Google published a detailed roadmap for the newly rebranded Google Health app this week, promising bug fixes and new features through the summer while simultaneously confirming the permanent removal of several longtime Fitbit features. The roadmap arrives days after Google Health 5.0 replaced the Fitbit app on Android and iOS, bringing a redesigned interface, a new Quick Access Widget, and the Gemini-powered Google Health Coach for Premium subscribers. Version 5.0 is also required to set up the Fitbit Air wearable launching next week. The biggest additions focus on sleep and exercise tracking. Google is introducing a 24-hour total sleep view that combines main sleep and naps in one screen, along with easier nap discovery and deletion options for sleep sessions.
Run summaries will now include splits, and Google is fixing a bug that incorrectly labeled some runs as general training sessions.
Paid subscribers get the most upgrades. The Google Health Coach, built with Gemini, will deliver shorter, more visual messages with charts and maps instead of verbose text. The Ask Coach feature is gaining support for deleting logs and logging core body temperature. Google also confirmed it will bring back weekly structured fitness schedules later this year, responding to users who found the current flexible weekly targets too loose.
Apple Health users are getting a long-requested feature: Google confirmed support for writing data back to Apple Health is coming later in 2026. The app currently reads from Apple Health but does not export data into Apple's ecosystem. But the transition comes with steep removals. Google's official support page confirms that Sleep Profile and monthly sleep animals are gone.
Estimated Oxygen Variation (EOV) tracking is no longer supported. Badges, including all historical badges, will be deleted.
Social features including Groups, Community Feed, and direct messaging are being removed entirely. Users who want to preserve data tied to removed features have until July 15 to download it.
Several health feature names have changed. Health Metrics is now Vitals.
Menstrual Health became Cycle Health. Stress Score is now Resilience, displaying labels like "Optimal" or "Balanced" instead of numerical values.
Minute-by-minute skin temperature data is gone, replaced by daily and weekly trends.
Google says the changes are rolling out this week and continuing into the summer. Account migration fixes for families are expected in June.
