Google Health 5.01 rolling out on Android, iOS with 16 updates
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Key Points:
- Google Health app version 5.01, the first major update since its redesign, is rolling out with 16 additions and fixes aimed at enhancing user experience on both Android and iOS.
- Nutrition improvements include the ability to view and log custom foods, guidance for macronutrient goals, and better integration with third-party food logs from apps like MyFitnessPal and Cronometer.
- Fitness and activity updates address issues such as incorrect workout labels, missing run splits, improved GPS map loading, and fixing duplicate step counting on iOS for users syncing with Apple Health.
- Sleep tracking enhancements focus on improving the reliability of sleep scores, resolving problems where some users were not seeing their sleep data.
- Additional updates improve chart consistency across nutrition views and add more controls for meal logging on iOS, with further custom food creation features planned for the future.