Google Replaces Fitbit App with Terrible AI Garbage, Being Review Bombed
Google has replaced the Fitbit app with a new Google Health app that has received significant backlash from users. The new app lacks many features of the original and is filled with AI elements, leading to a flood of negative reviews. Google has acknowledged the issues and promised to address them, but many users are already looking for alternatives.
- ▪The Fitbit app was officially replaced by the Google Health app on May 26, 2026.
- ▪Users are reporting bugs and missing features, particularly in sleep and workout tracking.
- ▪Many users are unhappy with the emphasis on AI features in the new app, leading to a surge of one-star reviews.
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Google Replaces Fitbit App With Terrible AI Garbage And Is Now Being Massively Review Bombed No, you can't get the old app back. You are stuck with Google Health, sorry. AIFitbitGoogleupdate By Zack Zwiezen Published May 27, 2026 | Comments (3) | 𝕏 Copied! © Kotaku / Google / Andrii Iemelianenko (Shutterstock) Google recently updated the Fitbit health app and replaced it with a new Google Health app. This new version of the app lacks all of the features of the Fitbit app, is reportedly buggy, and is stuffed full of AI features. Unsurprisingly, a lot of people who were happy using the Fitbit app for the last few years are now very mad, and are flooding the app store with negative reviews as Google tries to calm everybody down with a roadmap.
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