How to Finally Sync Your Fitbit Data to Apple Health
While Fitbits are a favorite option for go-to fitness trackers—they're thin, unobtrusive, and cheap—its app, Google Health, has always had its problems. The Google Health app has finally received an update that lets it send data to Apple Health. Google Fitbit Air $99.00 at Amazon Shop Now Shop Now $99.00 at Amazon Google Health (formerly known as the Fitbit app) could always pull in fitness, sleep, and wellness stats directly from devices like Fitbit trackers.
- ▪While Fitbits are a favorite option for go-to fitness trackers—they're thin, unobtrusive, and cheap—its app, Google Health, has always had its problems.
- ▪The Google Health app has finally received an update that lets it send data to Apple Health.
- ▪Google Fitbit Air $99.00 at Amazon Shop Now Shop Now $99.00 at Amazon Google Health (formerly known as the Fitbit app) could always pull in fitness, sleep, and wellness stats directly from devices like Fitbit trackers.
3 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 2 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Your Fitbit data can now connect directly to Apple Health — The Verge
- ▪ Fitbit Data Can Finally Sync to Apple Health — MacRumors
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| Publication time | Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:53:02 +0000 |
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While Fitbits are a favorite option for go-to fitness trackers—they're thin, unobtrusive, and cheap—its app, Google Health, has always had its problems. However, things might be turning around. The Google Health app has finally received an update that lets it send data to Apple Health. Google Fitbit Air $99.00 at Amazon Shop Now Shop Now $99.00 at Amazon Google Health (formerly known as the Fitbit app) could always pull in fitness, sleep, and wellness stats directly from devices like Fitbit trackers. However, Fitbit devices have historically lacked any built-in way to sync directly with Apple Health. To get around that limitation, anyone who wanted their data to flow both ways had to turn to third-party tools or manual workarounds.
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