Fitbit Release Notes

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

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Note: You will continue to see the Fitbit app in the Google Play and App Store until the Google Health app begins rolling out on May 19th. Make sure you are subscribed to automatic app updates to see the Google Health app as soon as it's available to you.

Hey Fitbit Community,

Starting on May 19th, the Fitbit app will become the Google Health app, a new, comprehensive way to track your health and wellness. It introduces a whole new bunch of features that help you on your health journey.

A Better App for Your Journey

The Fitbit app is rebranding to the Google Health app and it's more than just a name change. It’s a more integrated way to view your wellness. Don’t worry, all of your historical data, milestones, and health trends will still be there for you. You’ll also find changes all geared towards making your health journey more intuitive and actionable than ever before.

• See a holistic view of your health. Connect your wearable, favorite health & fitness apps, and even your personal health records (US only)(5) to see a more comprehensive view of your health information.
• Customize your health and wellness goals. Choose the health metrics you want to prioritize for your targets.
• Tracking made easy. Track your heart rate, HRV, cardio load, steps, distance, sleep score and much more with your favorite Fitbit or Pixel Watch.

Improve your overall health

This experience gets even better with Google Health Coach, personalized coaching built with Gemini. The coach is available with Google Health Premium, and we are offering a 3 month trial on us!(1) The Google Health Coach includes:

• 24/7 personalized science-backed guidance for your whole health journey
• Proactive sleep insights to help improve your sleep
• Personalized and adaptive fitness plans tailored to your goals

The new Google Fitbit Air

And with these innovations, Google’s commitment to helping you with your fitness journey brings a new fitness tracker: the Google Fitbit Air!

Personalized , adaptive, and made just for you – make the new Google Health app and the Google Fitbit Air your new fitness partners and track your health metrics, from your sleep patterns, your heart rate, to your daily steps.

The Google Fitbit Air’s lightweight, stylish, and screenless design allows you to track your health without distractions. You’ll also get a three-month trial of Google Health Premium on us!(1)

With a Google Health Premium subscription, you get access to the Google Health Coach, your personalized partner in understanding your health insights.

Uninterrupted focus

Screenless, simple, and effortless. The Google Fitbit Air tracks your key health metrics passively - letting you receive insights when you want them, and silence them when you don’t.

• Our smallest, lightest, and thinnest continuous heart rate tracker(2).
• A long-lasting battery. The Google Fitbit Air can last up to 7 days before your next charge(3).
• Effortless movement tracking. The Google Fitbit Air features Automatic Activity Detection.

Personalize your look with the Google Fitbit Air

The Google Fitbit Air comes with a one size fits all woven band and a charging cable. You can easily change the band with one that’s more your style – material or color.

• Performance Loop Band ($34.99): Woven band available in multiple colors, offers micro-adjustability and stretch, providing comfort and the perfect fit for ease of wear day and night.
• Active Band ($34.99): Perfect for workouts and handling your daily activity with its waterproof silicone material.
• Elevated Modern Band ($49.99): A sleek premium band that matches your elevated style

Google Fitbit Air Special Edition Stephen Curry

For an even more sleek look, you can get the Google Fitbit Air Special Edition Stephen Curry, that blends legendary style with maximum performance. Rock the custom rye and gameball orange colorway with signature details such as his jersey number on the inside of the band. Plus, flex in and out of the gym with a band that’s sweat resistant and moisture wicking.

Available in the US for pre-order on May 7 and buy-now May 26

Price starts at $129.99.

Now available for pre-order

Starting May 7, the Google Fitbit Air is available for pre-order on the Google Store and select retailers. It will be available on shelf on May 26.

Enjoy 3 months of Google Health Premium on us. This trial will start once your Google Fitbit Air is shipped. For more information, go to g.co/fitbit/terms (1).

Price starts at $99.99.

