There is some good news for all the health and fitness freaks out there; Fitbit has recently incorporated Google’s Gemini AI into its smartphone app which by a large has improved the overall experience for users of Fitbit wearables and Google Pixel Watches. The first feature supported by Gemini is called Insight Explorer, and it should allow for providing individual answers to health-related questions for users. However, one would like to note that this feature is available at the moment only as an opt-in experimental feature within the recently introduced Fitbit Labs sub-section of the app controlling itself only a limited group of users.
What is Insight Explorer?
Insight Explorer is Fitbit‘s first sojourn through its Labs pipeline, which offers a few select customers the chance to try out new functions. Through integration with Google serving as the supporting large language models (LLMs), Insight Explorer sifts through data from users’ wearables to provide personalized insights. This covers important trends, summaries, explanations, and even the usage of charts that are focused on helping clients or members answer specific health and fitness questions.
The feature leverages a variety of health metrics, such as:
- Activity Levels: Activities implemented and Active Zone Min/Max (AZM).
- Sleep Quality: Total sleep score and the percentage fraction, as well as depth, light sleep, and REM.
- Heart Health: Heart rate variability (HRV) and resting rate of heart or ease (RHR).
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Steps to open Insight Explorer
At the time of this writing, the Insight Explorer feature is limited only to users with a Fitbit Premium subscription located in the United States and is available in English only. Eligible users can activate this feature by following these simple steps:
- The first thing you have to do is to launch the Fitbit app and then go to the special “Fitbit Labs” tab.
- Afterward, navigate to the “See all” button to check out further capabilities.
- Choose the option to join Insight Explorer.
- The consent can be done on the screen as is the case with lab-specific consent agreements and then follow the screens.
- Type your query or request in the textbox shown below and press on ‘send’ to get your answer(s).
- Like in other platforms, if the feature gets a lot of users, the user is placed on the waiting list.
Concerning this, Google also says that one can add their nickname to the list of waiting participants and they will be notified whenever several more possibilities are opened.
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