Wahoo Partners with Apple for Health Integration

Wahoo announced a deeper integration with Apple Health this week, allowing their ELEMNT bike computers to contribute directly to Apple’s new fitness scoring system.

The partnership enables real-time data sharing between ELEMNT devices and Apple Health, including training load metrics, recovery recommendations, and long-term fitness trend analysis.

Previously, Wahoo devices could sync basic metrics like heart rate, calories, and distance. The new integration adds power-based training load, normalized power, and intensity factors directly to Apple’s health ecosystem.

For cyclists using Apple Watch alongside their ELEMNT, the integration prevents duplicate workout entries while combining the best data from each device. The bike computer handles cycling-specific metrics while the watch contributes sleep, HRV, and all-day activity data.

This matters because Apple’s new fitness scoring algorithm considers training load across all activities. Without cycling data, serious riders were getting incomplete fitness assessments from Apple Health.

“We’ve been working with Apple’s HealthKit team for over a year on this,” said Wahoo’s product manager Lisa Chen. “The goal was seamless data flow without requiring users to think about which app holds what data.”

The update requires iOS 17.4 or later and the latest Wahoo ELEMNT app (version 14.2). Older ELEMNT devices going back to the original Bolt are supported.

Garmin Connect currently doesn’t offer this level of Apple Health integration, giving Wahoo a potential edge with riders deep in the Apple ecosystem.