Fitbit Release Notes

Hello Google Health Community,

We’re excited to announce that version 5.06 of the Google Health app is rolling out starting today! The rollout will continue over the next week in phases depending on carrier and device. With your feedback, we are committed to continuously improving the Google Health app, and this release builds on improvements in the prior 5.01 release, 5.02 release, 5.03 release, 5.04 release, and 5.05 release.

Software versions

• Android: 5.06
• iOS: 5.06

What’s Included

New Google Health Coach Settings

We’re introducing new settings that give you more control over how your Google Health Coach appears on your Today tab. You can now customize your daily view to match your preferred level of guidance. You can choose from two options:

• “Standard” (default): Enjoy the full Google Health Coach experience with proactive, conversational insights and daily summaries directly on your Today tab..
• “No Coach insights”: Keep a streamlined Today tab focused on activity and sleep summaries, without coaching insights.

On-demand access always stays on: In either mode, you can still ask your coach questions anytime and access your active fitness plans on the Fitness tab.

To manage your settings, tap your profile icon, then “Google Health settings”, and then “Coach”.

Fitness and Activity Updates

• Improved Maps: We have resolved issues that prevented maps from displaying correctly and fixed errors related to how heart rate zones and pace are shown on maps.

Your Google Health Community Team

Hey Google Health Community,

It’s finally here! The newest Google Pixel Watch 5 –our newest, smartest watch–is now available for pre-order! This sleek, all-in-one smartwatch features some of our newest technology geared towards giving you the best experience possible.

Proactive health and wellness insights

• Health Guardian features¹²³ are delivered to you every month. They’re a suite of tools that track key body signals and important shifts in your wellness while keeping tabs on monthly trends. They track these shifts quietly in the background and provide timely notifications — helping you make positive lifestyle choices.
• This includes introducing an industry-first feature to the wrist: Breathing Emergency Detection which will be available to users in the EU.⁶⁷
• It also features three new monthly trend summaries: Blood Pressure trends, Sleep Breathing Quality Trends, and Insulin Resistance trends. These reports highlight metabolic and cardiovascular shifts early, giving you insights to help you take control of your long-term health and wellness.⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹
• Sleep Breathing Quality tracks minute-by-minute variations in your blood oxygen levels during sleep and helps you better understand how breathing patterns impact your energy, recovery, and health.¹¹

Advanced health and fitness tools

• Pixel Watch 5 delivers our most accurate GPS route tracking yet—offering 2x greater accuracy compared to previous generations.⁵
• Coming soon, our new on wrist Strength Training workout experience brings step-by-step guidance directly to your wrist, helping you move through sets and rest periods while making it easy to log your weights and reps on the go.
• Google Health Coach, built with Gemini, acts as your fitness coach, sleep expert and health and wellness advisor to help you form a new relationship with your health.¹⁶
• We also elevate sleep tracking with 15% more accurate sleep stage detection than our previous models at classifying your complete sleep cycle, showing sleep duration, sleep stages, and more – down to the minute. This gives you the information you need to aim for better rest.¹⁷ Plus, a revamped Morning Brief provides key information at-a-glance to start the day.

Proactive On-Device AI

• Raise your wrist to ask Gemini anything, or let it pull up notifications exactly when you need them.⁴

Stunning and fast

• Features a beautiful, durable domed display, an all-day battery, and ultra-fast charging to power your entire day.¹²¹³

The Google Pixel Watch 5 is available for pre-order now at the Google Store. It’ll be available in stores on August 20.¹⁴

Stay up to date

Wanna know more about Google’s newest smart watch? Check out the Keyword blog post for all the features of the Google Pixel Watch 5!

It's your chance to level up your digital life and take charge of your well-being. Follow us on @madebygoogle to stay in the loop, and check back here for more updates!

Your Google Health Community Team

Disclaimers

1 Pixel Watch 5 works with most phones running on Android 12.0 or newer. Requires Google Account and Pixel Watch app. Google apps may not be available in all countries or languages. See g.co/pixelwatch/specs. Some features require a Google Health mobile app and/or Google Health Premium membership.

