New Delhi, July 29 -- When Google acquired Fitbit for $2.1 billion in January 2021, many consumers were sceptical about the deal's long-term implications. Over five years later, the acquisition makes sense, but not without an uproar from its core group of users.

In May of this year, Google finally retired the Fitbit app (alongside the launch of the Fitbit Air in the US), and Google Health was born, with AI capabilities front and centre to its service. One and a half months in, and with the fallout in the past, a new update bridges the gap between the old Fitbit app and the new Google Health.

You can now add more metrics in the "Today" view, all sleep that is greater than 20 minutes will count toward the 24-hour total sleep duration, and...