Google’s Made By Google presentation today included the Pixel Watch 4 (as well as the Pixel 10 family of devices) and a new “personal health coach.” In October, Premium customers in the US will be able to access a preview of it through the Fitbit app. Additionally, the app will be redesigned and, according to the business, “available with the latest Fitbit trackers, Fitbit smart watches, and Pixel watches.”
At the presentation, Google revealed a new AI-powered personal health coach that would be available on Fitbit at its Made by Google event on Wednesday. The coach was developed with Gemini. The new personal health coach, according to the digital giant, is a wellness counsellor, sleep coach, and fitness trainer all in one.
As part of Fitbit Premium, Google intends to release a sneak peek of the personal health coach in October through the updated app that works with the newest Fitbit trackers, Fitbit smart watches, and Pixel Watches.
Along with taking into consideration your real-time stats from your Fitbit or Pixel Watch, the personal health coach learns your preferences as you share them. Additionally, it can receive data from a diabetes monitor or smart weight scale.
A visual makeover is the first thing Fitbit users might notice. The present system of organisation will be replaced by four tabs at the bottom of the screen: Today, Fitness, Sleep, and Health. The bars and rings at the top of the home page (Today) will still provide daily progress statistics, but you can now customise them to show your preferred metrics.
You can tap into the stream of your forthcoming exercises, previous activities, and progress reports presented in individual cards below for additional details. All four tabs have the same design, with data visualisations at the top and a feed below.
Andy Abramson, the head of product management for Fitbit and health at the firm, demonstrated to us at a recent demo how his app displayed his weekly cardio load in a ring with bars to the right for his steps, readiness, and sleep quality. He stated, “We refer to these as our focus metrics.” Fitbit users will recognise the colour pattern of these, with teal standing for steps and purple for sleep data. However, Google claims that a few other upgrades “address common user suggestions,” including “improved syncing — and of course, dark mode,” simpler layouts, and more user-friendly data visualisation.
Google did more than simply update on the Fitbit app. The “entire app was rebuilt so the health coach can understand your goals, build your plan, contextualise your metrics, and bring insights at the right moments,” according to the statement, which placed coaching and artificial intelligence at the centre of the revamp.
The team’s goal, according to Abramson, was to determine “how do we put the AI coach in every part of the app?” “We actually need to tie it together,” as opposed to just stuffing the AI elements into a separate tab.
In order to achieve this, each page of the app has a floating “Ask Coach” button at the bottom right. Tapping it will launch a dialogue window with the Gemini-powered AI. You may ask it questions regarding all info you’ve given Fitbit using this button, which is available in all of the app’s tabs.
When you use the new app for the first time, you will be asked to speak with the AI coach about your objectives, the equipment you have accessible, and any preferences, injuries, or other pertinent medical history. You may view what the app knows about you by going to the “Coach Notes” section, which is accessible through the Health menu. You can remove items from there that you no longer want there.
The new AI coach will allow customers to discuss their objectives, preferences, and equipment before creating a personalised routine to aid and guide than regardless even in the gym environment. After that, the AI coach will create a customised fitness program with training recommendations and goals. To assist you reach your goals, the coach will modify your workout programs as you go along based on real-time data and insights.
For instance, if you have a night of insomnia and wake up with a low readiness score, the coach would recommend adjustments to your weekly schedule to help you get better.
The AI coach will also analyse your sleep and provide necessary suggestions on how to gradually enhance the quality of your sleep. Google states that the AI coach will be able to comprehend a user’s sleep length and stages better thanks to new, sophisticated algorithms. By developing a customised plan that adjusts to the users’ daily activity levels, the AI coach will also assist users in figuring out how much sleep they actually require to function at their optimum.
Google mentions that users can ask the AI coach questions and receive tailored, fact-based responses. They could enquire, for instance, “Should I work out tomorrow or get an extra hour of sleep?” or “Which workouts are best for losing weight?”
The updated Fitbit app, which Google claims has been created with coaching and AI at its core, will house the new AI coach. The updated software features dark mode, better syncing, more user-friendly data visualisation, and more.
On Wednesday, Google also said that NBA player Stephen Curry will join the company as a “performance advisor” to offer input on the tech giant’s offerings.
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