# Active minutes won’t sync

**URL:** <https://community.stepsmash.com/t/active-minutes-won-t-sync/204>\
**Category:** StepSmash Feedback\
**Created:** [August 10, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.stepsmash.com/t/active-minutes-won-t-sync/204 "2026-08-10T18:49:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![justin\_v](https://community.stepsmash.com/user_avatar/community.stepsmash.com/justin_v/32/432_2.png) [@justin\_v](https://community.stepsmash.com/u/justin_v)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.stepsmash.com/t/active-minutes-won-t-sync/204/4 "2026-08-12T14:00:27Z")

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We think we’ve narrowed down on the underlying issue and we’ve pushed an over-the-air patch.

Thanks so much for reporting the problem, and we’re happy to hear you’re enjoying Smash Bingo!

> [@StepSmash 1.12: Oura Integration Is Here!](https://community.stepsmash.com/t/stepsmash-now-integrates-directly-with-oura/175/4):
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> Patch Release - August 12, 2026 When syncing from Apple Health, StepSmash has historically used Exercise Time for Active Minutes when an Apple Watch is present. Apple Watch was previously the only device able to write to this metric, so if Exercise Time was empty, StepSmash would fall back to our heart-rate-based Active Zone Minutes calculation. We’ve recently started seeing rare cases where Exercise Time contains data even when someone doesn’t have an Apple Watch. It appears iOS 26 relaxed som…

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