9to5Google February 27, 2020
Ben Schoon

After its acquisition of Fitbit last year and accompanying teasing from Google itself, many are hoping to see a revamp to Wear OS particularly in the realm of fitness/health tracking. Now, a survey from Google directly is giving us a glimpse into what sort of health tracking features Google may be working on for the platform.

Google’s Wear OS is an imperfect platform with a solid foundation, but its biggest flaw by far has always been health features. Where Apple and Samsung push the boundaries of what kind of data smartwatches can capture, Google seemed happy just capturing basic step and heart rate data.

The folks over at Droid-Life have now spotted evidence that Google may change that. The survey,...

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