2 Available for select countries and languages to users 18+. Feature availability will vary; some features may require subscription for higher usage. Check responses. Some features available through Gemini app.

3 Health Guardian features availability varies by region/country and device.Blood Pressure Trends (Vascular Stress / Vascular Stress Trends in JP/MX), Insulin Resistance Trends (Metabolic Stress Trend in JP and MX), Sleep Breathing Quality, and high/low heart rate alerts are intended for general wellness and informational purposes only and not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition, or substitute for professional medical advice. Insulin Resistance and Blood Pressure Trends are not a prescreener for diabetes and hypertension respectively, do not provide real-time clinical readings, and should not be used to adjust medications. Always consult a healthcare professional for medical questions.

4 Requires pairing with compatible device with Gemini mobile app and a Google Account. Available in select languages and countries. Internet connection required. Check responses for accuracy. Available through Gemini app.

5 Compared to Pixel Watch 4.

6 This product has not been cleared or evaluated by the US FDA. CE marked - Will be available in certain EU markets. See g.co/pixelwatch/breathingemergency.

7 Breathing Emergency Detection may not detect every instance of a breathing emergency and is not intended for users with preexisting respiratory conditions with chronically low oxygen saturation levels or pregnant users. It does not diagnose or treat any medical condition or provide follow-up care. The feature is not intended for people with heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and sickle cell anemia. It is not intended to replace any real-time oxygen monitoring devices prescribed by healthcare professionals or sold over-the-counter, including for continuous monitoring for opioid-induced oxygen desaturation. Certain medical conditions, such as sleep apnea and obesity, may increase the chances of false positive triggers.It will not detect emergencies after you’ve been asleep for 30 minutes. Feature performance may vary based on individual factors, such as BMI, sleep disordered breathing, blood flow to the skin, and pigmentation such as wrist tattoos. You may receive a check-in when there is a poor sensor reading, which can happen as a result of normal day-to-day activities. Emergency calling is dependent on call functionality such as your phone or watch being charged and having adequate cellular connectivity. Emergency services may not respond.

8 Coming Soon

9 This product is intended for general wellness purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, mitigate, prevent, treat, or cure any disease. The data provided by this product is not intended for medical use, not a replacement for a blood pressure monitor, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice. This product is not a prescreener for hypertension, does not provide real-time blood pressure readings for clinical purposes, and should not be relied upon for blood pressure management, medication adjustments or treatment plans. This feature is not for individuals who are pregnant. Consult a medical professional for any questions about your blood pressure.

10 This product is not intended to diagnose, mitigate, treat, or cure any disease. This product is not a prescreener for diabetes nor is it intended to monitor glucose levels in real time. Do not use this product for diabetes management or rely on this product to alter any medications or insulin levels. Consult a medical professional for any questions about your metabolic health.

11 This product is intended for general wellness purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, mitigate, prevent, treat, or cure any disease. The data provided by this product is not intended for medical use and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice.

12 Battery life varies by model: Up to 30 hours for the Pixel Watch 5 (41mm), and up to 40 hours for the Pixel Watch 5 (45mm). Battery life depends upon many factors and usage of certain features will decrease battery life. Actual battery life may be lower. Over time, Pixel software will manage battery performance to help maintain battery health as your battery ages. See g.co/pixelwatch/batteryhealth for more information on battery life.

13 Charging speed based on use of in-box USB-C® Quick Charge Dock with 30W adapter (sold separately) plugged into a wall outlet. Actual results may be slower. Charging speed based on testing with fully drained device batteries. Charging speed depends upon many factors including battery age and ambient temperature.

14 Available in Mexico at a later date.

15 Sleep tracking features are not intended to diagnose or treat any medical conditions and should not be relied on for medical purposes. It is intended to provide information that can help you manage your well-being.

