Fitbit Users, Google Is Prepping Upcoming Improvements To Google Health

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.