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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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Somasel · 16/07/2026 02:40

The Google Health app is useless. Can anyone suggest an alternative?

Chubbychubber · 16/07/2026 03:18

So after many years with FitBit and the past month or so with Google Health where its all gone to shit ive given up and bought a Garmin.
Gone from a Charge 6 to a Garmin Lily 2.

Am still getting used to Garmin but the relief to have a tracker that does what it should, records what it should and syncs like it should is great.
Fuck you Google Health for ruining what was once a fab product.

Perrygreen · 01/08/2026 19:29

oh look, my Versa battery is low AGAIN. I hate Google health for messing my watch and data up.
Starting to check out Garmins. (Amost) RIP my fitbit, you were so loved and useful.

EarringsandLipstick · 01/08/2026 19:59

I might be alone on this thread but I’m not experiencing the issues described & I’m very happy with the AI element which is accurately assessing my data (I know, I should worry about all the data I’m handing over, but it’s so useful!).

EarringsandLipstick · 01/08/2026 20:03

pb97 · 08/06/2026 11:32

that's OK but you often need to dramatically change the quantity to get the calories to match, and that throws the nutrition out. it was so much easier when we could save meal plans and recipes.

it's also ridiculous that we can't see calories in and out for a week on the same screen like we used to.

I don't need all of these daily stats they're giving us, I need to see how I'm doing weekly or monthly. my goals are long term, and my health needs require the abity to see trends. fitbit used to be great for this now I have to copy things into excel.

I'm currently trying to pull stats into Home Assistant to build a new dashboard to replace the old fitbit one

I use the ‘coach’ option to enter my food logs. So much easier than before & I’m I impressed how accurate it is. Anything that isn’t, I can just tell it to re-enter.

Howinthehelldidthishappen · 02/08/2026 10:41

So my fitbit charge 6 threw a wobbly.
It started needing to be charged every other day, despite turning all notifications off and doing everything to minimise battery use.
Then just over a week ago I went to charge it, all it did was constantly vibrate and refuse to charge. In the bin it went.
I now have a garmin. Not totally ideal, as I did really like the slim design of the charge 6, but it does what I want it to do. And I've been wearing it for 9 days and not needed to charge it yet.

ParmaVioletTea · 02/08/2026 10:54

How is the Garmin for recording calories?

And can you review previous days as a whole day of data? That’s another Google changed: you can’t go back to past days and have all your data on one screen. You have to review each category (sleep, steps etc) separately.

Apparently Google only takes notice if you complain via the app feedback and then stop subscribing.

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Howinthehelldidthishappen · 02/08/2026 12:09

I've only ever recorded calories on myfitnesspal, so i don't actually know.
I'm still getting to grips with the app as it's so completely different. Let me have a play and I'll come back to you!

Howinthehelldidthishappen · 02/08/2026 12:13

So there is a calendar, you can just click on each day and thisnis the overview you get (picture may be pending)
Let me check if it's customisable.

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