Apple Watch - add stats: power, cadence, vertical oscillation, ground contact, step length, strokes

[martl43]

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to have these statistics included with my runs on strava.

I use strava to record my running and view statistics which is great.

First I started using the strava Apple Watch app but it didn't include these extra statistics. I know for example Garmin watches can sync these data to strava running activities, but don't want to buy a new watch and wondered if this is also possible with my Apple Watch. I found out that the workout app on iOS 16.1 and Apple Watch 9.1 includes this data, but not all data is synced to strava .

Is this already on the roadmap or hopefully a good idea to add :)?

Kind regards

Martijn

UPDATE FROM STRAVA (March 18, 2024)

Hello and thank you to everyone who has added their comments and feedback to this topic.

First, we want to say that we appreciate you all reaching out on this matter and sharing your thoughts. We absolutely understand the value of having as much of your activity data on Strava as possible, and how many of our athletes use an Apple Watch to record that data. We do want to let you know that we are committed to improving both the Strava Watch app experience and the integration we have with the Apple Workout app (Healthkit). 

Our team is pushing forward to streamline and improve the user experience with the Strava watch app, making recording and syncing activities easier for athletes. We are also investigating how best to bring over more data from Healthkit to Strava, particularly with the releases of watchOS 9 and watchOS 10. 

We will continue to work towards these goals and monitor this thread. Please be on the lookout for improvements to the Apple Watch experience in the coming year. 

[tombornal]

particularly with more folks switching from garmin to apple watch with the ultra, it would make sense for strava to start making the experience at parity between the manufacturers. +1 to the many, many kudos and comments on fixing this

[luocy]

The newly released WatchOS 10 has support to connect Bluetooth sensors, such as speed, cadence, and power metrics. Will Strava import activities from Apple Workout with this data?

[Dr_Bensch]

I am also disappointed that those metrics are available in Apple Workout and can be imported via a third party app as mentioned by some others. As a subscription user I would like to have this fixed as I don’t want to pay for another app to have simple features like this.

[Slowfire]

I am a new subscriber and just found out cadence could not be imported when using Apple Watch. Can Jane (the operator) respond to us? This issue has been there for years. Please communicate to development team that this is a customer demanded feature and deliver this ASAP. Come on please show us the purpose of this community board. We feel like talking to a wall at this point. 

[Ehsana]

Super disappointed that the new metrics from Apple Watch are still not available in Strava, reading through the comment I’m also very curious to hear an explanation from the Strava team. 

[thisisbenji]

With the new release of Watch OS 10, Apple finally supports power meter and cadence sensors for cycling. However, when I record a ride this data is not transferred to Strava. When you I use a third party app such as WorkOutDoors on my Apple Watch, then my power meter data is transferred to Strava. 

So here's my question, is Apple not making the power data available to Strava or is Strava choosing not to import the power data from Apple?

Is there a timeline for when this will be fixed?

[daveisfera]

Support for data from cadence sensor is being added to watchOS 10. I've been running the beta and it's a really nice feature, but this isn't imported into Strava and it would be really nice, if it did.

[Charleswagner]

If it makes this feature easier to implement I’d like to request adding whatever stats possible.  If we can just get cadence or power to start it would be very helpful. 

please prioritize whatever is easiest and add to it.  

[Deejay]

If strava want to support sports, and iOS/watchOS being one of the most popular devices. wouldn't strava want to be able to adopt this so strava platform looks useful? otherwise people will go elsewhere if the data isn't being imported. with the new power meter pairing in watchOS 10 this is only going to increase

the fact this is ongoing for over a year shows Strava couldn't care less about the customer experience here

[trick77]

Not being able to see my power data from my runs and now also not being imported from my cycling activities made me not resubscribe. I don't like the direction this platform is taking feature wise. I don't use Fatmaps or the stretching app or Zwift videos. Many of us here with a subscription are obsessed with training data. Strava needs to be the first platform to support data related features, not the last. Let me know once you get your priorities right and I might get a subscription again. 

[JrBait]

Please add cadence to Apple Watch running!!!

[havkros]

It's worrying that no one from Strava have bothered to even reply! I've been a paying subscriber for probably 7-8 years and I actually feel somewhat disrespected right now. We deserve some form of reply. At least tell us if this Is a technical issue, or something else? 

[Killah]

Please can we get this integration working? Is it an Apple issue not exporting the new fields, or does Strava just need to be updated to take the fields when they’re populated?

[JPS]

Watch OS 10 is a tourning point for cycling community, was a disappointment surprise to see Strava not following along Apple’s far long announced features.

[edgarperez]

Another Apple Watch Ultra user excited to use Watch OS 10 purchasing Speed and Cadence sensors for cycling only to be disappointed to see this does not import to Strava.  

Please add.