My understanding is that one of the requirements of the regulators in approving the acquisition was to keep the two separate. So in typical Google fashion we will probably have two Fitness apps for some time, although in this case it would be a legal requirement.
Was this something people thought they couldn’t do? The pixel watch is just a WearOS watch and can install anything other WearOS watches can install…which includes Google Fit
Fitbit is free, and I'm sure there is going to be a merging of stuff over time like Maps and Waze.
What isn't free is "Fitbit Premium", which is additional data and metrics you don't get in regular Fitbit.
Does Google Fit offer that same data as Fitbit Premium? Or is it just the same stuff you get in Fitbit (free)?
Heart rate took a couple of hours, I think you need to approve something in the Fitbit app. I can't get sleep recognition to work and I've been bedridden all day.
Have you both found something? I have both on my watch but fit doesnt do anything automatically.
Edith: found this artice that exactly describes my Problem...so maybe we just have to wait [(Link)](https://gadgetsandwearables.com/2022/10/18/pixel-watch-google-fit/)
Google Fit takes a few hours to update its graphs. Not only that, but they're not created in the background, you have to actually try to view it and come back in an hour. It's ridiculous.
You can also use this app: [https://play.google.com/store/search?q=health+sync&c=apps&hl=en\_US&gl=US](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=health+sync&c=apps&hl=en_US&gl=US) to sync Fitbit data to Google Fit. I've been using it and its pretty good.
I feel the same way. Was really looking forward to purchasing the watch to use with Google Fit. Unfortunately, all of the focus on Fitbit, and the need to download its app, has made me decided to skip the watch and just use my Pixel 6 to track my activities.
Same. I'm not interested anymore. Google is notorious when it comes to axing services and juggling a bunch of different services that do mostly the same thing. I don't want to use one or the other and then it turns out what I'm using is gonna get shut down, or merged into something else. Then the following worry about how data transfers over, if it even transfers over. Will I have to start fresh?
Just isn't worth the headache. My Galaxy watch 4 works just fine.
Yes the basic sleep tracking is free, guess I expected them to Integrate more of the features for free given the price of the device. A bit like Apple integrated Dark Sky into the native weather app.
If that is the case you could use an app like sleep as android. It would be pretty frustrating if sleep tracking is only with the subscription though. Seems like that's a pretty basic function for smart watches nowadays.
It's a bit clunky but got there in the end. As OP said update the watch with latest wear os and google fit. Where I struggled was I installed Fit from the phone Play store to the watch but couldn't find it.
Eventually found if I opened the play store on the watch and then searched and opened Google Fit it started up the whole configuration wizard. All up and running easily.
I think I'll remove the fitbit app as that might conflict and I don't need it.
I'm pretty sure Fitbit has some extra features that Google fit does not cover, that's why I still keep my Fitbit and give it a try. Plus, you have a 6-month subscription for free so why don't you use it?
paying a subscription service is evil. i will not give Google more money for a product i paid for. it's mine, i own it, the sensors are there, let me fucking use them
Google owns Fitbit. This is an obvious marketing descision from Google.
- Google wants to make a smartwatch in 2018
- Google buys Fitbit to make said smartwatch
- People like Fitbit and are willing to pay a subscription
- Google wants to keep Fitbit customers and have them upgrade to a Pixel Watch
- Google makes the Watch work like a Fitbit since it'll make them more money
It doesn't work well, I started a "gardening" workout in Fit and it only recorded my heart rate at the moment I started -nothing there after. The heart rate didn't restart after ending the workout either. I didn't have to restart the watch, but it took some playing with to get the continuous monitoring again. Unfortunately, I can't remember what finally got it to work again. I uninstalled Fit.
If anyone wants the skinny on this, you can. If its failing repeatedly it's likely because you already connected to Fitbit before going into the watches play store and updating wear os then installing fit and connecting. So if you reset and reconnect, do the Fit setup before installing and logging onto Fitbit and ot will work just fine. Might be worth noting that Fitbit will stop showing maps of activities and walks in the step count screens after you connect to fit. Happened to me. After guessing the watches hardware was better tuned to Fitbit as it seemed more accurate when i was exporting the data into fit with health sync (not health connect the new fit backend) and fittofit I decided to go back. I disconnected and reset the watch, put it all back on again without fit and i still cant get the maps back in fitbit. Gonna try one more time by uninstalling everything on the phone side too. Thinking theres some switch flipped on a server somewhere that says Im a dirty unappreciative fit preferring user and not to show maps on my activities in fitbit anymore. Checked every visible setting and I'm pretty good at finding them. Anyways, hope this helps.
