​Fitbit’s AI health coach is the first I might actually be interested in 

​Fitbit’s AI health coach is the first I might actually be interested in 

close up of a person’s hand holding a phone that shows the revamped Fitbit app showing the new AI Health coach features

We won’t get to try it until October, but so far I’m cautiously curious. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge

I’m not a fan of AI health and fitness features. Not only do they regurgitate Captain Obvious-level summaries of what you just did, but the “insights” are so generalized that a Google search is often more helpful. So it was with great skepticism that I walked into a demo to learn about Fitbit’s forthcoming AI-powered personal health coach. To my surprise, I left cautiously curious about where Fitbit is going.

“We really want to move towards this world of coaching,” Andy Abramson, Google’s director of product management for Fitbit and Health, says during a demo of the feature. Professional athletes have a whole team of people helping to craf …

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