Google Speeds Android Google Health 5.0 Rollout for Fitbit Air Pairing

7 articles · Updated · 9to5Google · May 26

Google widened the Android rollout of Google Health 5.0 after early Fitbit Air buyers found they could not pair or set up the new tracker.
Version 5.0 is required because the older Fitbit app does not support Fitbit Air; Google told users on Reddit it was accelerating Play Store availability and said the update should arrive shortly.
iOS users already had access through the App Store, while Android availability had lagged even as Fitbit Air preorders began arriving ahead of the May 26 launch.
The update is largely a rebrand of the Fitbit app into Google Health, carrying over the revamped Fitbit experience Google had been testing in public preview for months.

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