u/iseldiera451

Disclaimer: I was not a fitbit user whose app got changed into Google Health, these observations are from a brand new user that did not use the previous fitbit app. These are just my thoughts and observations with the hope they will benefit potential buyers with their decisions.

- The app / device combo is still a work in progress, with plenty of inaccurate and missing features; however, things are being added. (i.e. first day of use you could not add the weights, only allowed recording reps, a few days ago this was added)

- Charges insanely fast, never had to charge it apart from shower time. Form factor is great, barely feel it (I hate wearing things on my fingers or wrist). Included straps get dirty very fast, premium one handles dirt better.

- The way heart rate is displayed as a chart is very good motivator to stay away from the bad things that spike it (alcohol, smoking, late night eating), which is helping me change my lifestyle for the better.

- Google Health app is not integrated with Gemini app, so you cannot go into Gemini and say "do this change for me" or "pull up this data from Google Health". Option not available due to "health data being sensitive" according to Google.

- You can take photos of your different gym environments (i.e. i have an apartment gym i use 3 days of week and a proper gym 4 days of the week) and you can tell it what your goals are through chat and it will create a well rounded plan for you taking into account what tools are available, including pictures/animations of ~%80 of the workout moves.

- You can update and change it on the fly (i.e. my wife will join me this weekend and she wants us to focus on shoulders, adapt the program) without much effort.

TL&DR: While still work in progress, excellent for those who can:

- benefit from these easy changes / adaptations according to your schedule,

- do not need ultra super accuracy/depth,

- can benefit from a little motivational nudging.

At the same time, I can see how it pissed off lots of ex-fitbit-app users that miss it.

*through got auto corrected to thrift at post title

I have Google AI pro subscription and like some of you waited all day yesterday to see when it would unlock in the app. Before bedtime last night I could not wait anymore and signed up for the trial. This morning I got two emails, one telling me Google health premium is now available through my AI subs and another telling me my trial is cancelled (to be replaced by my AI subs). Just sharing because I know some are waiting for this.