16 Requires Google Health Premium subscription (sold separately), Google Health app, and internet connection. Features subject to change; availability varies. Not intended for medical purposes. Gemini features work independently of Gemini apps. Check responses for accuracy; results may vary. Available on select devices.

17 Improvement in sleep stage accuracy based on clinical validation of sleep algorithm against gold-standard measurements, comparing our latest sleep tracking algorithm to our previous generation across all compatible Pixel and Fitbit devices.

Hello Google Health Community,

We’re excited to announce that version 5.05 of the Google Health app is rolling out starting today! The rollout will continue over the next week in phases depending on carrier and device. With your feedback, we are committed to continuously improving the Google Health app, and this release builds on improvements in the prior 5.01 release, 5.02 release, 5.03 release, and 5.04 release.

Software versions

• Android: 5.05
• iOS: 5.05

What’s Included

Apple Health Integration Updates (iOS only)

• You can now share your data from Google Health back to Apple Health. For example, you can sync data like your exercise records, steps, vitals, and sleep recorded by your Fitbit Air to Apple Health.
• To get started, tap on your profile icon, then select “Partner apps”, and then Apple Health. From there, follow the set-up prompts to connect to Apple Health for the first time or tap “Review permissions” to add new permissions. Once you’ve given permissions for Google Health to write data to Apple Health, your data will start to flow. Check out this article to learn more about which data you can share with Apple Health.

Medical Records and Smart Health Links (US only)1

• If you’re in the US, you can now share summaries of your medical records with your healthcare providers or family members using secure Smart Health Links. Your provider may accept Smart Health Links during check-in as a way to supplement your health history.
• To create a link, go to the Health tab and then the “Medical” section. Select “Shareable records” and tap the + button. You can then select which data you want to include and save the link. Once saved, tap the three-dot icon to get a URL or QR code you can share.

Fitness Updates

• We have addressed stability issues with VO2Max calculations, exercise maps, and editing workouts after their completion that may have impacted some users.

Hope you enjoy these updates, and be on the lookout for more in the coming weeks!

The Google Health team

Disclaimer

1. Available in the US only. Not intended for medical purposes or as a substitute for official clinical health records.

Hey Google Health Community,

A new firmware update (version 253.2) is rolling out over the next few days for your Google Fitbit Air. This update includes minor bug fixes.

Keeping your Fitbit Air up to date

Before you get started, make sure your Fitbit Air is charged to at least 50% (or plugged into its charger) and that it is connected to your phone or tablet with Bluetooth turned on. Also, ensure you have the latest version of the Google Health app installed.

Important things to know before updating

• Timing: We recommend updating your device during the day or evening. If you update your Fitbit right around midnight, your step count for that day might temporarily appear inaccurate.
• Duration: Updates can take around 10 minutes to complete, so make sure you are in a convenient spot where you can set your device down and let the update finish uninterrupted.
• App Status: To keep the update loading, you must keep the Google Health app running.

Step-by-step instructions:

1. Open the Google Health app with your Fitbit Air nearby.
2. On the Today tab, tap Update. This option is only visible when an update is available.
   • Alternatively, at the top left, tap Connections, then select your device. Tap Update.
3. Follow the directions on the screen and keep your Fitbit close to your phone, tablet, or computer.

After you start the update, a progress bar will appear in the Google Health app until the update is complete.

For other issues, refer to the help guide:

Why can't I update my Fitbit device?

Follow us on @googlehealth to stay in the loop, and check back here for more updates!

Your Google Health Community Team

Hello Google Health Community,

We’re excited to announce that version 5.04 of the Google Health app is rolling out starting today! The rollout will continue over the next week in phases depending on carrier and device. With your feedback, we are committed to continuously improving the Google Health app, and this release builds on improvements in the prior 5.01 release, 5.02 release, and 5.03 release.

Software versions

• Android: 5.04
• iOS: 5.04

What’s Included

Nutrition Updates

• Introducing custom foods: You can now create, edit, and delete custom foods for more personalized and easier logging. You can also search for created custom foods and log them again.
• Quick logging calories and macro estimates: You can now log an entry by just adding calories and macronutrients without having to search for or add a specific food name.
• Macronutrient %s fixes: We’ve fixed an issue where the macronutrient calculation as a percentage of total calories was incorrect for some users.

