Google Health (Fitbit)

A new Fitbit app update is rolling out with two confirmed user-facing changes: expanded metrics on the Today tab and revised sleep tracking that incorporates naps into total daily sleep.

Today Tab Metrics Expansion

The Today tab now displays additional health metrics directly on the main screen. Users can view heart rate variability (HRV), breathing rate, and oxygen saturation (SpO2) without navigating to sub-menus. These measurements were previously available in the app but required extra taps to access. The update places them alongside existing metrics for quicker daily review.

Sleep Tab Redesign

The Sleep tab has been updated with two related changes:

• Trend visibility: Users can now view both main sleep and total sleep (including naps) trends more easily within the Sleep tab.
• Nap inclusion in daily total: Naps now count toward a 24-hour sleep duration total. Previously, naps were tracked separately from the nightly sleep score. This change consolidates all sleep into a single daily figure, reflecting total rest across the full day.

Source Context

The update details are drawn from the app's Google Play listing. A release notes aggregator references version 5.04 of the Google Health app with richer nutrition logging and various fixes, but that information pertains to the broader Google Health platform rather than Fitbit specifically. The official Google Health Help Center pages confirm device update procedures but do not detail this particular app release. A separate firmware update for Fitbit devices (Sense 2, Versa 4, Charge 6, Inspire 3) is unrelated to the mobile app changes described here.

Rollout Notes

The update is server-side, meaning it may not appear immediately for all users. If the new metrics or sleep tab changes are not visible, check the app again in subsequent days as the rollout progresses.

The latest Fitbit update—spotted rolling out in mid-July—brings three changes that address long-standing user frustrations. Based on the release notes and supporting coverage, the update appears to restore custom food logging, add a quick calorie estimator, and adjust how naps factor into sleep tracking.

Custom foods are back. This is the headline change. The old Fitbit app supported custom entries for meals and ingredients, but that functionality disappeared during the Google Health migration. Users have been vocal about the loss. The new version lets you create, edit, and delete custom foods. For anyone logging home-cooked meals or specific brand items not in the database, this is a practical fix. A Facebook group post from Fitbit users confirms the feature is live and being used for pre-packaged meals like Clean Eatz.

Quick calorie logging arrives alongside it. Rather than forcing you to search for a specific food or type a meal name, the update includes an option to log calories and macro estimates directly. Google’s own blog describes a “quick-calorie estimator” that lets you pick common foods from the database and adjust a slider to estimate calories within an expected range. This is useful for rough tracking when precision isn’t the goal—say, a restaurant meal or a snack where exact nutrition isn’t available.

Naps now count toward your sleep duration on the Today tab. Previously, naps appeared separately or were excluded from the main sleep tile. The June 2026 release notes from Releasebot mention a “24-hour total sleep view” that combines main sleep and naps, and makes naps easier to find. The current update appears to extend that logic to the sleep tiles themselves. If you take a 30-minute nap in the afternoon, it will now contribute to your total sleep number for the day. This is a small change but matters for anyone who tracks biphasic sleep or simply wants an accurate daily total.

A few caveats. The custom foods feature is confirmed by multiple sources, but the exact rollout timing and platform availability aren’t fully clear. The Google Health 5.04 update is described as “rolling out,” which suggests a staged release. The quick-calorie estimator and nap changes appear in the same update wave, but I haven’t personally tested them. The sources are consistent enough to treat these as real additions, not rumors.

There’s also a separate firmware update for the Fitbit Air device (version 20001.253.2) that fixes TCX export issues and improves GPS accuracy. That’s a hardware-specific fix, not part of the main app update, but worth noting if you own the device.

My take: the custom foods restoration is the most meaningful change here. Fitbit’s transition to Google Health has been rocky, and removing a feature users relied on for years was a misstep. Bringing it back, along with the quick-log option, suggests Google is listening to feedback. The nap change is a nice quality-of-life tweak. None of this is revolutionary, but it’s the kind of incremental improvement that makes the app feel less like a downgrade.