With the announcement of Fitbit Edge, Google Health previewed automatic activity tracking and is now starting to roll out with version 5.11 of the app. This expanded activity tracking means the Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch 3, 4, and 5 go from detecting 10 activities to more than 100, including: Cardio machines Golf High-intensity workouts Racquet sports Strength training Swimming Team sports The Fitbit Edge will also benefit from this update. Google Health combines your workout routines, historical data, manual edits, and location (permission required) with contextual reasoning. Workouts that result in a sustained elevated heart rate and meet the minimum duration threshold are automatically recorded and a summary notification is sent to the app “usually within 30 minutes.” When you “commit or edit an activity” and record missing ones, Google will learn your patterns to adjust future predictions. Advertisement: Scroll to see more content. Google says the end result is “almost twice as accurate detections,” while reducing “missed workouts by more than half.” Expanded activity detection appears with Google Health 5.11, which is widely available on iOS and is still rolling out to Android. After the update, users see an “Expanded activity detection, designed for learning” screen. FTC: We use automatic affiliate links that generate income. Further.
