The Fitbit App Is Turning Into an AI-Powered Personal Health Coach
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Summary
Fitbit’s smartphone app is set to undergo a major redesign in October, coinciding with the release of the Pixel Watch 4
The new look will put greater focus on Google’s AI-powered Personal Health Coach, which has been built with the help of chatbot Gemini
The service will be available to Fitbit Premium subscribers only, and users will be able to ask the coach health and fitness questions and receive personalised guidance via a conversational interface
The coach’s responses can be lengthy, and the firm is looking at ways of incorporating video feedback to supplement typed responses
The Focus Metric at the top of the home page can be customised to show the user’s preferred data, and the weekly focus gives more time to achieve goals than a daily focus.
The Coach will look at your historical data and suggest lifestyle activities as well as workouts, and it can tap into third-party apps to give workouts using equipment the user is already familiar with.
