diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsApi.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsApi.java
index 7b878de3d2..24ea873dda 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsApi.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsApi.java
@@ -1,7 +1,28 @@
 package io.sentry.metrics;
 
+import io.sentry.HostnameCache;
+import io.sentry.IScope;
+import io.sentry.ISpan;
+import io.sentry.PropagationContext;
 import io.sentry.Scopes;
+import io.sentry.SentryAttribute;
+import io.sentry.SentryAttributeType;
+import io.sentry.SentryAttributes;
+import io.sentry.SentryDate;
+import io.sentry.SentryLevel;
+import io.sentry.SentryLogEventAttributeValue;
+import io.sentry.SentryMetricsEvent;
+import io.sentry.SentryOptions;
+import io.sentry.SpanId;
+import io.sentry.logger.SentryLogParameters;
+import io.sentry.protocol.SdkVersion;
+import io.sentry.protocol.SentryId;
+import io.sentry.protocol.User;
+import io.sentry.util.Platform;
+import io.sentry.util.TracingUtils;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 public final class MetricsApi implements IMetricsApi {
 
@@ -13,6 +34,196 @@ public MetricsApi(final @NotNull Scopes scopes) {
 
   @Override
   public void count(@NotNull String name) {
-    scopes.getOptions();
+    captureMetrics(SentryLogParameters.create(null, null), name, "counter", 1.0);
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("AnnotateFormatMethod")
+  private void captureMetrics(
+      final @NotNull SentryLogParameters params,
+      final @Nullable String name,
+      final @Nullable String type,
+      final @Nullable Double value) {
+    final @NotNull SentryOptions options = scopes.getOptions();
+    try {
+      if (!scopes.isEnabled()) {
+        options
+            .getLogger()
+            .log(SentryLevel.WARNING, "Instance is disabled and this 'metrics' call is a no-op.");
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (!options.getMetrics().isEnabled()) {
+        options
+            .getLogger()
+            .log(
+                SentryLevel.WARNING,
+                "Sentry Metrics is disabled and this 'metrics' call is a no-op.");
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (name == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (type == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (value == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      final @Nullable SentryDate timestamp = params.getTimestamp();
+      final @NotNull SentryDate timestampToUse =
+          timestamp == null ? options.getDateProvider().now() : timestamp;
+
+      final @NotNull IScope combinedScope = scopes.getCombinedScopeView();
+      final @NotNull PropagationContext propagationContext = combinedScope.getPropagationContext();
+      final @Nullable ISpan span = combinedScope.getSpan();
+      if (span == null) {
+        TracingUtils.maybeUpdateBaggage(combinedScope, options);
+      }
+      final @NotNull SentryId traceId =
+          span == null ? propagationContext.getTraceId() : span.getSpanContext().getTraceId();
+      final @NotNull SpanId spanId =
+          span == null ? propagationContext.getSpanId() : span.getSpanContext().getSpanId();
+      final SentryMetricsEvent metricsEvent =
+          new SentryMetricsEvent(traceId, timestampToUse, name, type, value);
+      metricsEvent.setSpanId(spanId);
+      metricsEvent.setAttributes(createAttributes(params));
+
+      scopes.getClient().captureMetric(metricsEvent, combinedScope);
+    } catch (Throwable e) {
+      options.getLogger().log(SentryLevel.ERROR, "Error while capturing log event", e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private @NotNull HashMap<String, SentryLogEventAttributeValue> createAttributes(
+      final @NotNull SentryLogParameters params) {
+    final @NotNull HashMap<String, SentryLogEventAttributeValue> attributes = new HashMap<>();
+    final @NotNull String origin = params.getOrigin();
+    if (!"manual".equalsIgnoreCase(origin)) {
+      attributes.put(
+          "sentry.origin", new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, origin));
+    }
+
+    final @Nullable SentryAttributes incomingAttributes = params.getAttributes();
+
+    if (incomingAttributes != null) {
+      for (SentryAttribute attribute : incomingAttributes.getAttributes().values()) {
+        final @Nullable Object value = attribute.getValue();
+        final @NotNull SentryAttributeType type =
