Google is replacing Fitbit with Google Health, including AI Coach and multimodal logging

After several months of public preview testing, Google is finally transitioning the Fitbit app into a new Google Health app, with the update starting to roll out on May 19. The Fitbit name will remain for hardware, but the software experience is moving under Google Health across Android and iOS, combining Fitbit’s tracking features with Google’s broader health, software, and AI efforts (Ironically, the company already had an app under this same name, which was withdrawn in 2011). As part of that shift, Google also plans to invite Google Fit users to migrate their data into Google Health later this year. The new app is organized around four tabs: Today, Fitness, Sleep, and Health. Today includes a customizable metrics dashboard, Fitness covers activity tracking, metrics, and workout planning, Sleep adds detailed sleep data and an updated sleep score, while Health brings together wellness metrics, medical records, and other health information. The biggest addition, however, is likely Goo...

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