Google’s Fitbit AI Coach Seeks Access to Your Medical Records
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Google’s Fitbit app is adding Gemini-powered Coach to tailor health guidance using medical data via partners like b.well Connected Health and Clear. Users are being nudged to switch to Google accounts (and Fitbit accounts are discontinued), with a May 19, 2026 deadline extension—raising privacy questions about who can access health records and how they’re used, even as Google says data won’t be used for ads.
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