Your Fitbit Community Team

Disclaimer

1 Offer ends 5/26/2027. New and returning users only; one trial per customer and not transferable. Requires valid method of payment and compatible device. Automatically renews for $12.98/month after trial; cancel at any time. More details at g.co/fitbit/terms.
2 Not intended for medical purposes. Like all heart rate tracking technologies, accuracy is affected by physiology, location of device, and your movements and activity. Consult your health care professional before making changes regarding your health.
3 Maximum battery life is approximate and is based on testing conducted in 2025 on pre-production hardware and software, using default settings with a median Fitbit Air user battery usage profile across features. Battery life depends on features enabled, usage, environment and many other factors. Use of certain features will decrease battery life. Actual battery life may be lower. See g.co/fitbit/battery for more information on battery life.
4 Features subject to change; availability and results vary. Not intended for medical purposes. Works independently of Gemini apps. Check responses for accuracy.
5 Google Health can use your personal health records to personalize coaching responses in the Google Health app to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle and to help you make lifestyle improvements. Google Health Coach is an artificial intelligence product. Artificial intelligence answers may be inaccurate or incomplete. Google Health is not intended to use your personal health records to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent, or monitor any disease or condition. Consult your healthcare professional before making changes concerning your health. Personal Health Records stored with Google may not be comprehensive or accurate. Always consult your doctor for medical advice or for an official copy of your health records for clinical or government purposes.

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.

Hey Google Health Community,

With new changes to the Google Health Community comes a brand new product on shelves today. We’re very excited to announce that Google Fitbit Air is now available in stores!(1)

The new lightweight and stylish Google Fitbit Air brings a whole new experience to your health and fitness journey. At a price of $99.99, its screenless design and one-size fits all woven band lets you track your health and wellness metrics through the Google Health app in an effective, effortless way.

Focus on your health journey

To help you focus on your health and fitness journey, Google Fitbit Air tracks your health and wellness metrics passively. Designed as our smallest, lightest, and thinnest heart rate tracker(2) yet to ensure unnoticeable tracking of your health metrics. A long-lasting battery can power your device for up to 7 days before it needs charging, making sure that you can get the most out of your device for a long time.(3)

These features will make sure that you’ll be able to make your health journey a priority.

Improve your overall health

With Google Health Premium, you get access to a personalized health coach, built with Gemini to give you fitness plans, sleep guidance, and proactive insights on your health journey. You’ll get a three-month free trial of Google Health Premium, on us.(4)

Your health coach personalizes your health and fitness journey in many ways:(5)

• Get answers to your health-related questions 24/7.
• Our most accurate sleep algorithm powers proactive insights to help you sleep better.
• Adaptive fitness plans tailored to your health goals.

Never go out of style

If you’ve got a hankering for customization, then Google Fitbit Air is the fitness band for you! Aside from the woven band that it comes with, you can also get other bands that are more your style:

• Performance Loop Band ($34.99): Offers micro-adjustability and stretch providing comfort and the perfect fit for ease of wear day and night.
• Active Band ($34.99): Perfect for tough workouts and handling your daily activity with its waterproof silicone material.
• Elevated Modern Band ($49.99): A sleek soft band that matches your elevated style.

If you’re in the US, you can also get an exclusive Special Edition Stephen Curry Google Fitbit Air ($129.99)! Designed with the NBA champion, this band features a water resistant coating, custom color, and signature details to help you flex in and out of the gym.

Google Fitbit Air is now available in the Google Store or at your nearest select retailer. For more information, you can check out the Google Health Help Center. You can also join the conversation in the Google Health Community.

Are you excited for Fitbit’s newest screenless fitness tracker? Let us know what you think!

The Google Health team

Disclaimers

(1)Google Fitbit Air works with most phones running on Android 11 or higher and Apple iOS 16.4 or higher. Requires Google Account and Google Health app. Feature availability varies; some features require Google Health Premium membership. Gemini features work independently of Gemini apps. Check responses for accuracy; results may vary. Not intended for medical purposes. See g.co/health/fitbit-air and g.co/fitbit/compatibility for more information.

(2)Compared to other Google wearable devices.

(3)Maximum battery life is approximate. Use of certain features will decrease battery life. Actual battery life may be lower. See g.co/pixelwatch/batteryhealth and g.co/fitbit/battery.

(4)Offer ends 5/26/2027. New and returning users only; one trial per customer and not transferable. Requires valid method of payment and compatible device. Automatically renews for $9.99/month after trial; cancel at any time. More details at g.co/fitbit/terms.

(5)Requires Google Account, Google Health app, Internet and Google Health Premium subscription. Features subject to change; availability and results vary. Not intended for medical purposes. Work independently of Gemini apps. Check responses for accuracy.

Hey Google Health Community,

Changes are coming to Fitbit, and the biggest one yet is here.

The Google Health App 5.00 is starting to roll out to iOS and Android users today (and over the next week)! The most comprehensive way to track your health journey is here, and we couldn’t be more excited. Check out the Google Health Community for more information on what you can get with the Google Health app.

