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Fitbit’s AI health coach will soon be able to read your medical records

The Verge / 3/19/2026

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Key Points

  • Google announced that Fitbit's AI health coach will be able to read users' medical records, enabling more personalized health guidance.
  • Starting next month in preview, US Fitbit users will be able to link their medical records to the Fitbit app, allowing data such as lab results, medications, and visit history to augment wearable data.
  • The move follows similar bets from rivals such as Amazon, OpenAI, and Microsoft, signaling a broader industry push toward sharing medical data with AI assistants.
  • The update raises privacy and consent questions as users weigh trading sensitive health information for more personalized advice.

Would you share your medical records with a personal trainer? How about a virtual one? Google, which this week announced it is giving Fitbit's AI health coach the ability to read your medical records, is hoping the answer is yes, following rivals like Amazon, OpenAI, and Microsoft in betting that users are willing to trade their most sensitive data in exchange for more personalized health advice.

Starting next month in preview, US Fitbit users will be able to link their medical records to the Fitbit app. That medical data - such as lab results, medications, and visit history - will, alongside wearable data, help Fitbit's AI-powered health …

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