Fitbit for iPhone is now published under Google’s App Store developer account - 9to5Google

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A insignificant update to Fitbit for iPhone is rolling retired today, but the bigger alteration is that the smartwatch and fittingness tracker companion app is present published nether Google’s App Store account.

Google acquired Fitbit successful January of 2021, and 1 of the biggest integrations earlier the Pixel Watch was seeing stats directly connected your 2nd-gen Nest Hub. Meanwhile, it powers the wellness and fittingness acquisition connected Google’s caller wearable.

Just earlier that instrumentality was announced 2 weeks ago, Fitbit for iPhone moved from the “Fitbit, Inc.” developer relationship to “Google LLC” alongside Chrome, Gmail, YouTube, and different apps. You’ll announcement it successful 2 places connected the App Store listing erstwhile updating.

There’s different nary alteration to functionality, but Fitbit has besides updated the listing screenshots to uncover a insignificant app redesign. The bottommost navigation barroom has been reorganized truthful that the “Today” provender is present successful the middle. It’s flanked by Discover and Community, though this redesign isn’t rolled retired yet.

This developer relationship alteration comes up of a bigger alteration successful 2023 that requires a Google Account to usage caller Fitbit devices and features. Currently, “Fitbit continues to supply its products and services separately from Google.” That’s unsurprisingly changing arsenic the acquisition gets much intimately integrated.

Besides caller relationship instauration and being capable to usage caller devices, arsenic good arsenic features, idiosyncratic benefits see switching implicit to Google Accounts logins and its two-factor authentication (2SV) system. There volition beryllium an enactment for users to migrate their Fitbit relationship to Google’s with users having until 2025 to switch.