{"id":686303,"date":"2026-05-22T12:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/686303\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:16:12","slug":"google-health-starts-replacing-fitbit-app-on-ios-and-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/686303\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Health Starts Replacing Fitbit App on iOS and Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Google<\/p>\n

The Google Health app is starting to roll out on iOS and Android<\/a> as a replacement for the existing Fitbit app. With the rebranding, Fitbit Premium is also becoming Google Health Premium, and subscribers in supported countries will get access to the new Gemini-powered Google Health Coach.<\/p>\n

Google announced this new Health app earlier this month alongside the $99.99 screenless Fitbit Air<\/a>, which will start shipping on May 26. Google is also offering 3 months of Google Health Premium with the purchase of the new entry-level band. Google Health Premium is also included with Google AI Pro and Ultra subscriptions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As part of the Fitbit transition to Google Health, users connected to a Fitbit account in the Fitbit app will need to move their account to a Google account. Later this year, Google will also invite users of its separate Google Fit app<\/a> to migrate to the new Google Health app.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t have a Fitbit device or Pixel watch connected to the new Google Health app, you\u2019ll get a simplified bottom navigation bar with Today and Health tabs. The first one highlights key health metrics and recent activity, while the second one provides access to all health data.<\/p>\n

Google Health users with a connected Fitbit or Pixel watch will get two new tabs, Fitness and Sleep. With a Google Health Premium subscription, the new Google Health Coach is available from the floating \u201cAsk Coach\u201d button, which will start a conversation with the Gemini-powered assistant. The new coach can provide personalized health and wellness recommendations, fitness plans, and more.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In my brief experience with the new Google Health app on my iPhone, I found that it\u2019s still a bit slow to sync data from Apple\u2019s Health app. I have yet to try a Fitbit device, but I\u2019m hoping to get my hands on the new Fitbit Air so I can share my experience with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Google Health app is starting to roll out on iOS and Android as a replacement for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,28773,251472,61],"class_list":["post-686303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fitbit","tag-google-health-app","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}