GoKawiilTL;DR Your Fitbit app is transforming into Google Health, with some big changes to data management and personal training.
Google Health will be able to incorporate health data across disparate sources, even inlcuding Apple Health.
With Google Health Premium and the AI-powered Google Health Coach, users can craft and adjust customized fitness plans.
Fitbit is one of the biggest names in wearables, and while the brand’s been around for nearly two decades at this point, it’s been undergoing some important changes since being acquired by Google back in 2021. Recently, we’ve been anticipating not just an innovative new screenless fitness tracker, but also a big shake-up to the Fitbit app, upon discovery last month of a new “Google Health Premium” name. Today, we’re finally getting the full story on this transition, as the Fitbit app we know evolves into Google Health.
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That’s right: The Fitbit app is becoming Google Health. This is a mandatory change with no option to remain on the old Fitbit app. Just as Google did when moving Nest functionality to Home, the idea is to get everyone on the same Google-branded solution going forward.
How will the transition to Google Health happen?
Fitbit users will start seeing their first official warning about the upcoming transition today, with notifications alerting them to the pending shift. Then, in a little under two weeks, on May 19, the new Google Health app formally launches, replacing the Fitbit app.
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