Sleep Updates

• Naps included on Today: Building on our recent improvements to naps tracking, your naps will now count toward your total sleep duration shown in the tiles on the Today tab.

Fitness and Activity Updates

• Fixed truncated HR charts and maps in exercise summaries: We’ve fixed an issue where some users would occasionally see incomplete heart rate charts and maps that did not represent the full duration of the exercise.

Cycle Health Updates

• Easier trend views: You can now view your cycle history grouped chronologically by year, making it easier to navigate your long-term data and see trends.

Friends and Leaderboards Updates

• Inviting friends: We’ve fixed an issue where some iOS users were not able to successfully initiate new friend requests.

Hope you enjoy these updates, and be on the lookout for more in the coming weeks!

The Google Health team

Hello Google Health Community,

We’re excited to announce that version 5.03 of the Google Health app is rolling out starting today! The rollout will continue over the next week in phases depending on carrier and device. With your feedback, we are committed to continuously improving the Google Health app, and this release builds on improvements in the prior 5.01 release and 5.02 release.

Software versions

• Android: 5.03
• iOS: 5.03

What’s Included

New on Android and iOS in 5.03

The following updates are available on Android and iOS in the 5.03 release.

Today Tab Updates

• Add more metrics on the Today tab: You can now add metric tiles for heart rate variability, breathing rate, oxygen saturation (SpO2), resting heart rate, skin temperature variation, blood glucose, mindful days, mindful minutes, resilience, protein intake, fat intake, carbohydrate intake, and your friend leaderboard on the Today tab. All these metrics have previously been available in the Health tab. Now, you can also add them to your Today dashboard for convenient, glanceable viewing and tracking of daily progress.

Sleep Updates

• Total Sleep and Main Sleep Tracking: Naps (>20 mins) will now count toward your 24-hour total sleep duration - available in your daily sleep view in the Sleep tab. There, you can also view trends over time for your main sleep session and your total sleep (which includes your main sleep and naps). Your Today metric tile tab will continue to show your main sleep duration.

Fitness and Activity Updates

• Swim metrics: We’ve fixed an issue where some users were seeing incorrect distances and units for swimming exercises.
• Elevation discrepancies with Strava: We’ve fixed an issue where some users were seeing large discrepancies between the elevation gain reported in the Google Health app vs. the gain reported in Strava or the TCX file.

Now available on iOS in 5.03; previously available on Android in 5.02

The following updates were made available to Android users in our previous 5.02 release and are now available to iOS users in this release 5.03.

• Easier re-ordering of Key Metrics on the Health tab: You can now drag and drop to re-arrange the charts in your Key Metrics section of the Health tab, so you can order them in whatever way works best for you. Tap Customize, long press on the chart you want to move, and then drag it to your desired location.
• Improved food search: Search results now show serving units and calories to make it easier to find what you want to log.
• Naps views: Recorded naps are now easier to find and view over time. You can now see your naps on separate tabs in your daily Sleep Score view.

Introducing the Google Health CLI

a command-line tool built to support users and developers in exploring health data and automating health actions - whether you're a commercial application developer building an app for a broad audience or an individual health enthusiast diving into your own data in new ways.

Designed with agent use in mind, the CLI works seamlessly and securely with health and fitness data from the Google Health app, including data from devices like the Google Fitbit Air. The CLI uses the Google Health API scopes and consents authorized for your Google Health API project to query 40+ health and wellness metrics like Activity, Sleep, Heart Rate, Vo2Max, and many more. Whether you are running quick commands in a terminal or hooking it up to your favorite AI agents, the Google Health CLI makes the data you access work for you. It comes with two starter skills to streamline setup and authentication. Just prompt your agent to the README file to get started.

We are committed to empowering users with access to their data and excited to see what you build with the CLI.

