Since being acquired by Google in 2021, Fitbit has continued to release new activity trackers and update its companion app for iPhone and Android but some Fitbit fans have been less than happy with the changes. Not only has Google removed much loved features such as competitive leaderboards where you could try and beat other people’s step counts, it also seems as though the Versa 4 and Sense 2 will be the last Fitbit branded smartwatches.

Despite this, Google has said it is committed to Fitbit as a brand, and the recent Charge 6 tracker is one of the best slim wearables out there. There was also a recent update to the Fitbit app that has given all users access to their daily readiness score for free, a feature that was once locked behind the irritating Fitbit Premium £7.99 per month subscription.

Now it appears that Fitbit is slowly introducing more new features into the app, and in keeping with the buzziest of tech buzzwords from 2024, it’s to do with AI. As spotted by 9to5Google, Fitbit Labs is a brand new tool that is rolling out to select Fitbit users that uses Google’s Gemini AI chatbot to mine your health and fitness data collected by your Fitbit trackers. You can then type questions and queries to it that it can answer.

This specific feature of Fitbit Labs is called ‘insights explorer’, and it’s only showing up in the You tab of a select number of Fitbit users who use Android and are subscribed to Fitbit Premium, so you can’t opt in for now, it’s just luck of the draw as Google tests the new tools out.

Here’s what Google says you need to be eligible to use the new insights explorer:

• Have an active Fitbit Premium subscription
• Use the Fitbit app on an Android phone
• Be located in the United States and use the Fitbit app in English
• Be at least 18 years old
• Sign in to the Fitbit app using a Google Account
• Have an offer to join the Insight Explorer lab on the You tab in the Fitbit App

That’s frustrating for us here in the UK given the feature is currently restricted to US users only, but hopefully Fitbit will expand the availability of Fitbit Labs soon.

You can ask the tool questions such as “what was my average daily step count last month?” or “what day did I sleep the longest last month” and Gemini should be able to help you find it. Though Google has stripped the Fitbit app of some long standing features, the integration of things like Gemini show the advantageous side of being acquired by a tech giant.