Google completed the acquisition of Fitbit last year and renamed the company “Fitbit by Google“. Despite this, the company continued to release devices to the market as before the acquisition. But things will change starting dal 2023. Let’s see how.
Fitbit: A Google account will be required from 2023
The company recently updated its support page to reveal that after the account launch of the tech giant on devices in 2023, “some uses of the devices will require a Google account, including signing up to Fitbit or activating newly released devices and features.” Conversely, users in possession of a account Fitbit they will be able to choose whether to move their data to another account or continue to use their account as long as supported, that is until early 2025.
Additionally, the company says the tech giant’s accounts on devices “will support a number of user benefits, including a single sign-in for Fitbit and other Google services, industry-leading account security, centralized privacy controls for data. of users and other features ”of the technological giant on wearable. If you’re worried about sharing your fitness data with the tech giant, you should know that it will honor binding commitments made with global regulators to complete the Fitbit acquisition. This means it will not use users’ health and wellness data for advertisements.
In any case, if you have any doubts about it, you can consult the Fitbit support page.