Manually add activities within your Oura App to ensure you receive credit for all of your daily movement. The app supports a wide range of activity types, and provides the ability to add custom activities as well.
What Is Manually Add an Activity?
How to Manually Add an Activity
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What Is Manually Add an Activity?
Most activity recognized by your Oura Ring is automatically recorded within the app, and counts toward your Activity Score. Activity is one of the key components of calculating your Readiness Score through the "Previous day activity" and "Activity balance" contributors. Capturing all types of movements helps improve the Oura activity detection algorithm and provides better insight messages.
However, the app does not automatically detect some unsupported activities, activities under ten minutes in duration, or activities you undertake while not wearing an Oura Ring (unless imported from a third-party app). Manually adding an activity provides a way to fill in these gaps.
How to Manually Add an Activity
To manually add an activity:
- Tap the "+" button in the bottom-right corner of the Oura App
- Select "Add an activity"
- Choose an activity type
- Your three most recent activities will be displayed at the top. (If this is your first time manually adding an activity, these choices default to "Running," "Walking," and "Cycling")
- Select "More activities" for a searchable list of 50+ options
- If you don't see the desired option, select "Other" (at the bottom of the list) and enter an activity name for it
- Add "Start time," "Duration," and "Intensity" details
- Select "Done" in the upper right-hand corner to save your activity
- Confirmed activities appear on the home screen of the Oura App, and under "Activities" on the Activity screen
