Google Health 5.11 is launching this week as a pretty major update for Fitbit and Pixel Watch trackers. Improved automatic activity tracking is now available for Fitbit Air, Pixel Watch 3, 4, and 5, and Fitbit Edge will get the capabilities when it launches on October 27. Track more activities: We’ve expanded the number of activities your Fitbit tracker or Pixel Watch can detect from 10 to 100, including strength training, swimming, and racquet and team sports. Uses more context: Powered by contextual reasoning, we now take more context into account, including your training routines, historical data, and manual edits, to deliver detections that are nearly twice as accurate and reduce missed workouts by more than half.2 Automatically record workouts: Workouts that reach your minimum duration threshold (15 minutes by default) with a sustained elevated heart rate are automatically recorded and a summary is sent to the Google Health app, typically within 30 minutes. Learn your patterns: When you confirm or edit an activity, you’re enhancing a feature that learns your unique patterns and uses them to refine its predictions. Fitbit Air and Edge get two Health Guardian features if you’re a Google Health Premium subscriber. You can set blood pressure and insulin resistance trends now; the first report will be available in early November. Blood pressure trends, which allow you to track blood pressure patterns before they can put a strain on your heart, will be available in the Health Guardian section of the Health tab if you’ve worn your Fitbit Air for 5 or more consecutive days in October. Insulin resistance trends, which track monthly changes in your metabolic health, will be available if you have worn your watch for 7 or more days and nights in October. Blood glucose is now “Glucose” throughout the Google Health app with updated charts and graphs. Also: Announcement: Scroll to see more content. Custom Time-in-Range Goals: You can now set specific time-in-range goals for glucose data from connected continuous glucose monitors. To set a goal, go to the Metabolic section of the Health tab, tap Glucose, open Settings, and select Set goal. Faster sync with Lingo by Abbott (US only): You can now connect Lingo by Abbott directly to the Google Health app so your glucose data syncs faster and displays in the Google Health app within 30 minutes of a reading. If you have a Google Health Premium membership, Google Health Coach³ can also answer questions about your glucose trends. To connect, tap your profile icon in the Google Health app and select Associated Apps.³ Finally, there’s improved sleep tracking in wake detection and nap editing: More accurate wake detection: We’ve improved our sleep tracking to better take into account your step data so we can more accurately track brief awakenings, like getting up to go to the bathroom. Nap editing made easier: You’ll always be in control of your sleep data. If a nap ever shows up that doesn’t match your day, you can now easily delete it right from your nap card. Version 5.11 is available on iOS and is still rolling out to Android users. FTC: We use automatic affiliate links that generate income. Further.
