As in most corners of the tech world, Google sees AI powering the next innovations in healthcare technology. Annual of the company Check Up event Fitbit has expanded its plans to add a personal health chatbot to its app Google Lens look for and use a version of it for better skin condition Gemini chatbot in the field of medicine.
One of the most interesting of Google’s announcements on Tuesday was more details about an experimental AI feature for Fitbit users in brief. he teased last year. Fitbit Labs will allow owners to draw correlations and “connect the dots” from health data tracked using their wearable devices. The chatbot in the mobile app will let you ask questions in natural language and create personalized charts to learn about your health.
The company has yet to provide details about the Fitbit chatbot, but an example it posted Tuesday shows a user asking about potential connections between activity and sleep. The Fitbit Assistant responded that days with a user’s high activity scores are associated with better sleep (while cautioning not to assume that’s the only reason).
Fitbit’s generative AI tool is coming later this year. Google says it will (at least initially) only be available to Fitbit Premium subscribers with Android devices enrolled in the Fitbit Labs program.
The company sees Google Lens as filling some healthcare gaps where text-based searches fall short. A feature says (was introduced last year) that uses Lens to identify “visually similar matches from the web” for skin conditions, is now available in over 150 countries. It can also work when you don’t know where to start when describing a dermatological disorder.
Similarly, Google has added new images and diagrams to its web results from reputable online sources to help you understand conditions like neck pain. Next: The company is seeing visual results fueling its search for more health conditions, including migraines, kidney stones and pneumonia. Visual search engine updates are expected to be rolled out over the next few months.
The company too is mentioned Fitbit and Google Research are collaborating with health and wellness experts and other medical professionals to create a new AI model for health and wellness. The long-term goal is to power the future AI features of the large language model (LLM) powered by Gemini across Google’s various health offerings.
