Google is rebranding the Fitbit app as the Google Health app and adding new features designed to help users centralize health and wellness data, including medical records, lab results, medications and vitals.
Here are seven things to know about the app:
- The Google Health app will feature four main tabs: Today, Fitness, Sleep and Health. The tabs are intended to give users a broader view of their wellbeing while allowing them to customize dashboards and track trends across metrics such as activity, sleep, vitals and medical records, according to a May 7 news release from the company.
- The app also will integrate with hundreds of apps and devices through Health Connect, Apple Health and Google Health APIs, enabling users to consolidate data from services such as Peloton and MyFitnessPal into one platform.
- Google said U.S. users will be able to sync medical records into the app to view information including lab results, medications and vitals over time. The company said the records will be securely stored within the app and that users will maintain control over how their data is used, shared and deleted.
- Additional updates include expanded social leaderboards, improved menstrual cycle tracking features and new data visualization tools.
- The company also announced that the app will integrate with Google Health Coach, an AI-powered wellness assistant built with Gemini. According to the news release, the coach will provide personalized insights, workout recommendations and summaries of users’ medical records.
- Google said existing Fitbit users will receive the Google Health app automatically through an update and will not need to download a separate application. Data from current Fitbit accounts will transition automatically, according to the news release.
- The company also plans to invite Google Fit users to migrate their data into the Google Health app later this year, the news release said.
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