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Google Health Shows No Data for Key Fitbit Vitals

Google has acknowledged a bug that hides recent biometric readings and said a quick fix may not be possible.

Overview

  • Users have reported that the Vitals section of the Google Health app displays 'No data' for recent Fitbit-collected metrics such as heart-rate variability, blood-oxygen, breathing rate, resting heart rate, and skin-temperature variation.
  • The problem surfaced through social posts and Reddit threads where community members traced the issue to the Fitbit 5.12 update, though Google has not confirmed that update as the cause.
  • A Google support representative told users the company is aware of the issue and monitoring it but warned it may not be able to deliver a fix in the immediate future.
  • Affected users say some older records and sleep metrics still appear, and people have found temporary fixes like reinstalling the Google Health app, signing out and back in, or toggling chart ranges, but these workarounds are inconsistent.
  • The outage highlights risks in the Google–Fitbit data pipeline and could disrupt people who rely on continuous biometric tracking for personal health monitoring while engineers investigate the root cause.