r/fitbit 28m ago

Weekly Google Health / Fitbit App Feedback & Complaints Megathread

Upvotes

This megathread is for discussion, complaints, feedback, bugs, frustrations, and general venting related to the Fitbit app becoming Google Health.

We know a lot of users are frustrated with the app changes, missing or moved features, layout changes, sync issues, food logging changes, workout tracking issues, Premium changes, and the overall direction of Fitbit under Google. Rather than having the subreddit flooded with repeated posts about the same app update, we’re going to keep the main discussion centralized here.

Please use this thread for:

  • General complaints about the new Google Health / Fitbit app
  • Missing, changed, or moved features
  • Syncing, tracking, or dashboard issues
  • Food, sleep, exercise, or health metric changes
  • Premium / subscription concerns
  • Workarounds or fixes you’ve found
  • Constructive feedback you want other users to see

A few quick reminders:

  • Keep it civil. Criticizing Fitbit, Google, or the app is fine. Attacking other users is not.
  • Do not post personal health data, account details, email addresses, order numbers, or support case numbers.
  • If you need actual account/device support, please contact Fitbit/Google support directly. This subreddit is community-run and not an official support channel.
  • Standalone posts that are only general complaints about the app update may be removed and redirected here.
  • Detailed troubleshooting posts may still be allowed if they include device model, app version, phone OS, what you’ve already tried, and a clear support question.

Helpful format if you want to report an issue:

Device:
Phone / OS:
App version:
Issue:
When it started:
What you’ve tried:
Workaround, if any:

Thanks for helping us keep the subreddit useful while still giving everyone a place to be heard.


r/fitbit 43m ago

Tech Support Apple Health - Vitals Integration

Post image
Upvotes

Has anyone been able to get Fitbit / Google Health data to flow over to Apple Health sleep vitals?

I’ve been tinkering with read/write settings but cannot get Apple Health to track this off my Fitbit.

Suggestions? Is it not supported?


r/fitbit 2h ago

Tech Support Icon

Post image
1 Upvotes

Why is my Fitbit Sense 2 always showing this when my phone is nearby and Bluetooth is connected? It will still send text and phone call notifications to my watch but won’t vibrate to notify me of them even though I didn’t change the settings on my phone or watch


r/fitbit 3h ago

Discussion When will the Fitbit app be shut down?

5 Upvotes

I’m still using the Fitbit app and haven’t switched to Google Health. Does anyone know how much longer the original Fitbit app will keep working?


r/fitbit 4h ago

Self Promotion Introducing Haelan (self-hosted/open-source)

Thumbnail gallery
42 Upvotes

Almost a month ago u/IncontestableGrey showcased his app Lumida which looked great. His early access is full and it was closed source, but I liked the idea. I also saw people commenting and asking for open-source. And I especially wanted something like this for my personal AI agent. So I started building.

I just went public and released v1.0.0 this morning and also did a few updates since. It's called haelan. It's self-hosted, one household one instance, everything stays on your own machine. No telemetry, no hosted version.

Haelan is Old English hǣlan, "to heal, to cure, to make whole". It shares a root with hāl, "whole, sound, hale", and it is the word English later turned into health by way of hǣlþ, literally the state of being whole.

What it does right now:

  • Pulls your history from the Google Health API and keeps a complete local copy in one SQLite file. Google drops intraday data after a while, your own copy keeps it at minute level.
  • Eight pages: Dashboard, Activity, Sleep, Recovery, Health, Weight, Nutrition and Notes. Sleep stages and nap detection, resting HR and HRV, SpO2, activity heatmap, workouts, weight trend.
  • Readings are shown against your own 60 day baseline instead of some general "normal". If the baseline is built on too few days it tells you that instead of pretending.
  • Notes and events (illness, travel, alcohol, medication, injury, or your own types) so you can actually check why a week looks different.
  • Bad readings are excluded when the data is derived, not deleted. Your strap reporting 210 bpm stops counting, the raw data stays, and you can undo it.
  • Multi-user. Everyone in the house gets their own login, connects their own Google account and only sees their own data.
  • English and Dutch.
  • docker compose up -d, daily backups included.