The new Google Health Coach has also arrived as part of the 5.00 app rollout, available with Google Health Premium! With Google Health Coach, you’ll get 24/7 personalized health and wellness coaching, proactive sleep insights, and fitness plans tailored just for you. Go to the Google Health Help Center to find out what the Health Coach gives you.

You can access all of this and more with the new Google Health App. If you’re an existing Fitbit app user and have automatic app updates on your phone, you’ll get the update once it arrives. Otherwise, you can download the latest version from the Google Play Store or the App Store.

The new Google Health App is geared with the latest features and technology that Google offers to help you start a new relationship with your health. To find out more, check out the Google Health Help Center.

Excited to explore the new app? Let us know what you think!

Your Google Health Community Team

Hey Fitbit Community,

Imagine having a personal sleep expert who doesn't just give you a grade, but helps you better understand how to wake up feeling more refreshed. To help you reach your rest goals, we’re evolving the Sleep Score to work hand-in-hand with Coach’s insights.

While the Sleep Score has always provided a snapshot of your night, this update goes deeper. By combining advanced science with personalized guidance, we’re helping you with actionable advice that will help improve your sleep health.

What’s new?

Sleep Score has always been designed to reflect the quality of your night – but a single number can only tell part of the story.

This updated experience is designed to make the Sleep Score:

• More transparent and actionable: It shows you exactly which metrics contributed to your score, making it easier to see what you may want to focus on over time.
• More holistic: It assesses the full spectrum of your sleep quality, from falling into sound sleep to restlessness, or interruptions. Our updated algorithms now also unify your night into a single, continuous journey, providing a score intended to reflect how well you slept.

Instead of just seeing that your score changed, you can now get a clearer sense of how different aspects of your sleep contributed – and where you might want to focus your attention.

Note: Your Sleep Score on your device may not match the new Sleep Score you’re seeing in the app. This is a known issue that we’re planning to fix soon. In the meantime, the Sleep Score in your app is the most accurate.

See exactly what makes up your score

The updated Sleep experience is designed to make it easier to quickly understand what stood out about your sleep. You will no longer have to guess why your score changed – you can see exactly which part of your sleep impacted the result.

1. Total sleep duration: This makes up the majority of the score and represents how much time you were estimated to be asleep during your primary sleep window for the day. We consider any time that you were likely asleep to be part of your sleep duration.
2. Time to sound sleep: This is the time it takes from when you first appear to get to bed until the moment your body fully settles into Deep, REM, or a steady phase of Light sleep with a calm heart rate. Usually, the faster you settle in, the better you’ll feel.
3. Sound sleep: This is one of a few descriptions of how your sleep looked, reflecting the total amount of steady, undisturbed sleep you got. We add up all the moments during your sleep period where your body appears to be soundly asleep (Deep/REM/Light with low, steady HR).
4. Restlessness: The time you were likely asleep, but moving, stirring, or in a transitional/wake-like state. We add up all the very brief, minor wakeful moments that happen while you are asleep. We exclude longer, memorable awakenings that are less than five minutes. Reducing these "active" moments leads to a better score.
5. Interruptions: This is the total time you appeared fully awake during the night. We look for longer, likely memorable moments of wakefulness rather than tiny, natural stirs.
6. Full awakenings: This is the number of distinct, memorable times you woke up for at least five minutes. Fewer interruptions lead to a better Sleep Score, with zero being the ideal.

Usually, your awake time and the number of awakenings are grouped together under Interruptions.

We’ll split this into separate metrics – interruptions and full awakenings – if one specifically falls outside of your typical range.

Fitbit Premium users can turn data into a plan(1)

A score is only useful if you know how to move the needle. Your new experience includes Personalized Insights and guidance from the Coach (available with a Premium membership) to help you target specific habits:

• Targeted insights: If your "Time to Sound Sleep" is consistently high, your app won't just show you a graph, you’ll also receive an insight suggesting changes to your wind-down routine – like putting screens away 30 minutes earlier or trying a guided breathing exercise.
• Guidance from the Coach: When you’re looking at your score and wondering "Why is this lower than yesterday?", you can turn to the coach. For example, the coach might point out that a highly active day or a late-afternoon nap shifted your body's sleep requirements for the night.

Note: If you ask your Coach about your new Sleep Score, you may receive inaccurate details regarding your Sleep Score sub-metrics. This is a known issue, and we’re working to resolve it soon.

