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Google Health rolling out 100+ activity detection to Fitbit Air, Pixel Watch
9to5Google • • technology
Key Points:
- Google Health has begun rolling out version 5.11 of its app, enhancing automatic activity tracking capabilities.
- The update expands activity detection on Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch models 3, 4, and 5 from 10 activities to over 100, including cardio machines, golf, high-intensity workouts, racket sports, strength training, swimming, and team sports.
- Fitbit Edge will also receive this upgrade, which integrates workout routines, historical data, manual edits, and location to improve contextual activity recognition.
- Workouts with sustained elevated heart rates and minimum duration are automatically logged, with notifications sent within approximately 30 minutes, allowing users to confirm or edit activities to help the system learn and improve accuracy.
- Google reports that this update results in nearly double the accuracy in activity detection and reduces missed workouts by more than 50%.