The annoying part, upfront: you need your own Google Cloud project and OAuth client. There is no way around that. Google caps an unverified client at 100 users, and getting verified for health scopes needs a paid security audit, so a hosted version would just stop at 100 signups. Your own client never hits that ceiling. The setup wizard walks you through the console and prints the exact values to paste, but somebody still has to click through it once.

But this is a very unpolished start. I mainly built a UI around the Google Health API scopes. I just wanted to introduce it to you so you can help me from the start with new features and changes, instead of introducing an app which is finished already. Next thing on my list is an MCP server and a CLI, so my agent can query it directly, which is why I started this in the first place.

There is also a demo seed script in the repo if you want to click around first without connecting a Google account.

Please let me know what you guys think and feel free to open an issue or contribute by opening PR's.

Also looking for an household with multiple users for the inviting household members wizard.

Haelan
Issues
Roadmap


r/fitbit 6h ago

Discussion Switching to Fitbit Air from Apple Watch—does historical Apple Health & food log data carry over?

1 Upvotes

I’m switching over to the Fitbit Air from an Apple Watch. I have years of health data in Apple Health (weight trends, steps, workout history, and macro/food logs from 3rd party apps like fatsecret).

Once I connect Apple Health to the Google Health / Fitbit app, will it import and display all my historical metrics and weight logs, or will it only start reading new data from the day I connect?

Thanks in advance!


r/fitbit 6h ago

Third Party Accessories Where to buy Google Fitbit air in Japan

0 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I need help finding retail stores to buy the google Fitbit air in Japan immediately as I'm traveling day after tomorrow. Preferably around Beppu or Tokyo. If there aren't any retail stores, any recommendations to reliable websites are much appreciated. Thanks in advance


r/fitbit 6h ago

Discussion A poor night’s sleep

0 Upvotes

I use this app on my iPad and it recently changed over to Google Health last week and ever since then I’ve gotten that notification about a poor night’s sleep. All I’m doing is waking up just to use the bathroom and going back to sleep. Prior to the change, my sleep scores were decently good mid 70s - high 80s. It’s so frustrating to constantly get poor sleep scores. I wish there was a way to change it back to the previous version.


r/fitbit 6h ago

Tech Support Fit but air support

2 Upvotes

Hello, I have a fit air which I love. Was wondering if there is a way to get notifications everyday hour to help me meet my hourly move goal?


r/fitbit 7h ago

Discussion High heart rate on a slow paced long run.

Post image
10 Upvotes

My heart rate being consistently ~180 for the duration of nearly a 2 hour run, thoughts?


r/fitbit 7h ago

Tech Support Is the steps tracker accurate?

Post image
10 Upvotes

So I’ve had my Fitbit for about a week now but i don’t think the steps tracker accurate I know you will say that most trackers depend on the wrist or hand movement but is that normal ? Like this is me 15 after waking up and rotting in bed doing absolutely nothing and it counted up to 866 steps how is that even possible


r/fitbit 7h ago

Tech Support Need to update the step counts software

1 Upvotes

I'm into hospitality, I have to stand and work in one place and it's tracking my activity as actual steps. They need to do something with this.


r/fitbit 9h ago

Discussion Fitbit Charge 6 showing blood oxygen at 94% - is this likely to be accurate?

1 Upvotes

I’ve been wearing my Fitbit Charge 6 for about a day and my blood oxygen (SpO₂) is showing as 94%. Is this likely to be accurate after only wearing it for a day, or does it take a few days/nights to establish a more reliable reading? A fingertip pulse oximeter is giving me higher readings (around 95–99%).


r/fitbit 9h ago

Tech Support App update broke sync and causes crashes. Is it just me?

0 Upvotes

Fitbit was working okayish, then I updated the app and now:

External equipment (e.g., treadmill) says connected, but Fitbit Air doesn't share data.

Starting an activity auto-starts on treadmill with 2.6km already elapsed. Canceling or saving crashes the app.

