All Fitbit accounts will be integrated with the search engine by the year 2025 due to an acquisition by Google.
In January 2021, Google bought Fitbit, the fitness brand, and now requires users to use their Google accounts to access their devices.
Existing accounts will be supported separately until Google decides to make the shift in 2025. Users who upgrade to a new Fitbit device or activate new features must have a Google account to use it.
This will be until at least early 2025. After the support of Fitbit accounts ends, a Google account will be required to use Fitbit. More information will be available in 2023, closer to the launch of Google accounts on Fitbit, Fitbit said in a statement.
When you launch a Google account, you're able to move Fitbit to the Google account that you use with other Google services, like Gmail. Users are only prompted to connect to Google if they grant third-party permission to link their Fitbit data to the search engine or use Gmail to log in.
When the switchover occurs, Google will not use health and wellness information for Google ads, but it will protect customer data and not use it for advertising.
The company noted that you have the chance to review and make changes to your Fitbit data and setup before you complete the move.