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Is anyone else struggling with the new Google Health app interface?

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ParmaVioletTea · 25/05/2026 21:34

Is anyone else finding the replacement app for their Fitbit - Google Health - has the interface from hell? I use my Fitbit to track steps, heart rate in my work outs, my sleep patterns, and track calories every now and again.

The replacement of the Fitbit app by GoogleHealth is awful, awful, awful. Trying to track calories particularly. The user interface is appalling.

If anyone has any tips for easier food input I’m all ears - recording the grammes of food is particularly impossible,

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kiwiflan · 01/06/2026 17:03

I can confirm the ai coach has got every single item way off with calories. You can’t manually enter set amounts so you have to look up exactly the calories online and then get the ai coach to add that. It didn’t even get it right for a pre-made item with set calories. The macros must be way off too but I don’t have time to check.

Howinthehelldidthishappen · 01/06/2026 16:23

LoserWinner · 01/06/2026 10:12

I spent about half an hour last night going through all the settings and killing off the ‘coach’. The interface is just an awful, but at least I now don’t have to see the AI drivel. There seem to be a lot of positive reviews on the App Store - must be all those Google employees, because I haven’t come across anyone else who likes it at all.

Did you filter them to show the latest ones first? Because I don't see any good ones.
In fact, when I looked a couple of weeks ago, they had 4.2 stars out of five. Having just checked now, that is down to 3.8. With over 1 million reviews it will have taken a lot of bad ones to bring it down that quickly!

TheLemonOtter · 01/06/2026 14:02

I seem to have lost all my weight data, and the front page still has my sleep stuck on Friday night! It is so annoying

GentlemenPreferBonds · 01/06/2026 12:14

I hate it too! My weight is linked to my Aria scales and it won’t let me delete any data. I usually weigh myself a few times and pick the lowest 😂, and used to be able to delete any additional data. If I delete it in the Aria log, it stays on the google app 😩. Also had data going back 10 years and can’t see this either 🥲

I did click on their feedback icon but heard nothing in response….

kiwiflan · 01/06/2026 12:13

I’ve worked out how to add exact food amounts, you have to put it in the chat with the ai coach. Annoying. I’m trying to stay open minded but don’t trust it to be correct.

kiwiflan · 01/06/2026 12:09

JaneLupin · 01/06/2026 11:32

They’ve mucked up the period tracking too.

I’m in perimenopause so my cycle is all over the place, and I realised this morning it had put a predicted period in for me, starting a few days ago.

I can’t delete the predicted period. I can edit it with symptoms of my non existent period, but I can’t delete it altogether.

What’s the point in even including a feature on menstrual cycles if it’s impossible to change it to reflect one’s actual menstrual cycle?

I’m exactly the same, peri cycle is all over the place and it won’t let me log accurately.

davidleo · 01/06/2026 11:33

ParmaVioletTea · 25/05/2026 21:34

Is anyone else finding the replacement app for their Fitbit - Google Health - has the interface from hell? I use my Fitbit to track steps, heart rate in my work outs, my sleep patterns, and track calories every now and again.

The replacement of the Fitbit app by GoogleHealth is awful, awful, awful. Trying to track calories particularly. The user interface is appalling.

If anyone has any tips for easier food input I’m all ears - recording the grammes of food is particularly impossible,

Yes you’re not alone, it’s been a really frustrating switch. The food logging especially feels way less intuitive than the old Fitbit setup, and weighing/grams input is a pain now.
I’ve found it slightly easier using the search + recent meals shortcuts, but overall the interface is definitely a downgrade for tracking.

JaneLupin · 01/06/2026 11:32

They’ve mucked up the period tracking too.

I’m in perimenopause so my cycle is all over the place, and I realised this morning it had put a predicted period in for me, starting a few days ago.

I can’t delete the predicted period. I can edit it with symptoms of my non existent period, but I can’t delete it altogether.

What’s the point in even including a feature on menstrual cycles if it’s impossible to change it to reflect one’s actual menstrual cycle?

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 01/06/2026 10:40

It’s just not as useful, is it?