"We’ve all had those mornings where we wake up and just know we’ve had a great night’s sleep - it’s an ineffable feeling of satisfaction that a rigid formula can’t always capture.

To bridge that gap, we’ve evolved the Sleep Score to move away from a one-size-fits-all definition of 'healthy sleep' and toward an estimate of how well you slept.

Having thousands of users literally tell us how they felt they slept by completing scientifically validated surveys after waking up, we could task our cutting-edge machine-learning algorithms with sorting out how our metrics related to people’s general sleep perceptions.

We wanted to be able to passively capture this important dimension of sleep health, by acknowledging that you know good sleep when you've had it.

By taking into account sleep satisfaction we hope to round out how we promote healthy sleep practices, by incorporating the experience of sleep into a broader sleep health framework, one centered on regularly getting adequate amounts of high-quality, uninterrupted sleep at a biologically aligned time to feel and function your best while awake."

• Logan Schneider,
  Clinical Lead for Sleep Health, Google
  Adjunct Clinical Assoc Prof of Sleep Medicine @ Stanford
  Neurologist @ Stanford/VA Alzheimer's Research Center

What’s next?

Because of these updates to how the Sleep Score captures your unique sleep experience – including how we unify your sleep sessions together and account for perceived sleep quality – you might notice your score shift to a new baseline.

Think of this as a higher-definition view of your rest. By capturing a more detailed and complete picture of your night, your score now offers a more accurate reflection of your personal patterns. This shift allows Fitbit to go beyond simply tracking your sleep and start identifying the real habits that shape how rested you feel.

Because the most useful Sleep Score isn’t just one that tells you how you slept – it’s one that helps you truly understand the quality of your rest.

Disclaimers

Not intended for medical purposes. 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. Consult your health care professional before making changes regarding your health.

1. Requires Fitbit Premium subscription (sold separately), Fitbit 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.

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Hey Fitbit Community,

We're excited to share some updates rolling out to Fitbit Charge 6. Read on to discover what's new.

New clock faces

We heard you! Thanks to your feedback, the Fitbit Charge 6 now has three new clock faces to choose from—Axira, Geometric, and Momentum. They’re designed to provide you with more comprehensive data at a glance, and allow for quick access to key health and fitness metrics directly from your wrist.

Improved connectivity to fitness equipment

This update expands compatibility between Fitbit Charge 6 devices and exercise machines, allowing you to connect to a wider variety of equipment and see your real-time heart rate on display during your home or gym workouts. Learn more about sharing your heart rate with fitness equipment here.

Try these new features and tell us what you think by joining the discussion. Subscribe to get the latest info on major updates, features and more.

This software update also includes general bug fixes and improvements for Charge 6, Inspire 3, Sense 2 and Versa 4.

Your Fitbit Community Team

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Hey Fitbit Community

We’re so excited to announce the new Fitbit Charge 6, our most capable tracker, is now available for pre-order today!* The new tracker is packed with advanced health and fitness tools to help you run your day and your routine.

The new Charge 6 has our most accurate heart rate on a tracker yet with up to 60% more accurate readings for vigorous activities such as HIIT, spinning and rowing.** More exercise modes like Strength training, Crossfit and surfing to track personalized goals.*** You can also connect Charge 6 to compatible Bluetooth-enabled fitness machines and apps to see your real-time heart rate on display during workouts. Easily control YouTube Music right from your wrist to stay motivated.

Charge 6 provides up to 7 days of battery life, a rich color-display touch screen and a new haptic side button.**** Be prepared for pre-order with all the need-to-know details:

Pre-order

• Date: September 28, 2023 at 8am P.T.
• Price: $159.95 USD
• Colors: Obsidian, Porcelain and Coral
• Stores: Google Store, Fitbit.com or select global retailers (Note: worldwide availability coming later this fall.)

Now, let’s dive into all the great new features you can expect in the Charge 6.

Improved heart rate tracking

Charge 6 includes our most accurate heart rate tracking yet. Using machine learning algorithms you can get helped up to 60% more accurate readings during vigorous activities like HIIT.***** Now you can feel confident your heart rate-based health metrics, like calories burned or Active Zone Minutes, are more accurate too.

Stay on top of your heart health by assessing your heart rhythm for atrial fibrillation using the ECG app. You can also receive notifications for when your heart rate falls above or below your normal thresholds with High and Low heart rate notifications.

