Tech Desk 
Oct 09, 2024
The leading wearable technology company, Fitbit, recently announced a new program called Fitbit Labs, an innovative experience meant to allow select users to test experimental health tools powered by Google's Gemini AI. This is going to allow the company to make the health and fitness experiences of its users even better by integrating artificial intelligence.
What is Fitbit Labs?
Fitbit Labs is an in-house product development program that involves a selected group of users to test new features within the Fitbit application, allowing their experiences to shape future developments.
Users can request membership from the 'You' tab, joining right away or waitlisted for a specific opportunity.
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How do Fitbit Labs work?
First on the list of offerings under Fitbit Labs is Insights Explorer, which uses Gemini AI to analyse fitness data and answer questions. This AI-driven tool delivers personalised information illustrated with depictions of the connections between different health metrics that will prove easy to understand and complete with charts and graphs.
Actionable information shall be provided by way of using Fitbit data so that the users can manage their well-being. For example, it can do the following:
- Identify patterns between sleep quality and exercise.
- Analyse the correlations between nutrition and energy levels.
- Recommend bespoke improvements.
Fitbit has dedicated further additions to Fitbit Labs, with a commitment to furthering investments in embedding the latest AI breakthroughs from Google. Some of these will be transient and others are only accessible with a paid Fitbit Premium subscription.
