Google brings Health Guardian to the Fitbit Air and Edge, and expands automatic activity tracking

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The company announced new health features for its wearables along with a new band for the Fitbit Air. Big Tech Google Google brings Health Guardian to the Fitbit Air and Edge, and expands automatic activity tracking The company also announced a new metal mesh band for the Fitbit Air. Google is an Internet and software company based in Mountain View.

12, 2026 9:00 am EST Google Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Google is rolling out a pair of updates to improve automatic activity tracking for its wearables and bring more health features to its latest Fitbits. The company announced today that Health Guardian, which it introduced over the summer for the Pixel Watch , is coming to the Fitbit Air for Google Health Premium subscribers later this month.

Also later this month, Google says it's rolling out an upgrade to automatic activity tracking for the Fitbit Air, Fitbit Edge and Pixel Watches 3, 4 and 5 that nearly doubles its accuracy and expands the list of recognized workouts from 10 to over 100. The service will also be available for the new Fitbit Edge at that time under the Premium subscription.

Key facts

• The company — announced: new health features for its wearables along with a new band for the Fitbit Air
• The company — announced: today that Health Guardian, which it — introduced: over the summer for the Pixel Watch , is coming to the Fitbit Air for Google Health Premium subscribers later this month