Google Fit: Activity Tracking

Editor's Review

Embark on a journey to a healthier and more active life with Google Fit! 🚀 It can be challenging to determine the exact amount and type of activity needed to stay healthy. That's why Google Fit has teamed up with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Heart Association (AHA) to introduce Heart Points – an activity goal designed to help you enhance your health. ❤️

Activities that elevate your heart rate offer significant health benefits for both your heart and mind. You'll earn one Heart Point for each minute of moderate activity, such as briskly walking your dog 🐕, and double points for more intense activities like running 🏃‍♀️. Just 30 minutes of brisk walking five days a week meets the AHA and WHO's recommended physical activity levels, which have been proven to reduce the risk of heart disease, improve sleep quality, and boost overall mental well-being. 🧠

Google Fit offers a variety of features to help you achieve your fitness goals:

• TRACK YOUR WORKOUTS: Get real-time insights during exercise and view stats for runs, walks, and bike rides. Google Fit utilizes your Android phone's sensors or your Wear OS by Google smartwatch's heart rate sensors to record speed, pace, route, and more. ⌚️
• MONITOR YOUR GOALS: Track your daily progress on Heart Points and Steps goals. Easily adjust your goals to maintain a healthy heart and mind. 🎯
• MAKE ALL YOUR MOVEMENT COUNT: Whether you're walking, running, or biking, your Android phone or Wear OS by Google smartwatch automatically detects and adds activities to your Google Fit journal. Enjoy different workouts like pilates, rowing, or spinning, and Google Fit will track the Heart Points you earn. 🚴‍♀️
• CONNECT WITH YOUR FAVORITE APPS AND DEVICES: Google Fit integrates with apps like Lifesum, Nike+, Runkeeper, Strava, MyFitnessPal, and devices like Wear OS by Google, Withings, and Xiaomi Mi bands. 🔗
• CHECK IN AT ANY TIME, FROM ANYWHERE: View a snapshot of your activity history and access all your health and wellness data in the redesigned journal. 🗺️
• KEEP A FINGER ON THE PULSE OF YOUR HEALTH: Check in with your breath using your phone camera to reduce tension and relieve stress. Measure your heart rate to better understand your body’s well-being. 🧘
• VIEW YOUR DAY'S STATS AT A GLANCE: Add a widget to your Android phone's home screen or set up a tile and complication on your Wear OS by Google smartwatch. 📊

Features

• Tracks workouts using phone or watch sensors

• Monitors Heart Points and Steps daily progress

• Automatically detects and logs various activities

• Connects with other health and fitness applications

• Provides a journal for activity history

• Measures heart rate using the phone camera

• Offers home screen widget for quick stats view

• Tracks pace, speed and route during exercise

• Provides insights and real-time stats for activities

Pros

• Tracks workouts from phone or watch seamlessly

• Monitors progress towards Heart Points and Steps goals

• Automatically detects and logs activities

• Connects with favorite health and fitness apps

• Provides a snapshot of activity history

• Offers heart rate and respiratory rate monitoring

• Home screen widget for at-a-glance stats

Cons

• Requires Android phone or Wear OS device for full functionality

• Accuracy depends on device sensors and app integrations