Google tools on the go

For the first time on a tracker, Google Maps and Google Wallet will be available on Charge 6. Get quick turn-by-turn directions with Maps. Or seamlessly purchase a post-ride snack with Wallet. All right from your wrist.

More way to track workouts and stay motivated

Charge 6 now has over 40 exercise modes to choose from, including 20 new ones like HIIT, Rowing or Strength training, Charge 6 also has built-in GPS, which means you can leave your phone at home and still easily track distance and pace during runs, hikes or bike rides.****** For outdoor workouts, see a map of your route in the Fitbit app when you’re done.

Get the most out of your fitness apps

When you connect your Charge 6 to compatible exercise apps and machines, there are plenty of possibilities. You can now see your real-time heart rate displayed on compatible Bluetooth enabled exercise equipment and even popular Android and iOS phone or tablet fitness apps.*******

Show off your style

There are even new accessories to fit your style for any occasion available, including the Ocean woven band and Hazel sport band — whether you’re getting the new Charge 6 or want to freshen up another Fitbit device. Check out these and more at Fitbit.com.

The Fitbit Team

*Fitbit Charge 6 works with most phones running Android 9.0 or newer or iOS 15 or newer and requires a Google Account and internet access. Some features require a Fitbit mobile app and/or a paid subscription. See Fitbit.com/devices for more information.

**Compared to Charge 5. Based on 90th percentile BPM errors from 2023 testing of individuals engaged in HIIT, spinning and rowing using pre-production Charge 6 and Charge 5. Percentage improvement does not relate to other exercises.

***Compared to other Fitbit fitness trackers as of Fall 2023. Does not include Pixel or Fitbit smartwatches. Performance of heart rate tracking may be affected by physiology, location of device and your movements and activity.

****Average battery life is approximate and is based on testing conducted in California in mid 2023 on pre-production hardware and software, using default settings with a median Fitbit user battery usage profile across a mix of data, standby, and use of other features. Battery life depends on features enabled, usage, environment and many other factors. Use of certain features will decrease battery life. Actual battery life may be lower.

*****Compared to Charge 5. Based on 90th percentile BPM errors from 2023 testing of individuals engaged in HIIT, spinning and rowing using pre-production Charge 6 and Charge 5. Percentage improvement does not relate to other exercises.

******Fitbit Charge 6 works with most phones running Android 9.0 or newer or iOS 15 or newer and requires a Google Account and internet access. Some features require a Fitbit mobile app and/or a paid subscription. See Fitbit.com/devices for more information.

*******Compatible with select workout machines that support the Bluetooth Heart Rate Profile, and coming soon to more. See here for more information on Charge 6-compatible machines.

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Hey Fitbit Community,

Get ready for more fun! We're rolling out fresh updates to the Fitbit Ace LTE to make the gamified fitness experience even more fun and engaging for kids, encouraging them to stay active.

Holiday season special Family Quest

Celebrate the holidays with Fitbit’s new special Family Quest - Jingle all the way.

Complete the designated monthly activity target to unlock special items and earn rewards along the way for your child’s Fitbit Ace LTE device.

New game in the Fitbit Arcade

Fitbit Arcade has introduced a new game - Frankenforge, where kids can build and battle monsters, powered by exercise.

For more information on Fitbit Ace LTE, here are some additional resources:

• Play Fitbit Arcade games on your Fitbit Ace LTE
• Manage Family Quests

Your Fitbit Community Team

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Hey Fitbit Community,

Kickstart your fitness journey with the Google Pixel Watch 3 and its advanced health and fitness capabilities from Fitbit. Fitbit offers tools that help you not only track your workouts and fitness progress, but also understand how well your body is recovering. These tools: Readiness, Cardio Load, Target Load, and Training Status are personalized to you, your training, and your recovery. They assist in achieving fitness goals by providing guidance on your cardio exercise, recovery, and preventing overtraining symptoms like fatigue or injury.

