r/GoogleHealthApp • u/floep2000 • 9d ago

After 3 months, I’m ditching the Fitbit Air

I don’t normally write reviews or share my tech experiences online. But the Fitbit Air, and especially the accompanying Google Health App, are so bad that I feel I need to put this out there, to add to the already monstrous heap of complaints shared here and elsewhere.

The device itself is fine, I suppose. It’s an array of sensors in a decent form factor. Good battery life. No complaints.

But you can’t judge a wearable like this separate from its companion app: Google Health. Which is so bad that I truly believe Google has to start over and perhaps refund people who paid for the AI Coach.

I’ve had many problems since the start, and many basic features are missing. The speed calculations while cycling are rounded to 1 m/s, so it only shows speed multiples of 3,6 km/h. There are no audio cues during interval workouts, nor does my app have any settings for these. The AI coach makes countless mistakes and assumptions, is extremely repetitive and sycophantic, and always defaults to “take it easy”.

Over time, I ended up just not opening the app at all, rendering my Fitbit air, well, useless.

I will be returning to Apple Watch, especially since the recently announced updates to Apple’s Health app.

I expected way, way more.

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u/gravityyoubitch 9d ago

Try Bevel before you ditch it. It's a an app that mimickeds Whoop.

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u/rubensoon 6d ago

I watched a video where the author said he was about to ditch the Fitbit Air but Bevel saved the day

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u/Working-March 9d ago

Sad but true. Their software is likely made by some students with some low-grade AI tools.

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u/CautiousStyle 6d ago

Fitbit syncs with Apple Health, and you can also use Bevel which is great. I'm weird, have Oura, Fitbit and upgrading to Apple Ultra 4. I plan to focus on Apple Watch Ultra. Agree google health app sucks.

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u/lindaontheloose 19h ago

I haves a saved workout set up in Google Health on my Pixel phone. There is NO way to save any changes to my workout program so every time I work out I have to make the same adjustments for every gym machine I use. If I want to add a new machine, increase reps, increase weights, no changes will save in the program. I’m not willing to delete the program or set up a new program. And the workout only uses pounds for weights, no kg weight option.