What You Can Do with the CLI and Data You Access

The CLI bridges the metrics you access and your creativity. You can use it to build personalized, automated dashboards, routines, and more. For example:

• Monitor trends: Automate a daily sync of sleep, recovery and health metric trends, helping you optimize training readiness or track how minor routine changes impact specific health symptoms.
• Integrate into your day to day: High Readiness today? Connect to your calendar to automatically block out a workout or a mindfulness break if your day is packed with back-to-back meetings.
• Build custom alerts: Create automated workflows that correlate nutrition logs with blood glucose, or set up subtle recovery alerts when vitals deviate from a personal baseline.

Best of all, you choose how you want to see it. Instantly export metrics into streamlined JSON, clean terminal tables, CSV files ready for a personal spreadsheet, or build a custom health dashboard.

Get Started in Minutes

Getting up and running with the CLI in a few quick steps in your terminal:

1. Install the Tool: Download the CLI directly from our official open-source GitHub repo
2. Run the Guide: Initialize the setup with a single command: ghealth setup --instructions
3. Connect Your Data: Follow the interactive prompts to securely create and connect a project on Google Cloud Console and download your secure credentials

Once authenticated, you are ready to start querying, logging, and getting more from your or other consented users’ health data.

💻

Are you a Commercial or Enterprise Developer?

If you are looking to build commercial applications, manage enterprise health data, or dive deep into the underlying technical architecture and schemas, we have you covered. Head over to our Google Health API Developer Portal for full documentation and developer-specific resources for the Google Health API.

Download the CLI today, dive into your data, and start building!

The Google Health Team

Hello Google Health Community,

We’re excited to announce that version 5.02 of the Google Health app is rolling out starting today! The rollout will continue over the next week in phases depending on carrier and device. With your feedback, we are committed to continuously improving the Google Health app, and this release builds on improvements in the prior 5.01 release.

Software versions

• Android: 5.02
• iOS: 5.02

What’s Included

Today Tab Updates

• More metrics on Today: You can now expand your focus metrics dashboard on the Today tab to see more metrics without having to swipe right or visit another tab. Tap the pencil icon and then select “Expanded view” to see more metrics on Today.
• Easier re-ordering of your metrics on Today: We’ve made it easier to change the order of your metrics on Today. In Edit mode (tap the pencil icon), you can now tap a metric and then select the metric you want to replace it.

Health Tab Updates

• Easier re-ordering of Key Metrics (Android only): We’ve also made it easier to change the order of your metrics in the Key Metrics section of the Health tab. You can now drag and drop to re-arrange your charts. Tap Customize, long press on the chart you want to move, and then drag it to your desired location. Available on Android in 5.02. Coming soon to iOS in our next release (5.03).

Sleep Updates

• Restlessness Updates: The Restlessness bar is now closer to your sleep stages graph, so you can better see Restlessness and Awake data together. We’ve also improved minor awake moments detection, with more improvements to follow.
• Naps (Android only): Recorded naps are now easier to find and view over time. You can now see your naps on separate tabs in your daily Sleep Score view. Coming soon to iOS in our next release (5.03)
• Deleting sleep sessions: Deleting sleep sessions is fully supported.
• Editing sleep sessions: We’ve fixed an issue where some users could not edit their sleep sessions.

Fitness and Activity Updates

• Hourly Activity: Hourly activity is back. See charts for your hourly activity (step goal per hour) in the Today and Health tabs. Use the pencil icon on Today or “Customize” on Health to add Hourly activity to your dashboards.
• Bug fixes and stability improvements: We’ve fixed issues with exercise summaries including:
  • Steps and distance being incorrectly reported as 0 for certain manually logged activities.
  • Automatically detected bike rides reporting low distances when they shouldn’t (distance reporting for automatically detected bike rides is not currently supported).

Nutrition Updates

• Food Search: Improved speed in search results on both Android and iOS. Results now show serving units and calories on Android. Coming soon to iOS.
• Estimated macros when logging: Macronutrient estimations are now displayed on the main logging page, so you can preview them before completing your log.
• Today tile updates: The Nutrition tile on the Today has been updated to include calorie intake (top number) and calories remaining (bottom number), replacing the previous metrics which focused on net calories.

