Google has announced two interconnected launches: the Google Health Coach, an AI-powered personal health adviser built on Gemini, and the Fitbit Air, a screenless wearable tracker designed to feed it. Both go on sale on 26 May, with the Health Coach exiting public preview on 19 May.

The dual launch marks the formal retirement of the Fitbit brand as a standalone identity — the Fitbit app is now the Google Health app — and signals Google’s push to position health AI as a mainstream subscription product bundled with its broader AI offerings.

The Google Health Coach: Gemini Meets Your Medical Records

The Google Health Coach draws on fitness and sleep metrics, nutrition and cycle tracking, environmental context such as local weather, and personal medical records to deliver personalised guidance across a unified platform. Users in the United States can sync medical records directly and query them in natural language.

The Coach is built into a redesigned Google Health app. The Today tab serves as the home for proactive coaching insights, while the Fitness, Sleep, and Health tabs have been updated with weekly planning tools, sleep consistency tracking, and health record summaries. Cycle tracking, nutrition, and mental wellbeing features have been rebuilt from the ground up.

Workouts can be logged via voice, image, or document — users can photograph gym whiteboards or meals for nutritional analysis, or upload PDFs and medical records for the Coach to summarise.

Google says the Coach is grounded in its SHARP evaluation framework — covering safety, helpfulness, accuracy, relevance, and personalisation — developed with its Consumer Health Advisory Panel of clinicians across multiple disciplines.

Fitbit Air: Screenless, Sensor-Rich, and Built for Sleep

The Fitbit Air is Google’s smallest tracker to date — a screenless pebble designed to be worn continuously, including during sleep. Despite its size, it carries a full sensor suite: 24/7 heart rate monitoring, heart rhythm tracking with Afib alerts, SpO2, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and sleep stage detection.

The screenless design is intentional. Google positions the device as a background health monitor rather than a notification hub, with users checking insights via the Google Health app on their phone when they choose to. Battery life is rated at up to one week, with fast charging delivering a full day of power in five minutes.

Activity tracking is automatic — the device detects and logs common workouts without manual input, with detection improving over time. Users can also initiate coach-recommended guided workouts from the app, or log sessions via photo.

Fitbit Air is available for pre-order now at US$99.99, including a three-month trial of Google Health Premium. A Stephen Curry Special Edition — co-designed with the NBA star, who serves as a Google Performance Adviser — is priced at US$129.99 and hits shelves in the US on 26 May. Accessory bands start at US$34.99.

Pricing and Subscription Bundling

Google Health Premium — formerly Fitbit Premium — is priced at US$9.99 per month or US$99 per year, and includes full access to the Health Coach. Subscribers to Google AI Pro and Ultra will receive Google Health Premium at no additional cost, integrating health AI into Google’s broader subscription stack.

In Singapore, the Fitbit Air retails at S$189 and is available at the Google Store, Best Denki, FairPrice, Metapod, Shopee, Lazada, and Amazon.

Google has reaffirmed its commitment not to use Fitbit users’ health and wellness data for Google Ads. The Coach launches first for eligible Fitbit and Pixel Watch users, with support for other devices to follow.