Here’s How Google Is Responding To Fitbit Users Who Don’t Like The New Health App

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Stevie Bonifield

is a news writer covering each things user tech. Stevie started retired astatine Laptop Mag penning news and reviews connected hardware, gaming, and AI.

After a flood of complaints astir nan Google Health app that conscionable replaced Fitbit, Google has responded pinch a database of changes that will rotation retired starting this week.

Google is addressing immoderate of nan biggest complaints users had, for illustration nan Today dashboard that tin only show users’ chosen wellness metrics successful nan apical half of nan screen. Soon, Google says it will “make it easier to customize your Today and Health dashboards truthful you tin much easy re-arrange metrics wrong them aliases adhd aliases region metrics.”

Google Health is besides adding immoderate missing features and quality-of-life improvements, for illustration civilization nutrient viewing, creation, and logging, truthful you tin adhd civilization nutrient items to your logs. The Today and Health tabs are getting charts for hourly measurement goals, arsenic well, and a caller 24-hour full slumber overview will show some main slumber and naps.

Google’s AI coach is 1 of nan astir divisive caller features. One personification asked why they “now person to scroll done paragraphs of AI slop” to spot their wellness data, but others, like The Verge’s David Pierce, opportunity they are already getting useful proposal and insights.

Google says these adjustments for its AI-generated messages successful nan Today tab are coming soon:

Make messages much concise without sacrificing adjuvant item and effort to find nan correct equilibrium betwixt positivity and objectivity.
Include much visuals for illustration charts, maps, and glanceable stats successful messages.
Tune which of your activities warrant a connection from nan Coach, truthful you should expect little commentary connected little walks.

A fewer of nan different listed improvements besides stuck out:

Correctly explanation runs that were incorrectly branded arsenic wide workouts for immoderate users (rolling retired this week).
Add splits to tally summaries (rolling retired this week).
Ask for your intent much often earlier responding erstwhile nan Coach would use for much detail.
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