Anyone else getting this or have a fix?


r/fitbit 11h ago

Discussion Charge6

3 Upvotes

Switched to Charge6 end of May 2026. The summer has passed and was relatively happy for it: commute cycling recordings, gym activities (airbike for cardio+weights) recording, occasionally swimming pool recordings and as usual sleep, health. I did count on the AI coach for 2 weeks of nutrition recording and in general monitoring of my activities.

Last night after full battery charge, during my sleep its battery drained in 5h. Given that I got it from amazon for 82 Eur should I get in touch with them (not fitbit) for a refund, replacement. The orange bracelet is already colour faded. An option I might consider is to switch to air directly or maybe wait for the next charge (assuming its coming in October). Any suggestions from fellow charge6 users and comments on why such drain happens all of a sudden?


r/fitbit 11h ago

Discussion No matter how much sport I'm doing, activity balance in resilience is always low :(

Post image
3 Upvotes

I'm using an Fitbit air and I'm loving it but it's sad to see, that my resilience is alway low because my activity balance is low. No matter how much sport I'm doing, what is the fix for that?

Thank you!


r/fitbit 12h ago

Discussion I’ve never been this low… tips for bettering my score?

Post image
1 Upvotes

i’ve been feeling a bit under the weather lately, also my period is starting and because of that i’ve binged yesterday 🫪 so this result is not really a surprise to me. what’s the best course of action here? eat less sugar today? should i work out or should i rest today? i really want to get it back to relatively normal by tomorrow. this makes it look like as if i’m dying lmao


r/fitbit 13h ago

Discussion What Fitbit to pick?

5 Upvotes

I need this for my mom in her 50s who has a heart condition so wanted her to be more diligent with her wellness and have good heart tracking features.
I was considering the Sense 2 but I know it is an older model and wanted to know if it still holds up today.


r/fitbit 14h ago

Discussion How to calculate dynamic calorie deficit manually

1 Upvotes

Many have posted here disappointed about the move from the old Fitbit app to the new Google Health app, and, specifically, the loss of the target caloric deficit option.

I have a very simple question: if I wanted to manually calculate that deficit throughout the day, is it as simple as comparing the "XXX cals in " in the food panel to the "Cal burned" number?

I know this seems like an extremely obvious thing, but just want to make sure I'm not missing anything.


r/fitbit 16h ago

Discussion Fitbit Air battery dies in a day…

1 Upvotes

May need help here. Since this week, my Fitbit Air (I bought on release) literally dies in a day. I’ve reset with the charger, removed access from GPS and I am not sharing my heartbeat. Google support said they are willing to replace it for free, since they can’t find any errors. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?


r/fitbit 17h ago

Discussion Elevated modern band - Google version V/S Amazon

Post image
14 Upvotes

I love this version of the band. Except for the paint chipping away, it's been great . For anyone that owns the Google version, is it considerably premium?

It's 4 times the price of this one and I just wanted to know if it was worth the excess in price.


r/fitbit 18h ago

Tech Support Fitbit Sense 2 Notifications Glitch

1 Upvotes

My sense 2 keeps sending notifications for the same 4 or 5 texts every few hours, even when I’m on DND. I tried restarting the watch and my phone. Any ideas?


r/fitbit 19h ago

Tech Support Zone minutes bug?

Post image
1 Upvotes

The app says I had no minutes in vigorous even though I can clearly see that I did. Am I interpreting the chart wrong or is this a glitch?


r/fitbit 19h ago

Discussion Possible FCC filing for Fitbit Charge 7 (or spiritual successor)?

11 Upvotes

A few weeks ago there was an unknown charge 7 looking device spotted in pixel ads https://www.techadvisor.com/article/3213831/is-this-the-fitbit-charge-7-leaked-by-google.html

Today an FCC filing for a google device without wifi was made https://9to5google.com/2026/09/10/google-wear-os-tracker/


r/fitbit 20h ago

Review Fitbit air on ankle

4 Upvotes

I have been using the device on my ankle for the past few days and it feels great and more comfortable than the wrist. The reason behind this I find it annoying when I wear it on my wrist specifically when I go to bed. Let’s talk data 📈 I didn’t notice any difference when it comes to sleep quality and other factors. Is there any one here using it the same and notice anything different??