- Google Well being model 5.08 has eliminated the choice to log in utilizing Fitbit account credentials.
- Google has been warning this might occur since 2022.
- Knowledge that hasn’t been migrated from legacy Fitbit accounts to Google accounts will probably be deleted.
Google acquired Fitbit in 2021. It’s been warning customers since 2022 that, finally, accessing Fitbit — since renamed Google Well being — would require utilizing a Google account. The corporate’s given us a whole lot of runway emigrate our information, even pushing again the deadline early this yr. However that prolonged deadline got here and went in Might, and now, Google has eliminated the choice to log into Google Well being with legacy Fitbit account credentials.
The announcement got here by means of some very sparse replace notes for Google Well being model 5.08. The newest model of the app fixes some bugs, however the major change is that now, you may solely log in utilizing your Google account. Google additionally says that information that hasn’t been migrated from legacy Fitbit accounts to present Google accounts “will probably be deleted.”