iPhone 6 with Health App / Cycling tracking broken?

You have to down load a recommended app. I did not figure it out until reading your question (same as mine and apparently others) Go to link. Additionally, if you cannot find the download app in health to attach, google how to attach downloaded app to health. Mine now appears to work. This is a bit much clearly by everyones frustration. They should have a video in the app how to do this. Use the Health app on your iPhone or iPod touch - Apple Support

Same exact issue today on my first 2 rides -biking showing up as steps in the health app.

Any info on a fix appreciated.

Dave

Have had the exact same issue with my brand new iPhone 6 since Friday. Steps, distance walked, and floors work fine. Still zero info on cycling and I've been biking miles each day.... Hopefully the next iOS 8 update fixes this bug...

Ah, I just created a new post about a hiking/biking app (Where is hiking app for iPhone 6?) for the iPhone 6 then saw this thread. So it looks like tracking your bike ride is currently a no go.

Is it the iOS8 health app that is supposed to track your ride or is a 3rd party app required?

I'm having the same problem. My daily ride to and from work doesn't show up. If I may ask, how fast do you usually go? I'm a slow cyclist (usually 10 - 12 MPH), so I thought maybe it was an issue of a certain threshold of speed having to be reached before movement was recognized as bicycling. If rides are not showing up even at higher speeds, then maybe it's a different cause.

If I understood Tim Cook's remarks correctly during the iPhone 6 unveiling, the built-in Health app is supposed to automatically recognize and record bicycling.

AApple has had some problems with the Health App and it has been taken off Apps Store

will be back in a few weeks time.

bsydd uk

I've gone every range from slow to pretty fast (nearing 20 mphs down big hills). My understanding is that the health app is supposed to automatically track cycling (just as the pedometer does for walking). However, I've ben reading a lot of third party app makers who want to tie into the health app have been stalled (or are releasing their app minus the link to the health app on the iPhone) because of issues. So seems like we're stuck waiting for an iOS8 patch/update to fix the issue. Pedometer works great. Even works when on "airplane" mode and your cellular/data is off which is nice.

I'm having the same problem. My daily ride to and from work doesn't show up, also all my test rides doesnt show up in the Health App.

I'm hoping this is a software error (HealthKit) and not an M8 Chip error. Apple has some problems with the HealthKit and outside app support, therefore they pulled back all apps that where updated to use (link) to the HealthApp. I don't think that has something to do with the M8 not register the cycling data.

Which apps are you using to log data into the Health app? I don't think the Health app logs cycling data by itself right?

None, because there aren't any apps that are HealthKit ready. (Bug in HealthKit)

But the M8 doesn't need an app to log the data, the M8 logs the data just like it does for Walking and Running, Steps ect.

The issue is that the M8 doesnt seem to log the cycling data and therefore isnt showing it in the HealthKit just like the Walking and Running ect.

One of my testrides:

Runkeeper detected a 2.44km bike ride. The M8 COproccessor has No data.

How are you getting that data into the Health app? Mine doesn't show anything for steps, walking, running.

Same problem. No cycling data, instead shows walking. Really sad m(

Nnew update out now ios 8.1 May fix health problem.

bsydd uk

Same issue with iOS 8.0.2. I biked 5 miles this morning but there is no cycling distance data in the app. It just shows 1.5 miles walking + running distance, and 3600 steps. So it seems biking is still being misinterpreted as walking / running in the latest software.