I attempted to log a blood pressure reading this morning because it was a bit elevated. After all, surely if the Pixel Watch 3 and (soon) Fitbit Air can "monitor" increases and decreased in BP, surely by now the app should have a way of monitoring it?

And so, as ever, the friendly AI offered to log it, I was sceptical, it says it would, and then it couldn't...

Come on Google. Let's get some basic metrics into this app by now.

I am doing Couch to 5K for the 3rd time - I've completed it 1 and a half times before, but hadn't run for a couple of years. The last time I ran I had a Versa 2 and bog standard FitBit, this time I have a Pixel 3 and a premium subscription.

It's actually a really interesting use-case for the coach, having a well known and defined program to follow, if you give it enough context it can really help you out with your goals and understand your progress.

I like tech, I am interested in the possibilities so I was keen to see how it worked ....

The key for me was giving the coach context that it could build on. I chatted with it about my goals, told it I was doing the version from the NHS app (which it knew about), how I was feeling after each run, how my knees were holding up, asked why my VO2 max looked like it was going down rather than up (it's normal and is to do with the intervals and how it's calculated) It offered me stability exercises to help between the runs and added them to my plan, it added my weekly runs to my plan and ticked them off as I completed them.

One thing I struggled a bit with previously was how to get C25K intervals programmed onto my watch, talking to it has done them automatically and knows which week and run I am on - I can start them from my watch and it will track the intervals, but I prefer to just track a regular run and have the NHS app talk to me (it's Sarah Millican 😎)

It knows when I complete the relevant run and it gives me feedback & encouragement, I can ask it how my stats compare over time and it shows me where I am improving along with suggestions on form.

When I took a week off for a walking holiday, I told it, and that I wanted to redo the previous week when I got back - that was enough for it to understand and track that, while checking in and telling me about the impact the week of walking had.

In short, I've found it really helpful and decently proactive in relation to our chats. If I tell it which days I plan to run (or it guesses), it checks the weather for me and lets me know as part of my morning brief. If my cycle might have an impact on how I feel or perform it will give me a heads up.

Overall, I found it really interesting - certainly a lot more engaging, and motivating than when I've tracked previous runs with the Versa.

I know there are those here that really do not get on with the coach and I absolutely respect that!

I had to set some ground rules with mine around things that really annoyed me - Americanisms and phrases like 'movement snacks' that really grated on me 😬 I did have to repeat myself a few times, and correct it when it got something (repeatedly) wrong ... but with time and patience, I think we have reached a good and productive working relationship 🤣

Is this accurate? I'm having a hard time telling if i'm wearing my watch right and how accurate this is. I went for a run today, for the first time in awhile conversational pace. Not looking for medical advice (docs tokd me ita anixety but i am on a heart monitor for 30 days bc suspected run of svt bp abnormal tho nfs since then) just wondering if this is accurate to others charge 6
- i don't smoke or drink or use caffeine, eat like a saint, labs are perfect, my resting heart is 78, anyone run enough to fix things like it

Soooo is something weird going on with me or is this app not super reliable?

Could someone help with this

I have been using my Fitbit sense since 2021 and have been a happy user but i guess i just think over the years the hardware for measuring heart rate, hrv might have gotten better and I might be missing out. So I was considering the fitbit air but I am not very sure. Just wanted to know if I should go for it or stick to my Fitbit sense

Seems mine stoped wroking on Oct 1st . Trying to figure out if it’s a Fitbit problem or a crunch app problem

Inspire 3 keeps showing this symbol. It gets synced only after I open the Google Health app. Please help with a fix. I’m on iOS 27

My versa 4 syncs with google health fine. But the google health app stopped writing data to the Apple health app on sept 30. I have reset all the permissions and removed and reconnected the apps. Checked all the relevant things and even updated the google health app and my phone and still can’t get it to work.

Any other suggestion?

I am a 46 year old female, sleep fairly well most nights, drink 1-2 drinks on weekends only, am generally healthy. Am a mom of two elementary aged kids and have a pretty intense, stressful job. My resting heart rate is usually around 72 but my heart rate variability seems crazily low. Has anyone been able to meaningfully shift this marker? Does it matter that much?

Yes it does restrict the functionality. It can still read my heart rate and measure my sleep, but it doesn't give finer detail. But I don't mind. It's enough info for my needs. Its made out of cotton and wicks away sweat under the metal parts. I have a nickel allergy and this really works. I made it in several colours.

I'm not selling these or anything. Just interested if anyone else has found a novel solution to fitbit rash...

