Here's how Google is responding to Fitbit users who don't like the new Health app

Google is rolling out changes to address complaints about the Google Health app that replaced Fitbit. The Today dashboard will be easier to customize, allowing rearranging metrics and adding or removing items. Custom food viewing, creation, and logging will be added so users can include custom food entries in their logs. The Today and Health tabs will gain charts for hourly step goals, and a new 24-hour total sleep overview will show main sleep and naps. The AI coach will deliver more concise messages, include more visuals, and reduce commentary for brief activities. Other updates include correcting run labels, adding splits to run summaries, requesting user intent more often, and restricting family account migration without handling kids’ accounts.

"Google is addressing some of the biggest complaints users had, like the Today dashboard that can only show users' chosen health metrics in the top half of the screen. Soon, Google says it will "make it easier to customize your Today and Health dashboards so you can more easily re-arrange metrics within them or add or remove metrics.""

"Google Health is also adding some missing features and quality-of-life improvements, like custom food viewing, creation, and logging, so you can add custom food items to your logs. The Today and Health tabs are getting charts for hourly step goals, as well, and a new 24-hour total sleep overview will show both main sleep and naps."

"Google says these adjustments for its AI-generated messages in the Today tab are coming soon: Make messages more concise without sacrificing helpful detail and try to find the right balance between positivity and objectivity. Include more visuals like charts, maps, and glanceable stats in messages. Tune which of your activities warrant a message from the Coach, so you should expect less commentary on brief walks."

"A few of the other listed improvements also stuck out: Correctly label runs that were incorrectly labeled as general workouts for some users (rolling out this week). Add splits to run summaries (rolling out this week). Ask for your intent more frequently before responding when the Coach would benefit for more detail. Heads of families cannot migrate their personal account without also migrating or deleting kids' accounts."

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