Google will replace the Fitbit app with the new Google Health app soon, with a redesigned layout, Google Health Premium and Gemini based coaching. The shift also removes several familiar Fitbit features, including badges, Sleep Profile animals, Groups, Community Feed, direct messages, Estimated Oxygen Variation and some older glucose tools.
The rollout is due to happen between May 19 and May 26 for most users. The redesigned app is organised into four main sections: Today, Fitness, Sleep and Health.
Unfortunately, as part of this shift Google is cutting back several features that gave Fitbit its more playful and social identity over the years. Here are the details.
The old Fitbit feel is being stripped back
For starters, badges will no longer be supported. New badges will stop appearing and historical badges will be deleted after the transition period, which removes one of Fitbit’s longest running motivational hooks.
Sleep Profile is also going away. That means users will no longer receive the monthly sleep animals that tried to turn sleep patterns into something easier to understand and slightly more fun.
Of course, Google is not removing sleep tracking itself. The company says sleep score and sleep algorithms have improved. But the older Fitbit layer built around monthly sleep types will not carry across.
For Premium users, the answer seems to be Google Health Coach instead. You can still ask what type of sleeper you are, but the response will come through coaching rather than a fixed monthly Sleep Profile format.
Social features take a hit
The social side of Fitbit is being reduced quite a bit. Groups and Community Feed are being removed, direct messages are going away and users will no longer receive notifications from other users.
Profiles are changing too. The new Social profile will use your Google Account name, email address and profile picture, with approval requested when you first log in to Google Health.
That also means custom usernames and custom profile photos will no longer be supported. Your profile will also drop fields such as sex, height, weight, location and friends list, so the old privacy settings linked to sharing those fields will disappear as well.
Kid accounts are losing the ability to have or add friends. Weekly leaderboards remain, but the overall direction is clear: Fitbit’s community layer is becoming narrower and more controlled inside the Google Health structure.
Some health tracking details are going away
A few health metrics are also changing or disappearing. Estimated Oxygen Variation will no longer be available, with Google pointing users toward SpO2 data in the Health tab instead.
Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 users will also lose Snore Detection. Skin temperature minute by minute data is being removed too, although daily and weekly skin temperature trends will remain available.
Stress tracking is changing shape rather than disappearing completely. Graphs of stress checks will no longer appear in the mobile app, while the old numerical Stress score is being replaced by Resilience.
That Resilience score will use labels such as Optimal, Balanced and Low instead of a number. This fits the broader Google Health approach, which seems less focused on old Fitbit style dashboards and more focused on interpreted guidance.
Blood glucose tracking is being trimmed as well. Users will no longer be able to add symptoms or set reminders to check glucose levels, although glucose data can still be imported through Health Connect or Apple Health and logged manually.
Google is pushing Fitbit toward coaching
The replacement app is not just a cleanup job. Google is moving the experience toward coaching, weekly targets and broader health context.
The Fitness tab will include activity tracking, workout videos and weekly cardio load. For Google Health Premium users, it will also house personalised weekly fitness plans created with Google Health Coach.
Daily cardio goals are being replaced by a weekly cardio target. That is a sensible change in theory, because training and recovery rarely fit neatly into identical daily boxes.
VO2 max is also changing. The old Cardio Fitness Score name is going away and the new VO2 max calculation will use GPS run data, with the option to include connected third party app data.
Food Plans are being removed, too. Users will still be able to set a personalised calorie target in the Nutrition section and set macronutrient targets, but the old calorie plan structure will not continue.
Recipes are being removed for Premium users. That is another small sign that Google wants Health Premium to revolve around coaching rather than keeping every old Fitbit Premium content feature intact.
The transition may annoy long time Fitbit users
There is a clear logic behind the redesign. Google wants one health app that can handle Fitbit data, Pixel Watch data, third party connections, health records and AI coaching in a cleaner way.
But that does not mean every removal will land well. Fitbit users who still care about badges, Groups, Sleep Profile animals or direct messaging may see this as another piece of Fitbit culture being filed down.
The timing is also worth noting. Social experiences in the old Fitbit app will be locked from May 12, which means users will not be able to add or remove friends and leaderboards will stop updating before the full Google Health rollout begins.
Data tied to removed features will remain available to download or delete until July 15. After that, Google says it will begin deleting that data from its systems.
The new Google Health app may become more useful over time, especially if Google Health Coach proves genuinely helpful rather than just another chat layer. But the trade off is obvious: Fitbit is becoming more Google and some of the old Fitbit personality is being left behind.
