Google is turning Fitbit’s software experience into something broader, and much of the old Fitbit identity is being stripped away in the process. The app is now moving under the Google Health name, while several longtime Fitbit features are being removed from the new setup.
The shift also comes alongside the launch of Fitbit Air, a screenless tracker that leans toward the same kind of concept seen in Whoop. That device keeps the Fitbit hardware name visible, but the software center of gravity is clearly moving toward Google Health as a wider health-data hub.
A new app layout built around four main tabs
The redesigned app now uses a simpler bottom navigation with four tabs: Today, Fitness, Sleep, and Health. Today serves as a daily dashboard that can be customized with the metrics a user wants to see first, such as steps, readiness, sleep, weekly cardio goals, and other data.
Health is designed as a quicker access point for favorite measurements. It can surface heart rate, weight, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, SpO2, blood pressure, and other health indicators.
Fitness groups the weekly plan and workout library, while Sleep focuses on sleep score, sleep duration, sleep insights, and deeper breakdowns. Google is positioning the app as more than a companion for Fitbit devices, describing it as a health-data center rather than a single-brand wearable app.
Data from multiple services can live in one place
Google says the app can work with hundreds of apps and devices, including Health Connect, Apple Health, and other Google Health APIs. That setup is meant to bring different types of health and fitness information into one place.
The company points to examples such as Peloton workout data and MyFitnessPal food logs appearing alongside other health records. In practical terms, that means the app is being framed as a single dashboard for data that previously lived across separate services.
Premium features are changing too
The free tier still keeps the core functions users expect. Activity tracking, sleep tracking, health tracking, and health and fitness logging remain available without a subscription.
For paid users, Google Health Premium adds a different layer of tools. The bundle includes Google Health Coach, adaptive fitness plans, more detailed sleep insights, proactive insights, medical record summaries, a workout library, and mindfulness sessions.
Pricing is set at $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year. Google also says the subscription is included as a benefit for Google AI Pro or AI Ultra customers.
Several familiar Fitbit features are disappearing
Not everything from the old Fitbit experience is making the transition. Support for Lifescan devices is ending, although users can still log glucose data manually.
Badge support is also being removed completely. Google says no new badges will be created, and historical badges will be deleted from the system.
The social side of Fitbit is being reduced as well. Social profiles will no longer show gender, height, weight, location, or friend lists, and privacy settings tied to sharing that information will no longer be supported.
Direct messages and user-to-user notifications are also being shut down. That leaves the community features in a much more limited state than before.
Health details and sleep tools are being trimmed
Some of the more detailed tracking views are also going away. Stress check graphs will no longer be available in the mobile app, and minute-by-minute skin temperature data is being removed from the app interface.
Daily and weekly skin temperature trends will still be visible. But the finer detail that used to be available in the Fitbit experience will no longer be there.
Blood glucose tracking is changing too. Users will no longer be able to add symptoms or set reminders to check glucose levels, even though blood glucose data can still be imported from glucose monitoring devices through Health Connect or Apple Health.
Food Plans for setting calorie targets are being discontinued. Users can still set personal calorie goals through the Nutrition section in the Health tab.
Some older Fitbit-specific features are also on the way out. Recipe access is no longer available for longtime Premium subscribers, Snore Detection is being removed from Fitbit Sense and Versa 3, Estimated Oxygen Variation is ending, and Sleep Profile is no longer part of the app experience.
That also includes the monthly sleep animals that were once one of Fitbit’s most recognizable touches. For existing Fitbit account holders, the move to the new app requires migration to a Google account, reinforcing the wider shift from Fitbit as a standalone brand to Google Health as the main platform.
Source: www.androidpolice.com
