If you’ve been using Fitbit for years, you probably noticed the app has felt increasingly like a Google product anyway. Now it’s official. The Fitbit app is becoming the Google Health app, and Google says the update starts rolling out on May 19.
This is more than a logo swap. The Google Health app brings a fully redesigned interface meant to make it easier to find your sleep, fitness, and health data at a glance. Under the hood, the Gemini-powered Health Coach that’s been in public preview gets its official name too: Google Health Coach.
It adapts your fitness plans in real time, analyzes your sleep patterns with machine learning models Google says are 15% more accurate than the previous generation, and connects all your health data, including medical records in the US and Japan, all into one place.
The free tier of the Google Health app covers the core stuff: activity tracking, sleep scores, 24/7 heart rate, and basic health and wellness logging, including medical records import. You also get cycle tracking and nutrition logging without paying a cent.
What You Actually Need to Pay For
The premium tier, now called Google Health Premium, runs $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year and unlocks the coaching features: adaptive fitness plans, Ask Coach (where you can just chat with your AI coach directly), detailed sleep insights, proactive health trend analysis, and multi-modal logging via text, photo, or voice. It’s included with Pixel 9 Pro and Ultra devices, and available in 30+ countries.
The Google Health app itself is free and available in over 200 countries, covering both Android and iOS. So if you’re a current Fitbit user, you’re not downloading anything new.
The Fitbit name isn’t disappearing entirely. Hardware like the new Fitbit Air keeps the Fitbit branding, but everything on the software and services side is now Google’s. It’s a clean split, and honestly one that’s been coming for a while.
