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TL;DR Fitbit’s Gemini-powered personal health coach has gained several new features.
The feature has gained cycle health functionality, Mental Wellbeing tracking, and nutrition/water tracking.
You can also access Fitbit’s Public Preview program without a Fitbit Premium subscription.
Fitbit released a Gemini-powered personal health coach back in October, giving users chat-based health and wellness insights. Now, Google has announced a few new features coming to this health coach.
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The first notable addition to the personal health coach is support for cycle health functionality. This lets you log your periods and symptoms via the calendar. This also seems to be available to free users, although Google notes that personalized cycle insights are a Premium feature.
Google and Fitbit are also bringing Mental Wellbeing functionality to the personal health coach: Track mindfulness sessions and log your moods for deeper insights. You’ll also be able to better understand your body’s response to stress with an updated stress management score called resilience. The personal health coach is gaining nutrition and water logging functionality. This will let you log meals, track calories and water intake, and set calorie targets. Google also promises “personalized macronutrient ranges” to manage your nutrition.
Google also announced that users no longer need Fitbit Premium to access Public Preview. That means you can try the redesigned Fitbit app free of charge, but you’ll need to pay for the personal health coach, Ask Coach functionality, and custom fitness plans. We actually uncovered these Public Preview changes back in January via an APK teardown.
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