Google Expands Fitbit AI Health Coach to iOS and New Countries

Google announced on Wednesday an expansion of its Fitbit personal health coach, an AI-powered feature that provides personalized fitness, sleep, and wellness guidance, making it available for the first time to iPhone users in the United States and to users on both iOS and Android devices in several additional countries. The rollout, which began immediately, targets eligible Fitbit Premium subscribers in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, with the feature remaining in public preview and limited to English-language support.

The personal health coach, powered by Google's Gemini AI models, was initially launched as a public preview in October 2024 exclusively for Android users in the United States. It requires an active Fitbit Premium subscription, priced at $9.99 per month or $79.99 annually, and compatibility with one of 14 supported devices, including Fitbit wearables such as the Charge 6, Inspire 3, Sense 2, and Versa 4, as well as the Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Watch 4. Users must sign in with a Google account to access the feature, which Google described in a blog post as "a fitness trainer, a sleep coach, and a health and wellness advisor, all...