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Apple Watch Data to Server

I was wondering which is the preferred way to send a lot of data from sensors of the apple watch to server.

It is preferred to send small chucks to iphone and then to server or directly send bulk data to server from watch. How does it affect battery and resources from watch ?

Are there any triggers that I can use to ensure best data stream. I need to send at least once a day. Can I do it in background or do I need the user to have my app in the foreground ?

Thank you in advance

Answered by DTS Engineer in 844169022
I need to send at least once a day.

That makes your transfer a good candidate for a URLSession background session. Doing that directly from the watch will be simpler to set up, and is likely to work in more cases.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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I need to send at least once a day.

That makes your transfer a good candidate for a URLSession background session. Doing that directly from the watch will be simpler to set up, and is likely to work in more cases.

Share and Enjoy

Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

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