The AI-powered coach is launching in preview, and will offer custom advice for better workout planning, sleep, and general wellness.
A new AI-powered Personal Health Coach is headed to the Fitbit app for premium subscribers.
The feature combines Fitbit’s health analytics and Google’s Gemini AI to create a conversational, customizable digital wellness assistant. First teased alongside the Pixel Watch 4, the AI-powered Personal Health Coach is launching as a public preview tomorrow on Android with iOS availability to follow, and a full rollout slated for next year.
Available to subscribers of the $9.99 monthly Fitbit Premium service, the Health Coach overhauls the Fitbit app used to manage compatible smartwatches and fitness trackers. Google noted that not all Fitbit functionality has been rolled forward yet, but you can switch back to the old app at any time if you decide to try the preview. Google also promised new Fitbit-branded hardware for next year, although the company didn’t offer any specifics.
The preview experience still offers the basic functionality you’d expect from the Fitbit app, allowing you to check your vitals, see how well you slept, and log a workout. It also still offers Fitbit’s holistic health scores, including Daily Readiness to help you assess whether to prioritize a workout or rest, and Cardio Load to help you understand your cardiovascular strain.
The app will have more of a weekly outlook instead of a daily focus, and Cardio Load has been changed to a weekly value to reflect that. Moreover, AI has been intertwined with all of your data and holistic values, so you can use it as an avenue for inquiry or discussion.
The main Today tab surfaces relevant info to the top, so you might see your sleep data when you first check in the morning. You’ll see a button to talk to the assistant called Ask Coach, so you can check how it calculated your sleep score, and how that contributed to your readiness, for instance. The AI should be fluid enough to provide feedback on your data and use any value as a conversation starter to figure out ways you can improve it.
Aside from the main Today tab, the revamped app will be organized into tabs called Fitness, Sleep, and Health, with unique features tailored to give detailed advice in each area.Fitness: Custom Training Plans
For the preview launch, the Fitness tab will be the most robust. It’s designed to act as a flexible personal trainer, and will create a plan for you a week at a time that focuses on your specific goals. Getting started requires filling out a detailed questionnaire. It takes your experience into account, as well as your basic demographics, such as age and weight.
