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Google is consolidating its wearables and health services under the Google Health brand while pivoting Fitbit hardware toward minimalist, sensor-first devices. The new $100 Fitbit Air drops the screen and buttons, relying on advanced sensors and seamless pairing with Google Health’s upgraded, Gemini-powered Health Coach for personalized coaching, recovery advice and medical-data parsing. The app rebrand replaces Google Fit and unifies data across Health Connect and HealthKit, with some advanced coaching gated behind a $10/month subscription. Together, these moves signal Google’s strategy to embed AI-driven insights into a streamlined wearable ecosystem focused on discreet monitoring and integrated care.
Google introduced the screenless Fitbit Air, a small puck-style wearable that focuses on continuous health sensing rather than a display, and launched the Google Health app to replace the Fitbit app and subscription. The Air packs heart-rate, accelerometer/gyroscope, SpO2, and skin-temperature sensors, offers about a week of battery life, stores a day of offline data, and starts at $99.99 with bands sold separately; buyers get three months of Google Health Premium, which includes an AI health coach. Google positions the Air as a complement to Pixel Watch devices and emphasizes comfort and all-day wearability for sleep and activity tracking. This signals Google’s tighter integration of Fitbit hardware and services under the Google Health brand.
Google has launched the Fitbit Air, an ultra-light, screenless and buttonless fitness band focused on passive health monitoring and integrating with a new Google Health app and Google Health Coach. Weighing just 5.2 g (12 g with strap) and offering up to seven days of battery life, the Air abandons smartwatch features in favor of sensors—optical heart rate, accelerometer, gyroscope, SpO2 and skin temperature—to track heart rate, HRV, arrhythmia alerts, sleep stages, activity and blood oxygen. Priced at $99 with three months of Google Health Premium, it supports quick-release bands, Curry-branded special editions, iOS pairing, and is aimed as a complement to Pixel Watch rather than a replacement. Preorders open now; shipping starts May 26.
Google unveiled the Fitbit Air, a $100 screenless fitness tracker that shifts Fitbit toward minimalist, data-focused wearables and direct competition with Whoop. The lightweight, oval device drops an AMOLED display and physical buttons, acting primarily as a discreet sensor that pairs with Google Health (the rebranded Fitbit app) and Gemini-powered Health Coach for personalized coaching, workout plans, and recovery suggestions. Despite the stripped-down exterior, the Air retains advanced sensors — temperature, gyroscope, continuous heart-rate monitoring, HRV, AFib alerts, and readiness scoring — and comes with new bands and a special Stephen Curry edition. The launch signals Google’s push to integrate AI-driven health insights into its wearable lineup and expand its fitness ecosystem.
Google is rebranding the Fitbit app as Google Health and will sunset the Google Fit app by the end of 2026, consolidating wearables and health services into a single platform. The update rolling out May 19 upgrades the Fitbit app with a redesigned AI-powered Health Coach—now graduating from beta—to provide personalized guidance, parse medical records, and let users log or share health data. Google will continue the Fitbit hardware line with the new $100 Fitbit Air and says future devices will integrate tightly with the Health Coach. The app supports Health Connect and Apple’s HealthKit (and plans Apple Health viewing for Fitbit Air data), and restores some social features like challenges. Premium Health Coach features require a $10/month subscription.