New Google Health App Update 5.03: More Metrics, Sleep Improvements
Key Points:
- Google Health app version 5.03 is rolling out on Android and iOS, with phased availability over the next week.
- The update adds numerous new metrics to the Today tab, including HRV, breathing rate, SpO2, resting heart rate, skin temperature variation, blood glucose, mindful days and minutes, resilience, macronutrient intake, and a friend leaderboard.
- Sleep tracking improvements include counting naps over 20 minutes toward total daily sleep and providing trend breakdowns for main sleep sessions and total sleep.
- A swim metric bug affecting distance and elevation data with Strava integration has been fixed.
- iOS users now have features previously exclusive to Android, such as easier metric re-ordering on the Health tab, improved food search, and nap viewing.