Managing Logs from Partner Apps

• You can now delete individual exercise sessions, food logs, and weight logs synced from other apps directly in the Google Health app without having to visit Privacy Center. In the Google Health app, tap on the session or log you want to delete and then either the three-dot or the trash can icon.
  • If the session or log was imported from Health Connect or Apple Health, you’ll be directed to the respective platform to complete the deletion. Note: this will delete the record from that platform too.
  • If the session or log was imported from a direct integration, you’ll be able to complete the deletion in Google Health.
• In the future, you’ll be able to delete sessions or logs imported from Health Connect or Apple Health in Google Health without having to also delete them from Health Connect or Apple Health.

Hope you enjoy these updates, and be on the lookout for more in the coming weeks!

The Google Health team

Hello Google Health Community,

We’re excited to announce that version 5.01 of the Google Health app is rolling out starting today! The rollout will continue over the next week in phases depending on carrier and device. With your feedback, we are committed to continuously improving the Google Health app, and this release is the first of many improvements to come.

Software versions

• Android: 5.01
• iOS: 5.01

What’s Included

Nutrition Upgrades

• Custom Foods: You can now view and log previously-created custom foods. Adding new custom foods is coming soon.
• Macronutrient Goal Guidance: Added explanations and guidance for setting macronutrient goals.
• Third-Party Food Log Improvements:
  • Fixed issue where some meal logs from MyFitnessPal, Cronometer, and LoseIt via Apple Health were labeled as “Other” meal type, instead of the correct type.
  • Improved handling of meal logs received from the same third-party app when that app is connected to Health Connect and to Google Health directly.
  • Added default food names when logs from Apple Health do not have a name.
• More Controls when Logging on iOS: Made it easier to switch between measurement units when logging meal items from search results.
• Chart Improvements: Nutrition and calories charts are now more consistent across the Today, Health, and nutrition deep dive views.

Fitness and Activity Updates

• Corrected Workout Labels: Fixed issue where some runs were labeled as other types of workouts. New and previous runs will now be correctly labeled as runs.
• Missing Splits: Resolved issue where splits were missing from some run summaries.
• Map Loading: Improved loading states for maps from GPS exercises.
• Mobile Step Counting on iOS: Fixed issue where steps were counted twice for some users who had turned on both Apple Health and Mobile Track.

Sleep Updates

• Sleep Score Reliability: Resolved issues where the Sleep tab was not showing sleep scores for some users.

General Updates

• Today Tab on Android: Fixed issue where some users were not seeing up-to-date information in the Today feed on Android. Updated defaults for Cardio Load supported devices for new users.
• Account Migration on iOS: Fixed issue blocking some users from migrating their Fitbit account to Google account. If you start the migration flow again, you will be able to move to a Google account.
• Friends and Family on iOS: Fixed issue where Friends and Family screen was slow to load or unable to load for some users.
• VoiceOver on iOS: Enhanced buttons and charts for VoiceOver and TalkBack.

Device Applicability

Applicable updates are available for supported Google Health app users on Android and iOS.

The Google Health team

Hello Google Health Community,

We’re excited to announce that version 5.01.1 of the Google Health app is rolling out starting today! The rollout will continue over the next week in phases depending on carrier and device. With your feedback, we are committed to continuously improving the Google Health app, and this release is the first of many improvements to come.

Software versions

• Android: 5.01.1
• iOS: 5.01.1

What’s Included

Nutrition Upgrades

• Custom Foods: You can now view and log previously-created custom foods. Adding new custom foods is coming soon.
• Macronutrient Goal Guidance: Added explanations and guidance for setting macronutrient goals.
• Third-Party Food Log Improvements:
  • Fixed issue where some meal logs from MyFitnessPal, Cronometer, and LoseIt via Apple Health were labeled as “Other” meal type, instead of the correct type.
  • Improved handling of meal logs received from the same third-party app when that app is connected to Health Connect and to Google Health directly.
  • Added default food names when logs from Apple Health do not have a name.
• More Controls when Logging on iOS: Made it easier to switch between measurement units when logging meal items from search results.
• Chart Improvements: Nutrition and calories charts are now more consistent across the Today, Health, and nutrition deep dive views.

