Perplexity and Google push AI personalization for wearables
Perplexity Health is integrating Apple Health and Fitbit data to deliver AI‑driven health insights, and Google plans expanded AI features for Fitbit that may link to medical records—accelerating personalized health analytics. The move points to quicker translation of wearable data into actionable, AI‑generated guidance. (newsbytesapp.com) (mashable.com)
Perplexity unveiled Perplexity Health on March 19, 2026 and said the feature is initially rolling out to Pro and Max subscribers in the United States. (opentools.ai) The company describes connections to a mix of consumer wearables and electronic health record networks that it says reach roughly 1.7 million providers, enabled through partners such as Terra API and b.well. (opentools.ai) Perplexity states user health data for the feature is encrypted and kept off of its training datasets, and multiple launch reports repeat the company’s claim that the platform will not use personal records to train underlying models. (gadgetbond.com) At Google’s annual “The Check Up” event on March 17, 2026, the company highlighted Fitbit Public Preview improvements that include a reported 15% increase in sleep‑stage accuracy for preview users. (blog.google) Google said the Fitbit updates will let users link patient portals and verify identity using partners such as b.well (for record aggregation) and CLEAR (for identity verification via ID and selfie). (digitalhealthnews.com) The Fitbit roadmap also includes connecting continuous glucose monitors through Health Connect, an explicit company assurance that medical‑record data won’t be used for ads, and the broader app strategy comes as Fitbit Premium subscriptions are offered at $8 per month while legacy Fitbit accounts must migrate to Google accounts by May 19, 2026. (digitalhealthnews.com)