LoserWinner · 01/06/2026 10:12

I spent about half an hour last night going through all the settings and killing off the ‘coach’. The interface is just an awful, but at least I now don’t have to see the AI drivel. There seem to be a lot of positive reviews on the App Store - must be all those Google employees, because I haven’t come across anyone else who likes it at all.

Femalefootyfan1 · 01/06/2026 09:45

I have at least found the calorie tracking now.

The cardio ring shows the percentage of cardio you’ve reached each day. So for example, mine has been set at 645 for the week and when I’ve done some cardio, it’ll show +3 for instance and increases through the day/week.

LittleRobins · 01/06/2026 09:04

I’m no longer getting notifications on my Fitbit when I get an email which is a big thing for me.

BlackCatsAreBrilliant · 01/06/2026 08:38

I also hate it.

It has lost all my historic data.

A random update yesterday means that the battery % no longer shows on the Fitbit - only on the app.

I do still have my 250 steps/hour reminder though.

kiwiflan · 01/06/2026 08:28

I won’t let me adjust my cycle, it’s so annoying. I can’t stand the coach.

Bythecooker · 01/06/2026 07:15

The summary at the top gets stuck on the previous day too which is really annoying.

Allisnotlost1 · 01/06/2026 00:39

Yes! I absolutely hate it. It also lost all my data from the day I reconnected my device, and then the webchat advisers suggestion to ‘offload’ the app deleted the two days it had synced. I had all my foods saved and I found it helpful to be able to track back over eating habits and reflect on what I was dealing with at the time and how stress affected it.

I hate it so much I bought an Apple Watch, but I’m unhappy about that too as I feel forced into it.

Ophir · 31/05/2026 22:53

I don’t like it either and the battery on my Fitbit is draining more quickly

id get an Apple Watch, but I think they need charging every day?

TurquoiseDress · 31/05/2026 22:45

I noticed you can log sleep…who’s bloody got time to do that? What’s that all about?

I don’t know exactly what time I went up sleep last night (I was knackered) or what exact time I woke up this morning!

TurquoiseDress · 31/05/2026 22:41

Bythecooker · 31/05/2026 20:25

Weird...I then went off to do something and it reverted back to the new format again. Sorry to have been such a tease

Ha ha Grin

I did the turn off/on thing and the sodding Google Health app is still there…Grin

Perrygreen · 31/05/2026 20:36

What the heck does "weekly cardio 91%" in the stupid circle even mean? I literally don't care. I want todays stats laid out clearly.

Bythecooker · 31/05/2026 20:25

TurquoiseDress · 31/05/2026 19:17

Am off to try this!

Weird...I then went off to do something and it reverted back to the new format again. Sorry to have been such a tease

Bumbers · 31/05/2026 20:12

I hate it!!! Give me my fitbit back!!

SabrinaThwaite · 31/05/2026 19:52

ilovesooty · 31/05/2026 19:30

Same here.

It's horrible. I hate the way the coach keeps trying to talk to me as well.

I turned coach off I think.

Femalefootyfan1 · 31/05/2026 19:40

TurquoiseDress · 31/05/2026 19:20

My sleep has nothing logged since early April…why??

My Fitbit app turned into Google health app earlier this week and my sleep was all logged up until the day before. All my sleep has disappeared and can only see early April/earlier

Has everyone else still got their sleep data…?

I’ve still got mine but my running calorie count has gone. I use MFP and they used to link up so I log my calories eaten in MFP and could see the running count through the day. Now I have to go back into MFP to see them. I also hate that I can no longer see a running (pun intended) of my hourly steps, now I have to rely on reminders on my Fitbit if I haven’t done 250 steps per hour.
It’s total shit 🤬

ilovesooty · 31/05/2026 19:30

SabrinaThwaite · 31/05/2026 12:04

My Inspire 3 battery hasn’t been great for the last few months, but the last few days it seems to be draining quickly. Might just be a coincidence though.

Same here.

It's horrible. I hate the way the coach keeps trying to talk to me as well.

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