Google Fitbit’s Readiness and Cardio training tools

• Readiness Score. An enhanced algorithm assessment of your body’s readiness using your heart rate variability, resting heart rate, and recent sleep to show how your body is recovering from the stressors of everyday life.
  • Heart Rate Variability. HRV measures the time between your heartbeats and is a key indicator of your nervous system's balance. Higher HRV is a signal of better readiness.
  • Resting Heart Rate. Measures your heart rate when you are well-rested and not engaging in physical activity. Everyone’s normal RHR will differ, with lower values typically associated with higher fitness. A sustained rise in RHR over a few days is generally associated with your body working harder to recover or fight illness, which may be an indicator to reduce training intensity.
  • Recent sleep. Measures your sleep debt - the accumulated difference between the amount of sleep you've gotten and the amount of sleep you need. If you've been experiencing poor sleep, your body's ability to recover and perform may be negatively impacted. By sleeping more, you can reduce your sleep debt and increase your readiness to exercise. These factors help determine how well the body is recovering. Balancing activity with recovery is a cornerstone of health, so Readiness Score will now be available to all Pixel Watch 3, as well as Pixel Watch 1 and 2 and Fitbit users with heart rate devices.

These updates will begin rolling out to Fitbit users with the latest app version (4.23 and up), providing access to updated Readiness scores with no subscription required. However, it may take some time for users to receive these updates.

• Cardio Load. A new feature that measures the overall stress on your cardiovascular system throughout the day, taking into account activities ranging from light tasks to peak effort. The Cardio Load metric is a modified Banister’s TRaining IMPulse (TRIMP) model that quantifies training load using an exponential weighting for higher intensities.

Cardio load tracks background activity data all day, not just during workouts. This includes light or more intense activity levels throughout the day and continuous tracking. In other words, you could accumulate cardio load with a brisk walk, or an intense interval run - the higher you get your HR, and the more time you sustain it, the more cardio load you will get.

• Target Cardio Load. Is a new feature that compares the last week of cardio load with the last month (often called Acute to Chronic Workload Ratio or ACWR) to give you a target range for your cardio load, personalized to your training and recovery. We have a Target load to inform how much you should take on - this folds in Readiness, but there are times Readiness is high and Target Load is low if there are signs the user is overloading over recent days.

Selecting “maintain cardio fitness” will adjust your target cardio load to be in line with your average cardio load in the past week. Selecting “improve cardio fitness” will adjust your target cardio load to be slightly more than your last week average, helping you improve fitness while minimizing risk of injury from sudden increases in activity.

• Training Status. An assessment of your accumulated cardio load over the last week compared to the last four weeks. Based on these comparisons, Training Status indicates if you are improving your fitness, maintaining fitness, or at risk of under or overtraining. For example, if you take on too much cardio load too quickly, Training Status will indicate you’re at risk of overtraining.

When you're overtrained, your body is constantly fighting to recover. Instead of improving your endurance and stamina, overtraining can lead to a decline in your cardiovascular performance. Conversely, periods of undertraining can reverse the gains you've made in your fitness.

Note: Like all heart rate tracking technologies, accuracy is affected by physiology, location of device, and your movements and activity.

Helpful links:

• For more information on your readiness score please visit What's my daily readiness score in the Fitbit app?
• For more information on cardio or target load please visit What are cardio load and target load?

The Google Fitbit Team

Pixel Watch 3 works with most phones running on Android 10.0 or newer. Requires Google Account, Google Pixel Watch app, and internet access. Some features require a Fitbit mobile app and/or paid subscription. Google apps and services and Fitbit Premium content and features are subject to change and are not available in all countries or languages. Google Pixel Watch is not compatible with Android (Go edition). See g.co/pixelwatch/specs for technical and device specifications.

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Hey Fitbit Community,

We have exciting news for Fitbit Family Quest Users! You can now seamlessly integrate steps tracked directly from connected fitness apps and trackers.

Previously, for the family members without an Ace LTE, Family Quest primarily relied on steps taken with your phone. This change now allows for more accurate and effortless participation. Now, every step you and your family members take throughout the day, whether it's tracked by a smartwatch or other fitness tracker, will automatically contribute to your collective Family Quest progress.

This means you can:

• Experience greater accuracy: Get a truer reflection of your family's combined activity levels.
• Focus on the fun: Spend less time worrying about steps syncing and more time enjoying the friendly competition and shared goals with your loved ones.

How to link your tracker

A new option in the Family Quest menu page will allow you to link a tracker.

Follow the steps in the setup flow or visit this help center article for more information.

Your Fitbit Community Team

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Hey Fitbit Community,

Get ready to personalize your child’s Fitbit Ace LTE with our new collection of accessory bands! We’re thrilled to unveil our special partnership with Minecraft for Fitbit Ace LTE. This band features iconic Minecraft elements, allowing your child to show off their love for building, exploring, and creating. It’s the perfect companion for every block-by-block adventure!

