Fitbit’s AI Health Coach is Now in Public Preview
Fitbit has started rolling out its long-awaited AI-powered personal health coach in public preview. The new feature, built with Google’s Gemini AI, combines fitness training, sleep coaching, and wellness advice into one smart, conversational experience.
Rolling out for Fitbit Premium users
Starting this week, the Fitbit personal health coach is available to eligible Android Fitbit Premium users in the U.S. The company plans to bring it to iOS users soon. The preview phase will help Fitbit gather user feedback before a wider rollout.
Fitbit says the new coach is designed to be secure, science-backed, and personalized to each user’s health goals. The aim is to offer an AI assistant that can understand your data, track your progress, and recommend ways to improve your well-being.
How the AI coach works
The experience begins with a short, 5–10 minute chat with your coach through text or voice. It uses your responses to understand your health motivations and tailor your plan. Users can skip the introduction and return later if they prefer.
Once set up, the coach offers a wide range of capabilities — from creating workout routines to analyzing sleep patterns and explaining health trends. Fitbit says it will continue to expand the coach’s capabilities during the preview period.
Fitness guidance made personal
The AI coach can create personalized fitness plans, suggest workouts, and adjust routines based on real-time inputs. For instance, users can say, “Create a 30-minute workout I can do at home,” or “Adjust my plan, my knee hurts today.”
It can also recommend new goals, track weekly progress, and remember workout preferences for future sessions. Fitbit hopes this interactive coaching will make fitness more flexible and data-driven for everyday users.
Smarter sleep insights
Beyond workouts, the coach analyzes your sleep to help you rest better. It can answer questions like, “Why did I wake up tired today?” or “What can I do to get deeper sleep?”
The AI assistant can also find sleep trends over time, visualize patterns, and compare your sleep quality to others in your demographic group. It can even link sleep data with fitness metrics to explain how physical activity affects rest.
Understanding your health better
The health coach also helps users understand broader wellness topics. You can ask it about nutrition, health conditions, or women’s health concerns such as menopause symptoms. It can also suggest what to discuss at your next doctor’s appointment or summarize your health history for easy tracking.
Fitbit emphasizes that the coach isn’t meant to replace doctors or medical advice. Instead, it aims to help users better understand their data and make informed lifestyle decisions.
Building toward a more connected future
Fitbit says this preview marks only the beginning of its AI-driven health journey. With Google’s Gemini technology powering insights, the goal is to deliver more connected, personalized, and proactive health support over time.
As the company gathers feedback from early users, more features and updates will roll out, bringing Fitbit closer to offering a truly all-in-one digital health companion.