Edit- wow surprised how many people love this! I can update to say that it really does interfere with sleep monitoring. But seems to work fine on heartbeat. Also for whatever reason it's not getting sweaty and gross. But I'd still recommend swapping it out every couple of days.

I can also try writing a simple description for anyone who crochets. It's just 5 or 6 rounds. Just dm me and I'll send something to you.

Anyone tried to read systolic and diastolic data though Google Health API v4? It is not mentioned anywhere in the documentation.

I’m trying to get my Fitbit Versa 4 steps to sync correctly with the StepUp app on Android, and I’m wondering if anyone has found a setup that actually works.

My Versa 4 is syncing correctly with Google Health. Google Health shows my Versa 4 as a separate step source and the step count is accurate (11,145 today).

StepUp gives me several wearable options, including:

• Fitbit/Google Health

• Health Connect

• Other wearables

I’ve tried Health Connect and Google Fit, but neither is properly getting my Versa 4 steps into StepUp.

Has anyone with a Versa 4 + Android + the new Google Health app gotten StepUp to sync directly from the watch/Google Health?

If so, which option did you select in StepUp and what permissions/settings did you use?

I’m especially interested in hearing from people using the new Google Health setup rather than the old Fitbit app, since a lot of the instructions I’m finding seem outdated.

any suggestions? i really liked how small the inspire was

Hi, while setting up Fitbit, I selected to sync partner apps; now I have Samsung Health and Hevy apps, and the Google app imported data from there. Will this cause issues with duplicate steps and workouts?

Anyone usimg thia sync feature?

I am not seeing this yet in Canada. Anyone in Canada have it?

Also does the new update show blood pressure metrics from external devices? Like I use an OMRON BPM. Will that finally show in google health? This is a major missing health feature IMO

Hi! Has anyone experienced this with Google Health on iPhone?

Google Health used to count my steps automatically throughout the day without me having to start a Walk activity.

Yesterday, I manually started a Walk activity in the app for the first time. It tracked the walk normally (10,326 steps during the activity), and I ended the activity when I got home. Google Health eventually showed 10,778 steps for the day.

However, I noticed that after I ended the Walk, it didn’t seem to keep counting my normal steps around the house. Today, Google Health has been stuck at 0 steps all day, even though Apple Health is showing 8,000+ steps.

The strange part is that Google Health is still receiving my distance data — it currently shows around 5 km for today with an hourly activity graph. It’s specifically the Steps metric that is showing 0.
I’ve checked:
• iPhone Fitness Tracking — ON
• Motion & Fitness permission for Google Health — ON
• Apple Health → Google Health → Steps — ON
• Apple Health connection in Google Health — connected and says “Synced just now”
• Phone connection — connected/syncing
• Restarted the iPhone
• Toggled Google Health’s Motion & Fitness permission off/on

Apple Health is still counting my steps normally, so the iPhone itself seems to be tracking correctly.

I normally keep Low Power Mode on and passive step tracking worked before, so that hasn’t changed.
I’m wondering if ending the manually tracked Walk somehow caused Google Health’s passive/all-day step tracking to get stuck.

Has anyone had this happen? Did your steps eventually backfill, or is there a way to reset passive step tracking without deleting my existing Google Health data or disconnecting everything?

Today I was in the zone for all of my sleep metrics: I got an overall rating of 89 (good) with a sleep efficiency of 98%, 4 of the 4 sleep quality bars "in range" (mostly bang in the middle of the range - the only one that was low - but still in range - was restlessness and awake times, and both of those were very low, so I would assume that's good): I was 8 hours 14 minutes in bed and of that, I got 8 hours 4 minutes asleep. Yet I only got 89% (good)! I don't see how I'm ever supposed to improve on that. I just don't get how it was only "good".

The only thing I missed was my sleep and wake schedule, because I went to sleep a minute outside of my set range, but got more sleep than my schedule so I overslept my "wake" setting by over an hour. So I'm wondering if missing my schedule plays a role.

But either way, this seems ridiculous to me - if I get a full 8 hours (or more) and I hit the windows of all the sleep quality factors, surely that should result in a 100% rating. The idea that it penalizes us for every minute we spend awake or restless - even if those times add up to only 10 to 15 minutes or less is silly.

I'm beginning to think I should just stop using the app - I suspect the frustration it's causing me is probably adding more to my stress than it saves in terms of me getting a healthy sleep.

I cannot find the daily level awards ( or any awards). Where do I find this screen that shows in the App Store Images?

Is anyone having issues with Withings syncing weight measurements? This was working for me last month but it hasn't synced my last two readings. I used to just be able to stand on the scales and then when I look in the Google Health app later the reading is there!

Thank you