Check out the new lineup:

This new class of bands have both active and comfort bands - allowing you to choose between what’s best for your child, whether that is needing something a bit more swim-proof or something that delivers softer textures. All of these bands are also designed for easy attachment, so kids can swap out their bands in seconds to match their mood or outfit.

Get your child’s new favorite Minecraft band on Google Store or at participating retailers starting September 16th. Let new, stylish adventures begin!

Your Fitbit Community Team

© 2024 Mojang AB. All Rights Reserved. MINECRAFT, the MINECRAFT logo, the Creeper logo, Minecraft:Dungeons and the Mojang Studios logo are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

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Hey Fitbit Community,

New games? Check. New Noodles? Check. Fun progress tracking? You got it! We’re bringing some fresh fun into the Fitbit Arcade game collection with two new games, plus some much-awaited Noodle updates and feature improvements to help kids track their progress as they grow on their gamified fitness journey.

New games in the Fitbit Arcade

We’re dropping new game titles in the Fitbit Arcade to keep kids moving:

• Melvin the Mole: Go on a treasure-hunting adventure with Melvin. Explore fun locations on the map, walk to discover hidden treasures, and bring them back to Melvin's growing home collection.
• Spooky Sanctuary: Solve the mystery disappearance of Uncle Curly, meet new friends, and catch all the ghosts in different spooky environments as you walk throughout the day.

With the launch of these new game titles and the start of the April Family Quest, Fitbit Arcade is also adding notifications and new system rewards for milestones to help your kids track their progress as they level up their fitness journey.

Four new watch Noodles

To help kids track their move goal progress, four new Noodle watch faces are now available, now with the much-requested current date display. Kids can personalize their home screen with the date displayed in three new time styles: Simple, Classic, and Narrow.

Move goal progress and history

'Now kids can keep track of their Move Goal progress over time with a tap! The move score on their watch face allows your kids to check their activity history from the previous days.

Your feedback matters!

We’re always looking for ways to improve Ace LTE based on your feedback through the forums and in-product feedback.

Not seeing these updates?

1. Check that your Ace LTE is on the latest software: Season 5. You can see what season a watch is using under Daily Quests.
2. Updates to the Ace app begin today and will continue over the next few days. Check back in soon!

For more information on Fitbit Ace LTE, here are some additional resources:

• Play Fitbit Arcade games on your Fitbit Ace LTE
• Change your watch face Noodle

Your Fitbit Community Team

Google Account and Ace Pass data plan required. Ace Pass LTE services available in the US except in Alaska or US territories. Works with most phones running Android 11.0 or newer or iOS 15 or newer. Setup for users under 13 requires parent and child Google Accounts and parent’s use of Fitbit Ace app on parent’s compatible phone. See g.co/fitbitace/info. for more information. See g.co/fitbitace/info for more information.

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Hey Fitbit Community,

We're excited to announce some fresh new fun for Fitbit Ace LTE! These additions will encourage kids to keep moving as they continue their gamified fitness journey.

Check out Fitbit Arcade’s newest addition.

We’re dropping a bewitching new game title in the Fitbit Arcade to keep kids moving:

• Witch Academy

Swish and flick your way through spellbinding classes to help Sophie, a sophomore witch, master ancient magical runes. Will Sophie become the number 1 student?

Get gifting in Bit Valley

Friends in Bit Valley can now send each other gifts! Either tap on an item you’d like to gift from Bitpedia and select your friend or in Bit Valley select your friend and choose a gift! Your friend will be notified when it arrives in Bit Valley

Your feedback matters!

We’re always looking for ways to improve the Fitbit Ace LTE based on your feedback through the forums and in-product feedback.

Not seeing these updates?

1. Check that your Fitbit Ace LTE is on the latest software: Season 6. You can see what season a watch is using under Daily Quests.
2. Ace app updates are rolling out starting today and will continue over the next few days. Please check back soon!

For more information on Fitbit Ace LTE, here are some additional resources:

• Play Fitbit Arcade games on your Fitbit Ace LTE
• Add Friends on Fitbit Ace LTE

Your Fitbit Community Team

Google Account and Ace Pass data plan required. Ace Pass LTE services available in the US except in Alaska or US territories. Works with most phones running Android 11.0 or newer or iOS 15 or newer. Setup for users under 13 requires parent and child Google Accounts and parent’s use of Fitbit Ace app on parent’s compatible phone. See g.co/fitbitace/info. for more information. See g.co/fitbitace/info for more information.