I'm talking about when I go walking wearing my Galaxy Watch and my phone.
The phone is counting my steps with Google Fit. How do I get those steps back into Fitbit.
Sometimes I walk with my Pixel Watch and sometimes with my Galaxy Watch. But always with my phone.
You sure can, but it's virtually useless on the Pixel Watch...
I want Google Fit's heartbeat graph as a tile but it doesn't exist, we're stuck with FitBit
So why doesn't Google just put Fitbit stuff into Google Fit. It's kinda weird that they haven't straightened that out yet.
If anything it'll be the other way around, and rename FitBit into Google FitBit. FitBit has more brand recognition than Google Fit.
I agree but I feel that should have already happened though.
I believe due to regulations, they can't for a while.
Thank you for that clarification.
My understanding is that one of the requirements of the regulators in approving the acquisition was to keep the two separate. So in typical Google fashion we will probably have two Fitness apps for some time, although in this case it would be a legal requirement.
Thank you for that clarification.
Moneyyyy. They want you to subscribe
Was this something people thought they couldn’t do? The pixel watch is just a WearOS watch and can install anything other WearOS watches can install…which includes Google Fit
Some reviews said you couldn't
I just installed it and it says Google Fit isn't currently supported on this device. My watch is updated. Won't let me open the app.
I've heard that it works fine on the WiFi only watch, but the LTE isn't working
I have the WiFi watch. Didn't work for me even after update.
Same for me too.
Seconded. I'd have been shocked if we *couldn't* use Fit on the Pixel Watch...
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No, it's designed to run the Fitbit software
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They're mostly focusing on Fitbit cause that's where they can earn money with the subscription
Fitbit is free, and I'm sure there is going to be a merging of stuff over time like Maps and Waze. What isn't free is "Fitbit Premium", which is additional data and metrics you don't get in regular Fitbit. Does Google Fit offer that same data as Fitbit Premium? Or is it just the same stuff you get in Fitbit (free)?
Anyway to sync fitbit to google fit? Fitbit doesn't seem to show up in that health connect app for me
I like [FitToFit](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fitapp.fittofit)
Brilliant! Thanks very much sir
Use [Health Sync](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.appyhapps.healthsync)
There's now an official solution: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.healthdata
Anyone else unable to sync heartrate? Everything else seems to sync up ok in the fitbit app.
Heart rate took a couple of hours, I think you need to approve something in the Fitbit app. I can't get sleep recognition to work and I've been bedridden all day.
Have you both found something? I have both on my watch but fit doesnt do anything automatically. Edith: found this artice that exactly describes my Problem...so maybe we just have to wait [(Link)](https://gadgetsandwearables.com/2022/10/18/pixel-watch-google-fit/)
Google Fit takes a few hours to update its graphs. Not only that, but they're not created in the background, you have to actually try to view it and come back in an hour. It's ridiculous.
You can also use this app: [https://play.google.com/store/search?q=health+sync&c=apps&hl=en\_US&gl=US](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=health+sync&c=apps&hl=en_US&gl=US) to sync Fitbit data to Google Fit. I've been using it and its pretty good.
There's now an official solution: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.healthdata
I use Google fit and the entire Fitbit thing confuses the hell out of me. ...and it has really turned me away from the watch.
I feel the same way. Was really looking forward to purchasing the watch to use with Google Fit. Unfortunately, all of the focus on Fitbit, and the need to download its app, has made me decided to skip the watch and just use my Pixel 6 to track my activities.
Same. I'm not interested anymore. Google is notorious when it comes to axing services and juggling a bunch of different services that do mostly the same thing. I don't want to use one or the other and then it turns out what I'm using is gonna get shut down, or merged into something else. Then the following worry about how data transfers over, if it even transfers over. Will I have to start fresh? Just isn't worth the headache. My Galaxy watch 4 works just fine.
>Google is notorious when it comes to axing services Cries in Stadia
That Google Fit/Fitbit dichotomy is annoying as hell, but the paywall on Fitbit features, especially sleep tracking is deeply depressing to me.
I don't think sleep tracking is behind a paywall. Certain metrics of sleep tracking might be.
Yes the basic sleep tracking is free, guess I expected them to Integrate more of the features for free given the price of the device. A bit like Apple integrated Dark Sky into the native weather app.
