Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Fitbit has redesigned its app to provide even better sleep-tracking features and insights. The updated app makes it easier to see your sleep duration, sleep score, and detailed timeline of your sleep stages. Users can now track sleep patterns over weeks, months, or even a year to see how their sleep is changing. Fitbit is one of the top names in the fitness tracker space, and it’s just announced a refresh of the sleep-tracking experience within its app. This update to Fitbit’s already class-leading Sleep experience simplifies navigation while off ..read more

Google Pixel Watch 2 Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Opinion post by Rita El Khoury Every time a new Wear OS watch is announced, I am intrigued. I have been using the platform for almost a decade now, and I like to try new watches to see what they offer in terms of features, comfort, battery life, and more. The OnePlus Watch 2, for example, really caught my eye with its excellent dual OS and dual-processor-enabled battery life. But there’s one thing that holds me back from switching to OnePlus’s latest or Samsung’s excellent Galaxy Watch 6 series, and that’s Fitbit. See, I’v ..read more

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Google has announced it will remove third-party apps and watch faces from the Fitbit app gallery in the EU. EU users will be able to continue downloading and installing third-party apps until June 2024. Users outside of the EU will be unaffected. Update: March 22, 2024 (12:36 PM ET): A Google spokesperson has reached out to Android Authority to confirm that EU owners will still have access to the third-party apps and clock faces they’ve downloaded. This means you won’t be able to download new third-party apps or watch faces after June 2024, but you ..read more

Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Fitbit is getting a new AI-powered chatbot that analyzes your health data and answers your questions in natural language. The bot will be made available later this year to Fitbit Premium users enrolled in the Fitbit Labs program. Fitbit users can expect a much smarter health and wellness experience later in 2024 with the introduction of a new AI-powered health chatbot. This feature was revealed at Google’s annual Check Up event and is part of a broader push by Google to integrate AI tools into healthcare. The Fitbit chatbot, launching later this ..read more

Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Google is retiring the “Fitbit by Google” branding in favor of “Google Fitbit.” The dotted Fitbit logo is also no longer appended with the brand name. Google is wholly taking over the Fitbit branding three years after completing the acquisition of the wearables brand. The company is killing off the “Fitbit by Google” branding that first appeared in 2022 and has since been used across Fitbit’s website, videos, and product packaging. Instead of it, you can now expect to see the new “Google Fitbit” name take over everything Fitbit ..read more

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google One is giving customers in the UK two new perks today. Fitbit Premium and Nest Aware have been included with some Google One subscriptions. Subscribers will reportedly get the base Nest Aware plan with the ability to get Nest Aware Plus as an add-on. Update: March 6, 2024 (2:16 PM ET): A Google spokesperson has reached out to Android Authority with the following statement confirming Fitbit Premium and Nest Aware as benefits for subscribers in the UK: Google One Premium plans already offer amazing value, with 2TB of cloud storage, family ..read more

Fitbit’s small-form fitness trackers have represented a bright spot in the company’s confusing landscape these past two years. While Google’s Pixel Watch line seemed to kneecap Fitbit’s in-house smartwatches, the brand’s Charge and Inspire lineups remain fantastic buys from Fitbit’s stable. The budget-friendly Inspire 3, in particular, is one of the best affordable trackers I’ve tested in recent years, with an attractive display, reliable heart rate monitoring, and incredible battery life. At the end of my Fitbit Inspire 3 review, I gave the device a coveted 4.5-star rating and an Editor’s Cho ..read more

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority At MWC 2024, Google is announcing new features and official rollouts of some previously announced features. Google Messages is getting Gemini access, Android Auto is getting AI text summaries, and more. Boarding passes can now be viewed on Wear OS through Google Wallet, and you can now also get public transit directions on Google Maps for Wear OS. MWC 2024 is underway, and phone companies are using the event to make big announcements. Google has announced a few new features for Android and its wider ecosystem, including Android Auto, Wear OS, and ..read more

Even in an era of Apple Watches, Pixel Watches, and Garmin devices, Fitbits remain synonymous with fitness tracking for many people. There isn’t much tracking going on, however, when a Fitbit suddenly stops syncing with your phone. Here’s why your Fitbit sync may have stopped — and more importantly, what you can do about it. JUMP TO KEY SECTIONS ..read more

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority The latest update to the Fitbit Charge 5 is reportedly causing excessive battery drain and bricking devices. This is a repeat of an incident from July 2023, which caused the same issues. The two updates even have the same changelog. There is no way to stop the Fitbit Charge 5 from auto-updating its firmware. The Fitbit Charge 5 is a good fitness tracker, and it makes it to our list of best fitness trackers that readers should buy. Unfortunately for Charge 5 users, owning this tracker is turning out to be a headache, as updates freq ..read more