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Fitbit becomes Google Health: A fusion of tech and wellness

Google’s new AI-powered coach could revolutionise personal health tracking, but is it a step too far?

More than a decade since its debut and five years after Google acquired it, the Fitbit app is officially rebranding as Google Health. As part of the transition, Google also announced plans to sunset the 12-year-old Google Fit app later this year, though details about migrating user data to Google Health will be released in the coming months.


Google introduced a dramatic redesign of the Fitbit app last year in public beta, centered around a new AI-powered Health Coach chatbot that can provide guidance on anything and everything from your health to fitness, even parse your medical records. Now, the Health Coach is officially exiting beta. Fitbit users will see an app update on May 19 that rebrands the Fitbit app into Google Health.


The new application is designed as a one-stop shop for all your health and fitness needs. It supports Health Connect and Apple's HealthKit platform, meaning anyone with an Apple Watch can use the Google Health app to parse their data. If you buy the new $100 Fitbit Air, Google plans to make it so the device's data can be viewed in Apple Health as well, though this won't be available at launch.


The app allows you to upload medical records—you can search for your doctor's name or address and log in to the provider's portal, which will mean historical and future records will sync to Google Health. Plus, you can log anything you want through the Health Coach, whether that's what you ate for lunch to track nutrition, or if you broke your leg and want to reconfigure your weekly fitness regimen.


The Health Coach is a big part of the app, but it's also a subscriber-only feature. Anyone can use the Google Health app for free, and if you have a Fitbit device or Pixel Watch, you can continue to see your activity, sleep, and health-tracking data. But if you want deeper sleep insights, adaptive fitness plans, proactive insights, and access to the Health Coach, you'll have to cough up $10 per month ($100 per year) for Google Health Premium.

Original source:  https://www.wired.com/story/google-is-rebranding-the-fitbit-app-to-google-health/
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