Fitbit Data Can Finally Sync to Apple Health

[kingjames1970]

This is actually really good news. I really like my Apple Watch 11, but the biggest downside for me is wearing it to bed for sleep tracking. It’s a bit bulky to sleep with, and having to work charging into the routine doesn’t help either.

For sleep tracking, a lot of Fitbits actually make more sense. They’re lighter, generally have much better battery life, and many don’t even have a screen. The biggest thing that kept me from using one was having my health data split across different apps. If Fitbit now syncs directly with Apple Health, that’s one less reason not to use one.

Just like me, just got a Fitbit Air for sleep tracking as my watch is too bulky IMHO for sleeping. Going to update Apple Health now, just hope it doesn’t mess up the watch health tracking.

 

[Steve Adams]

Planes transport people. Horses transport people. Ergo, same thing.

Planes have better marketing teams even though it's worse means of transport. 😉

 

[chelsel]

As an iOS developer I can confirm this is about 200 lines of code max and could be written with Claude Code in 10 minutes or less. In other words, about time. Wonder what forced their hand.

 

[hoon2999]

As an iOS developer I can confirm this is about 200 lines of code max and could be written with Claude Code in 10 minutes or less. In other words, about time. Wonder what forced their hand.

Easy. People don’t like to use two apps to review their health data. Google Health only offered read access from Apple Health. So they hoped people would pull in all of Apple Health data into their app. More data = $$$

 

[ItchyRat2160]

I bought an Apple Watch last year because I was sick of my FitBit data not syncing with Health. Had to go through a whole convoluted process of syncing via a 3rd party app. At least no-one will have to do that now.

 

[Macniatic]

Interesting, but still hoping that those bands with sensors for the next Apple Watch iteration are only a new band a la Fit Bit Air, but from Apple.