Key Points:
- With the date of June 30, 2025, set for the shutdown of the Google Fit developer APIs, it becomes unclear whether wearable and Android Apps are going to go on or not.
- Developers will have until the date that was set for them to move their fitness and exercise categories to “Health Connect” which can be equated with the Android Health platform.
- Despite Google’s migration guide, it’s no good substitution for the Goals API, so using it, users can’t set up activity targets for every day.
The last two years have seen Google taking a dramatic step in the sunset of Google Fit APIs which is a decision made in 2022, since the start of Health Connect. During this week, the tech giant gave details of its plans to terminate or suspend the support of all these APIs. The support date has been set by the company to June 30th, 2025.
Preceding the clock being down, developers of apps for fitness and exercising the Google Fit are prepared to make a shift to Health Connect which is now referred to as the ‘Android Health platform’. It is noteworthy that Google insists on providers of the service temporarily as they make the change to have users experience uninterrupted service.
Nevertheless, the process of change leaves behind an unpathed gap. Users of the Goal API which is a viable substitute can’t get the advantage of important features, such as defining the daily activity objectives, which poses a crucial barrier. Wear OS app developers are required to adhere to Google guidelines so that their apps can function well on Android phones. However, they have not been provided with any clear solution on how to deal with this crucial API.
Heading onwards, Google commits to providing some detailed findings on the forthcoming Android Health at the upcoming I/O session around this month. Nevertheless, on the journey of innovation, there is a skip of the mention of the fate of Google apps that can be used by Android, Wear OS, and iOS devices. Although these apps continue to be used to keep an eye on the progress of a workout and the offline storage of user data, the fact that they are now incapable of getting updates or new features, particularly for Design material, makes them conspicuously absent from the Material You design overhaul.
However, the Fitbit app takes center stage due to its industry-leading Health Connect compatibility, leaving Google Fit’s usability questionable. It’s also important to mention, that the Fitbit integration goes up to a wide range of features on the Nest Hub second generation, including sleep sensing. This may result in him missing out on the availability of that particular facility and paying a fee for the same.
Over time, the future of health trackers is not completely controllable, which proves that Fit may not be satisfactory in the future. With Fitbit dominating the market and giving their health solutions more credibility, with the likes of the automatic likes used in the Pixel Watch and other Wear OS brands, the future of Google Fit seems unclear. Ultimately, if Google does phase out the Fit app and align it with the June 2025 deadline for developers, this change is a gateway — a gateway through which a host of revolutionary health and fitness technologies can enter. The entire series will be revealed.