Fitness and Activity Updates

• Corrected Workout Labels: Fixed issue where some runs were labeled as other types of workouts. New and previous runs will now be correctly labeled as runs.
• Missing Splits: Resolved issue where splits were missing from some run summaries.
• Map Loading: Improved loading states for maps from GPS exercises.
• Mobile Step Counting on iOS: Fixed issue where steps were counted twice for some users who had turned on both Apple Health and Mobile Track.

Sleep Updates

• Sleep Score Reliability: Resolved issues where the Sleep tab was not showing sleep scores for some users.

General Updates

• Today Tab on Android: Fixed issue where some users were not seeing up-to-date information in the Today feed on Android. Updated defaults for Cardio Load supported devices for new users.
• Account Migration on iOS: Fixed issue blocking some users from migrating their Fitbit account to Google account. If you start the migration flow again, you will be able to move to a Google account.
• Friends and Family on iOS: Fixed issue where Friends and Family screen was slow to load or unable to load for some users.
• VoiceOver on iOS: Enhanced buttons and charts for VoiceOver and TalkBack.

Device Applicability

Applicable updates are available for supported Google Health app users on Android and iOS.

The Google Health team

Hi Everyone,

The Fitbit app is officially becoming the Google Health app! Don't worry, your favorite Fitbit and Pixel watches will still pair and work perfectly with the new Google Health app just like they always have.

Starting May 19th, 2026 and rolling out over the next few weeks, you will start to see the Google Health brand and logo in the Google Health app and on our developer site, documentation, Console, and the new Google OAuth 2.0 experience.

We will be turning down the legacy Fitbit Web API in September 2026.
To ensure uninterrupted data continuity for your users, you will need to migrate your applications following the steps below before then.

This update is a total modernization of our foundation, rebuilt from the ground up on Google’s infrastructure to provide a more scalable and reliable experience for your integrations. By moving to the Google Health API, you’ll gain access to:

Technical Modernization and New Features

• We consolidated 123 endpoints down to a streamlined set of data type bundles across REST and gRPC endpoints with consistent structure and error-handling.
• We improved and expanded the availability of intraday data through a new “list” endpoint for all applicable data types.
• Our updated webhooks now offer support for auto-subscriptions across all relevant data types.

Reconciliation

We now offer both a Reconciled Stream and Fitbit/Pixel device and manual log stream. The reconciled stream handles merging of overlapping data points from different sources, enabling you to have access to the same data in your app that your users see in the Google Health app. You are still able to filter for and retrieve Fitbit/Pixel device and manually logged data.

Identity & Security

Google OAuth 2.0 replaces Fitbit Authorization, simplifying code via standard libraries and centralizing user permissions.

Individual Read & Write scopes

We are introducing .readonly and .writeonly scopes for the APIs. If you have authorized to use our read/write scope during the beta program, please authorize to the new scopes accordingly.

The Timeline:

Now

• Start building! Access the Google Health API documentation, migration guides, and developer tools at https://developers.google.com/health.
• Replace any app or webpage references to Fitbit with the Google Health branding and logo. Assets can be accessed here

September 2026

Final deprecation of legacy endpoints. Previous versions of the Fitbit Web API will be decommissioned and data will stop syncing.

To maintain your application's connectivity, you will need to register your project in the Google Cloud Console and migrate to the new endpoints. Please keep in mind that mandatory user re-consent is required, as silent migration is not possible.

We will be providing a suite of tools—including a comparison tool, API Explorer, and a user-linking API to map legacy user IDs to new user IDs—to make this version transition as smooth as possible. We’re excited to see how these new capabilities transform your apps!

