The Fitbit App Is Losing All of These Features.
Along with the announcement of the screenless Fitbit Air, Google is also preparing for major changes to the app and its supported device features. This means we’ll be losing the “pet sleep” feature and a host of other features you might miss. Here’s what’s being removed.
Fitbit accounts will disappear (for real this time).
Fitbit used to be a standalone company, but after Google acquired Fitbit , it began subtly encouraging users to use Google accounts instead of their old Fitbit accounts. Over time, these encouragements have become less insistent, and over the past year, Google has become increasingly vocal about the need to migrate old Fitbit accounts to Google accounts— and this is indeed the case .
The transition deadline has been repeatedly pushed back, but it appears Google is truly committed this time. Social features in the Fitbit app will be disabled on May 12, 2026, for Fitbit account users. After May 19, 2026, your Fitbit account will no longer function. Google will begin deleting your Fitbit data on July 15, 2026. Instructions for migrating your Fitbit account to a Google account can be found here .
The old Fitbit forums will disappear (along with your message history and profile data).
If you use Fitbit forums (which have been around since 2013), you’ll lose your data there, too. In an optimistic announcement about the forum revamp (“We can’t wait for you to see the updated community!”), Google states that you’ll lose your message history and all profile data from the forum. Fitbit users often relied on these forums for information about older devices that are no longer supported. The announcement doesn’t make it clear whether old messages will be archived.
No more icons and animals sleeping in their sleep.
You will no longer be able to earn badges. New badges will no longer be created, and all old ones will be deleted. Google states: “If you have Google Health Coach, your coach will help you celebrate your progress and achievements.” Sleeping animals will also be removed—more on that below. (By the way, Samsung still uses sleeping animals, as I noted in my Galaxy Ring review .)
Many social functions will disappear.
In addition to forums, the Fitbit app also has social features. These are also changing:
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Social media profiles will display your name, email address, and profile photo from your Google account. When you first sign in with your Google account, you’ll be asked to confirm permission to share this information. You can’t use your own name or photo unless you change them in your Google account.
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Privacy settings for social media profiles are no longer available, as profiles will no longer display your gender, height, weight, location, or friends list.
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Groups and community message feed will disappear.
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The private messaging feature in the Fitbit app will no longer be available.
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Children’s accounts cannot have friends.
These health features disappear or change.
When the old Fitbit app is replaced by Google Health, some old features will not be carried over. If you used the public preview, you may have noticed these features are missing. While Google Health will add some missing features, here’s a list of the changes Google plans to make. I’ll list what, if anything, should replace each missing or changed feature.
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Cardio fitness assessment will no longer be based on your height and weight. This feature is now called VO2max and requires GPS data from outdoor runs. (Bonus: it can use data from other devices, not just Fitbit.)
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Sleep profiles , including animal sleep profiles, are disappearing. Instead, you can ask Google Health Coach what type of sleeper you are.
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The Estimated Change in Blood Oxygen (EOV) feature will be removed, but you can still check your blood oxygen level (SpO2) in the Health tab .
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The snore detection feature will be removed. It was available in the original Sense and Versa 3.
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Stress test graphs will no longer be available. You can still run the test on the Charge 5, Charge 6, and Sense to see the results for each device separately.
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Minute-by-minute skin temperature measurements are no longer available. However, you can still get daily and weekly skin temperature data.
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The blood glucose tracking app won’t let you add symptoms or get reminders to check your glucose levels, but you can connect to Apple Health (iOS) or Health Connect (Android) to get your blood glucose data that way.
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Meal plans no longer support calorie goals, but you can still set calorie and macronutrient goals in the Nutrition section of the Health tab.
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Recipes are no longer available. This was a paid feature.
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Lifescan devices no longer support connection to the Fitbit app. However, you can still log your blood glucose levels manually.
In many cases, missing features are replaced by suggestions to consult Google Health Coach about a particular area of your health. Since Google Health Coach is a paid feature, this means you have to pay for this answer , and you’ll receive it in a less structured format that can be distorted by illusions. This doesn’t seem like an improvement to me! But it seems Google hopes the added features of the new app will more than compensate for what’s missing.