+            attribute.getType() == null ? getType(value) : attribute.getType();
+        attributes.put(attribute.getName(), new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(type, value));
+      }
+    }
+
+    final @Nullable SdkVersion sdkVersion = scopes.getOptions().getSdkVersion();
+    if (sdkVersion != null) {
+      attributes.put(
+          "sentry.sdk.name",
+          new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, sdkVersion.getName()));
+      attributes.put(
+          "sentry.sdk.version",
+          new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, sdkVersion.getVersion()));
+    }
+
+    final @Nullable String environment = scopes.getOptions().getEnvironment();
+    if (environment != null) {
+      attributes.put(
+          "sentry.environment",
+          new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, environment));
+    }
+
+    final @NotNull SentryId scopeReplayId = scopes.getCombinedScopeView().getReplayId();
+    if (!SentryId.EMPTY_ID.equals(scopeReplayId)) {
+      attributes.put(
+          "sentry.replay_id",
+          new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, scopeReplayId.toString()));
+    } else {
+      final @NotNull SentryId controllerReplayId =
+          scopes.getOptions().getReplayController().getReplayId();
+      if (!SentryId.EMPTY_ID.equals(controllerReplayId)) {
+        attributes.put(
+            "sentry.replay_id",
+            new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(
+                SentryAttributeType.STRING, controllerReplayId.toString()));
+        attributes.put(
+            "sentry._internal.replay_is_buffering",
+            new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.BOOLEAN, true));
+      }
+    }
+
+    final @Nullable String release = scopes.getOptions().getRelease();
+    if (release != null) {
+      attributes.put(
+          "sentry.release", new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, release));
+    }
+
+    if (Platform.isJvm()) {
+      setServerName(attributes);
+    }
+
+    setUser(attributes);
+
+    return attributes;
+  }
+
+  private void setServerName(
+      final @NotNull HashMap<String, SentryLogEventAttributeValue> attributes) {
+    final @NotNull SentryOptions options = scopes.getOptions();
+    final @Nullable String optionsServerName = options.getServerName();
+    if (optionsServerName != null) {
+      attributes.put(
+          "server.address",
+          new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, optionsServerName));
+    } else if (options.isAttachServerName()) {
+      final @Nullable String hostname = HostnameCache.getInstance().getHostname();
+      if (hostname != null) {
+        attributes.put(
+            "server.address",
+            new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, hostname));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void setUser(final @NotNull HashMap<String, SentryLogEventAttributeValue> attributes) {
+    final @Nullable User user = scopes.getCombinedScopeView().getUser();
+    if (user == null) {
+      // In case no user is set, we should fallback to the distinct id, known as installation id,
+      // which is used on Android as default user id
+      final @Nullable String id = scopes.getOptions().getDistinctId();
+      if (id != null) {
+        attributes.put("user.id", new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, id));
+      }
+    } else {
+      final @Nullable String id = user.getId();
+      if (id != null) {
+        attributes.put("user.id", new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, id));
+      }
+      final @Nullable String username = user.getUsername();
+      if (username != null) {
+        attributes.put(
+            "user.name", new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, username));
+      }
+      final @Nullable String email = user.getEmail();
+      if (email != null) {
+        attributes.put(
+            "user.email", new SentryLogEventAttributeValue(SentryAttributeType.STRING, email));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private @NotNull SentryAttributeType getType(final @Nullable Object arg) {
+    if (arg instanceof Boolean) {
+      return SentryAttributeType.BOOLEAN;
+    }
+    if (arg instanceof Integer) {
+      return SentryAttributeType.INTEGER;
+    }
+    if (arg instanceof Number) {
+      return SentryAttributeType.DOUBLE;
+    }
+    return SentryAttributeType.STRING;
   }
 }