Sincerely,

The Google Health API Team

Exercise Tracking

Bug Fixes

• Correctly label runs that were incorrectly labeled as general workouts for some users (rolling out this week).
• Add splits to run summaries (rolling out this week).
• Improve load time and discoverability for maps on exercise summaries.
• Address incomplete data in TCX exports for exercises tracked using Fitbit Air and connected GPS and for exercises tracked using multiple devices or apps connected to Google Health.

Improvements

• Improve how the app responds while live tracking a Fitbit Air exercise in the event of lost connectivity.
• Address metric inconsistency when tracking an exercise with multiple devices connected to the Google Health app.
• Continue to improve the number of exercises that Fitbit Air automatically detects.

Nutrition and Calorie Tracking

Bug Fixes

• Prevent log duplication when the same third-party app is connected via Health Connect and Google Health directly.
• Ensure logs from MyFitnessPal, Cronometer, and LoseIt have appropriate meal types (not Other).
• Address over-reporting of energy burned for Pixel Watch users so energy burned is counted correctly.

Improvements

• Add custom food viewing, creation, and logging
• Improve goal-setting and progress tracking as we know this is an area where many of us have specific patterns and routines.
• Add more deletion capabilities so you can curate and manage your logs more granularly and easily.
• Include the name of the third-party source to detailed food log views, not just summary views, so you can always tell where your data came from.

Daily Activity

Improvements

• Add charts for hourly step goals, both in the Today and Health tabs.

Sleep

Bug Fixes

• Address missing Sleep Scores in parts of the app for some users.

Improvements

• Add a 24-hour total sleep view so you can see your main sleep and naps together.
• Make naps easier to find so you can view them for today or for previous days.
• Update the Restlessness bar so you can view it closer to the Awake bar, along with improving the minor awake moments detection.
• Add deletion options for sleep sessions.

Google Health Coach

Improvements to Google Health Coach messages in Today tab

• Make messages more concise without sacrificing helpful detail and try to find the right balance between positivity and objectivity.
• Include more visuals like charts, maps, and glanceable stats in messages.
• Tune which of your activities warrant a message from the Coach, so you should expect less commentary on brief walks.

Improvements to Ask Coach

• Ask for your intent more frequently before responding when the Coach would benefit for more detail.
• Reduce references to less timely or important information.
• Have better recall of guiding instructions such as “Stop mentioning…”, "Forget that I…”, “I am no longer…”.
• Reduce error outs or unnecessary non-answers.
• Add support for deleting logs via Ask Coach.
• Add support for logging core body temperature via Ask Coach.
• Include fat type, sodium, and fiber measurements in food items logged via Ask Coach.

Improvements to Fitness Plans

We updated our Fitness plans based on feedback we heard from users in Public Preview. We have additional iterations planned based on the feedback we’ve continued to receive:

• The current plan experience (flexible weekly targets) doesn't fully meet the needs of people who thrive on more structure. While we designed this initial launch to support flexibility, bringing back weekly structured schedules later this year in some way is on our roadmap.
• Continue to improve on the quality, discoverability, and execution of coach-generated workouts to help you meet your weekly targets.

Metric Views

Bug Fixes

• Address issues with data staleness and data inconsistency between the tiles on the Today and Health tabs and the fuller metric views.

Improvements

• Make it easier to customize your Today and Health dashboards so you can more easily re-arrange metrics within them or add or remove metrics.

Sharing your data

Bug Fixes

• Address app crash when trying to access friends and family via settings in certain cases.

Improvements

• Add support for sharing data back to Apple Health.
• Enable sharing of medical records with Smart Health Links.
• Enable you to use tools like command line interfaces (CLIs) and other AI skills on top of your data.

Account Migration and Support

Improvements

• Heads of families cannot migrate their personal account without also migrating or deleting kids’ accounts. We recognize the current account migration process doesn’t make it easy to delete a child account if you don’t want to migrate or graduate the child. In June, you’ll be able to delete child accounts and unblock your account migration.