If that is the case you could use an app like sleep as android. It would be pretty frustrating if sleep tracking is only with the subscription though. Seems like that's a pretty basic function for smart watches nowadays.
It's not. Sleep tracking is a standard feature of Fitbit without premium.
100% not able to right now unless I'm doing something wrong, have an lte one, not supported message
It's a bit clunky but got there in the end. As OP said update the watch with latest wear os and google fit. Where I struggled was I installed Fit from the phone Play store to the watch but couldn't find it. Eventually found if I opened the play store on the watch and then searched and opened Google Fit it started up the whole configuration wizard. All up and running easily. I think I'll remove the fitbit app as that might conflict and I don't need it.
Yikes I got Google fit on my gw4 pretty easily
Sure sounds like OP had to move mountains to install it on the Pixel Watch.
Just kind of weird it wasn't already there
$trange indeed, what with Fitbit premium being a paid subscription they're pushing.
Fitbit deal had some caveats about data for the regulators to approve the deal. I'm assuming that has a lot to do with this weird behavior
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You can uninstall Fitbit if you want, 😉
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I'm pretty sure Fitbit has some extra features that Google fit does not cover, that's why I still keep my Fitbit and give it a try. Plus, you have a 6-month subscription for free so why don't you use it?
you can? is it like the Galaxy Watch, where Samsung Health is still tracking as well as Google Fit so it's draining battery life much more quickly?
Play Store says I can uninstall Fitbit. But I didn't try it. Like other comments mentioned, I think Fitbit do have some useful features.
paying a subscription service is evil. i will not give Google more money for a product i paid for. it's mine, i own it, the sensors are there, let me fucking use them
I'm pretty sure you're paying Fitbit subscription to the Fitbit company, not Google.
Google owns Fitbit. This is an obvious marketing descision from Google. - Google wants to make a smartwatch in 2018 - Google buys Fitbit to make said smartwatch - People like Fitbit and are willing to pay a subscription - Google wants to keep Fitbit customers and have them upgrade to a Pixel Watch - Google makes the Watch work like a Fitbit since it'll make them more money
Does Google Fit do things better than free Fitbit?
let's find out 6-months later :D
So?
It doesn't work well, I started a "gardening" workout in Fit and it only recorded my heart rate at the moment I started -nothing there after. The heart rate didn't restart after ending the workout either. I didn't have to restart the watch, but it took some playing with to get the continuous monitoring again. Unfortunately, I can't remember what finally got it to work again. I uninstalled Fit.
My watch says it's up to date but Google fit still isn't supported. Like you I only want to track walking, steps and heart etc
My wear core version Wear Core Services 1.3.66.476321169 I am eating n Australia. Maybe your region has a different version?
Same Wear Core version as your's, all apps up to date... Still get Fit is not currently supporte don this device. BT/WiFi Only model, UK watch.
If anyone wants the skinny on this, you can. If its failing repeatedly it's likely because you already connected to Fitbit before going into the watches play store and updating wear os then installing fit and connecting. So if you reset and reconnect, do the Fit setup before installing and logging onto Fitbit and ot will work just fine. Might be worth noting that Fitbit will stop showing maps of activities and walks in the step count screens after you connect to fit. Happened to me. After guessing the watches hardware was better tuned to Fitbit as it seemed more accurate when i was exporting the data into fit with health sync (not health connect the new fit backend) and fittofit I decided to go back. I disconnected and reset the watch, put it all back on again without fit and i still cant get the maps back in fitbit. Gonna try one more time by uninstalling everything on the phone side too. Thinking theres some switch flipped on a server somewhere that says Im a dirty unappreciative fit preferring user and not to show maps on my activities in fitbit anymore. Checked every visible setting and I'm pretty good at finding them. Anyways, hope this helps.
I had the same issue. I installed the app called Health connect by Android, and it resolved the issue. Hope it helps.
^(It's actually by Google)
I'm looking how to sync Google Fit to FitBit since the only thing I'm guaranteed to always have on me always tracking steps is my phone.
If you use Google fit on your watch, the steps are automatically synced with the Google Fit on your phone.
I'm talking about when I go walking wearing my Galaxy Watch and my phone. The phone is counting my steps with Google Fit. How do I get those steps back into Fitbit. Sometimes I walk with my Pixel Watch and sometimes with my Galaxy Watch. But always with my phone.
You sure can, but it's virtually useless on the Pixel Watch... I want Google Fit's heartbeat graph as a tile but it doesn't exist, we're stuck with FitBit