Google has teased its new AI-powered Health Coach in the Fitbit Google Health app for several months now and started testing it publicly with users who opted into the experiment. I’ve been wanting to take it for a spin and see how good it was, especially compared to Oura’s excellent insights and Advisor, but I couldn’t because it hadn’t rolled out to my account just yet.
A few weeks ago, just before I was about to head on a week-long trip, I got the notification asking me if I wanted to try the new health coach, and I instantly agreed. For the first week, I was running around Romania, pushing myself, and keeping an eye on how insightful the coach is… or not. Then I came back home and had to see how it adapted to a different rhythm. I admit, most days when I opened the Fitbit a.k.a. Google Health app, it felt like I was listening to my mother tell me I’m not doing things right.
