Air “gravel” enters the tapes from below.
Credit: Google
Air “gravel” enters the tapes from below.
Credit: Google
The Fitbit Air will have all the standard wearable health sensors: heart rate, accelerometer/gyroscope, infrared SpO2 and skin temperature. Google notes that the heart rate monitor isn’t as advanced as the latest Pixel Watches, so Weather may not be accurate during vigorous activity. The Air also has a vibration motor that can be used for alarms, but it won’t sound for phone notifications like a smartwatch.
The Fitbit Air goes on sale May 26 for $99.99 with the included Performance Loop band. There are also Silicon Performance Loop and High Modern Band options. Bands start at $34.99 and come in a variety of colors. The purchase of Fitbit Air also includes three months of Google Health Premium (replacing Fitbit Premium), which now includes Google’s new AI Health Coach.
Goodbye Fitbit… Hello Google Health
The Fitbit app is getting a major makeover and a new name. An update in the coming weeks will transform that app into Google Health, with a new interface with a broader Material Expressive aesthetic and redesigned menus and icons. You also won’t see Fitbit branding in many places – the Fitbit Premium subscription will be Google Health Premium.
Without a subscription, the app still does all the essentials like tracking your health stats, automatically recording workouts, and displaying it all on a beautiful dashboard. With a Premium subscription, you get all the features of Fitbit Premium and the new AI Health Coach. It’s a chatbot, so you can ask it about any health or wellness topic and the answers are based on your health information.
Google suggests asking a Health Coach for personalized exercise routines or researching health issues. The bot could theoretically use your collected health metrics like exercise, nutrition and sleep to make better suggestions. You can even upload a photo of a meal to Health Coach and have it automatically inserted into the app.
