Google Health Roadmap Details Bug Fixes and Improvements Amid Backlash From Fitbit Users
The new app centers an AI health coach and recent activity updates, and users on Reddit say they want the old Fitbit layout back.
- On May 26, Google officially replaced the 14-year-old Fitbit app with Google Health, completing a rollout that began May 19 and renaming Fitbit Premium as Google Health Premium.
- Last year, Fitbit previewed a redesign centered on an AI-powered coach, though it remained optional as Google spent nearly a year preparing users through beta testing and reorganized the app into four tabs.
- For many users unaware of Google's plans, yesterday's update was shocking; hundreds of 1-star reviews cite inaccurate sleep and workout tracking, while Reddit posts and Play Store review-bombing reveal widespread frustration.
- Seemingly in response to backlash, Google published a roadmap with fixes rolling out this week for workout and run tracking, plus summer updates targeting sleep data and nutrition logs.
- Many users are abandoning Google Health for competing apps, with one reviewer claiming Google transformed a popular brand into something users hate in less than five years, though third-party wearable support is planned later this year.
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Google Health roadmap shows Fitbit fixes are coming
Google has published a roadmap for the new Google Health app, and it reads like a repair list for the Fitbit migration. Workout labelling, food logging, sleep views, Coach messages and dashboard customisation are all on the list after a rough wider rollout. The Google Health switch was always going to annoy some long-time Fitbit users. The old Fitbit app had its problems, but people knew where things lived and had built routines around it. Googl…
Google Health’s rough Fitbit takeover is already forcing a major cleanup plan
Google is responding to criticism of its Fitbit replacement with a cleanup roadmap for Google Health, starting with workout fixes this week and expanding into sleep, nutrition, Coach, and data-sharing updates.
The official transition from the well-known Fitbit application to the new Google Health platform is generating a huge wave of discontent among users. The introduction of a virtual wizard focused on artificial intelligence...
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