Fitbit adds medical records
Fitbit’s app can now store medical records and medication info inside your fitness dashboard — a move Google-integrated Fitbit says will unify health data for users. The Public Preview also rolls out improved sleep tracking and a new Sleep Score, and Fitbit says AI-powered coaching will soon personalize recommendations using your medical and sleep data. (tipranks.com) (androidcentral.com) (9to5google.com) (cnet.com)
Google announced the updates at its The Check Up event on March 17, 2026, posting the rollout details on the company blog. (blog.google) Fitbit says its sleep-stage detection is about 15% more accurate versus clinical gold‑standard measurements on Pixel and Fitbit devices, with the improved tracking reaching Public Preview users over the next few days and the revamped Sleep Score following in the coming weeks. (9to5google.com)) (9to5google.com) U.S. users in Public Preview will be able to link clinical data in April — including lab results, medication lists and visit history — either by connecting provider portals or by verifying identity via CLEAR, with b.well powering the health‑data connection. (androidcentral.com)) (androidcentral.com) Google says the Personal Health Coach is built with Gemini and will use verified medical and sleep data to tailor advice, giving cholesterol‑management as a concrete example of how records can change recommendations. (blog.google) The announcement also teases a "Get care now" pathway born from work with Included Health, soon‑available continuous glucose monitor (CGM) connectivity, and sharing tools like QR codes or Smart Health Links for giving summaries to family or providers. (tech.yahoo) (tech.yahoo.com) Fitbit highlighted underlying research that informs these features, citing a Nature paper this week on predicting insulin resistance from wearable data and ongoing Fitbit hypertension research that feeds into the coach’s cardiometabolic insights. (blog.google)
