New Google Health app update hands Fitbit and Pixel Watch users a much-needed win

Google is rolling out version 5.02 of the Google Health app today, and most of the headline changes are repairs for the rebrand that frustrated Fitbit and Pixel Watch owners. Hourly activity tracking is back, sleep editing works again, and naps return on Android, phased over the next week.

The fixes start arriving with version 5.02

The Google Health team announced 5.02 on its official community page, where it has fielded complaints since the app replaced Fitbit. It builds on the 5.01 release and rolls out across Android and iOS over the coming week.

A few items stand out from the housekeeping. Hourly activity tracking returns to the Today and Health tabs after vanishing in the switch, the sleep-session editing bug is fixed, naps come back on Android, and you can clear partner-app logs without opening the Privacy Center.

Why this matters more than the changelog suggests

If you stuck with the app through the rebrand, this update starts paying you back. We laid out the repair roadmap a few weeks ago, more than 39 fixes Google posted after the takeover sent users to leave one-star reviews and call the redesign "slop."

The app also shipped alongside Google's screenless Fitbit Air, though you do not need one to use it. The Air has no display, so it depends entirely on Google Health to surface your data, which makes these fixes matter most for its owners.



The rollout is uneven, though. On Reddit, one Pixel 9 Pro owner said the expanded metric view appeared, yet the new sleep layout still had not after updating.

If your app looks unchanged, you are likely just waiting your turn. For Apple Health and Samsung Health users this changes nothing day to day, but a stable Google Health makes the Pixel Watch a bigger threat to both.

Android users win first, iOS waits again

Here is the split that decides how exciting 5.02 is for you. Android gets drag-and-drop reordering, nap tabs and easier sleep editing now, while iOS waits for 5.03 again.

The change everyone gets is the expanded Today tab, and it is the piece I am most curious about.

How to expand your Today tab

1. Open the Today tab and tap the pencil icon.
2. Select Expanded view to see more metrics at once.
3. Tap a metric, then choose another to swap their order.

The cleanup I want to see finished

The update has not reached my account yet, so I cannot confirm the fixes for myself. What I can say is that the expanded Today tab is the change I wanted most, since there were metrics I kept trying to pin there and could not fit before.

I am cautiously optimistic. The Pixel Watch 4 and the Fitbit Air both depend on this app, and we called the watch the most pleasant smartwatch surprise of the year in our review.

That hardware deserves software that holds onto its features, and the real test is whether 5.03 closes the iOS gap instead of widening it.

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