Amid rumors that Apple is scaling back its AI health plans, Google today expanded its subscription-based Fitbit AI personal health coach service to more users worldwide, including those using iOS. Until now, Fitbit’s service has been limited to Android users.
The Fitbit Personal Health Trainer powered by Gemini is described as a 24/7 digital advisor that is meant to work as a virtual fitness coach, sleep coach and health and wellness advisor. Users begin with a 5- to 10-minute conversation with a trainer to outline their motivations and goals, with the Fitbit app then providing health information in the morning after the user wakes up, after a workout, and before bed.
The app can generate a personalized exercise plan that tracks basic fitness metrics and offers sleep analysis and suggestions for improving your sleep. It tracks vitals like heart rate, temperature and blood oxygen, plus there’s a built-in chatbot to ask all kinds of health questions.
Apple was reportedly working on a similar AI health coach feature to be part of the Health+ service planned to launch in iOS 27. Earlier this month, Bloomberg said that Apple is scaling back on its health AI plans.
Apple no longer plans to launch Apple Health+, which will provide users with AI health recommendations based on personal health data, but some of the components Apple developed for the health coach could be reworked and introduced as additional features as early as this year.
Google’s Fitbit AI health coach is now available to Fitbit Premium subscribers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Both iOS and Android users can use this feature.
Google sells several Fitbit health devices, including the Charge 6, Inspire 3, Versa 4, and Sense 2. Google’s Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Watch 4 also work with Fitbit Premium and the AI health coach feature. Fitbit Premium starts at $9.99 per month.