Along with the new Fitbit Air, Google announced this week that the Fitbit app is dead and replaced by “Google Health.” If you had told me this was going to happen a few months ago, I would have been worried, but the end result actually looks like a total win for everyone involved. Let’s take a closer look.
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In the very near future, the Fitbit app will officially become Google Health. Functionally there is not much change. The app will use Google’s redesigned interface, which was first previewed last year, and an AI-powered trainer will help you with your workouts connected to the ever-improving sleep and health tracking.
There are other welcome updates as well.
Google Fit, a long-neglected experience, It will be integrated into the health applicationAnd Google Health on iOS will support connecting to Apple Health To pull Apple data into a Google app. This means you’ll be able to use the Apple Watch, which was previously the Fitbit experience. Many are happy with Apple’s offering, but it’s nice to have that extra flexibility!
There seems to be greater attention third party equipment and services here, like Google noted:
The Google Health app works with hundreds of your favorite apps and devices, integrated through the Health Connect, Apple Health, or Google Health APIs, so you can see your data like your Peloton workouts or your meals from MyFitnessPal in one place.
That’s nice to see, as if there’s a problem with Google’s move to Fitbit, it’s been in the spotlight. a lot a lot on first-party devices. You could always connect certain third-party devices — like scales — to Fitbit, but that was pretty messy. Even Android’s Health Connect left a lot of room for improvement. Google Health is paving the way for a truly one-stop health app with its new APIs. This makes a lot of sense since Google Fit is no longer in the picture.
Of course, it’s not perfect: Google is ditching a few legacy features, but it’s also sticking with Fitbit’s existing hardware for the long haul.
we will of course We will have to wait and see how it turns out. But personally, I’m pretty intrigued by what I’ve seen so far.
What do you think?
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