Google announces ‘Fit’ platform to compete with Apple’s health kit
Rebecca Borson
A few weeks after the announcement of the health kit at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference, Google announced its own competitor at its annual Developers Conference on Wednesday, called Google Fit.
Google unveiled a new health platform at the end of its three-hour I / O conference.
Developers will be able to use Google Fit tools in their apps so users can monitor their fitness. The idea is that users can combine data from all kinds of apps and devices to get a complete picture of their overall fitness.
Since I / O is primarily focused on developers, Google didn’t spend much time talking about aspects of Google Fit users, but development tools will be available in the coming weeks and we’ll hear more about the product. Can expect. Near future
Noom, a weight loss tracking solution, is one of those apps already integrated into Google Fit.
Adidas is working with Google to integrate its tracking solutions into Google Fit.
Google has also partnered with Nike, RunKeeper, Intel, Motorola and LG.
