changing... I also added mapmyfitness (as opposed to mapmyrun) and added it in my MS health app. it does appear to display the calories from the workouts however nothing is pulling over to myfitnesspal...

i do really enjoy the functionality of both the band and the myfitensspal app, but if i cannot get these 2 to talk to each other, i will need to return the band and go with something like a fitbit that can play niceley with myfitnesspal..

any advice you can offer me in helping these 2 communicate would be much appreciated!


Thanks!

RK

 

[KentState]

I have only used MFP with a Fitbit, but it does integrate pretty easily.

 

[Regk]

I know, my coworker has an entry level fitbit Zip and it integrates seamlessly... i am hoping that i can find out how to integrate the Band 2...

 

[cbrunny]

I have a fitbit, so this is just a guess. Maybe you need to link the apps in both directions? E.g. link MFP to MSH and MSH to MFP?

 

[tdawg]

I have my Band 2 linked to both Runkeeper and MapMyFitness and both receive full workout details from the band, but I don't believe they get the non-activity calorie and step counts.

Runkeeper does not get GPS information from the Band and all outdoor workouts are recorded as manual entries. MapMyFitness on the other hand gets full workout details including GPS tracking from the Band 2.

 

[Regk]

as of yesterday i deleted map my run, and exclusiveley have mapmyfitness, myfitnesspal, and MS Health. I did notice that mapmyfitness and the band are playing nice together, but no data from my workouts (that appear in mapmyfitness) are flowing over to myfitnesspal, where i enter in all my foods and calories. in the settings for all of them they all appear to be synced, and i have sent an email to support@myfitnesspal...

lets see what happens!

 

[Regk]

So after hearing back from MFP it looks like i need to wait on an update/revision to the app, something is busted, however they are aware and are "working" on a fix.... here is hoping it comes sooner, rather than later.


RK