What activities do my Fitbit device and Google Pixel Watch track
Important: To get notifications for detected activities, make sure to turn on notifications.
Learn what stats your Fitbit device and Pixel Watch can track, as well as how to personalize your goals.
and Active Zone Minutes 👁 Image
or active minutes 👁 Image
. Additional core stats vary based on your device. Choose to track a variety of other stats, which include sleep, exercise, water and food intake, weight, and menstrual health in the Google Health app. For more information, refer to How does my Fitbit device calculate my daily activity? and How do I track my health and fitness goals with Google Health?
. For more information, refer to How do I navigate my Fitbit device?
Check your stats in real time while you use a workout video in the Google Health app. Stats include:
- Current heart rate and heart-rate zone
- Calories burned since you start the video
- Active Zone Minutes earned since you start the video
To check real-time stats:
- On your phone, open the Google Health app 👁 Image
and tap the Fitness tab 👁 Image
. - Choose a workout and tap to start.
To hide real-time stats:
- During a workout, tap the video on your phone's screen 👁 and then
Collapse 👁 Image
on your stats. - To check your stats again, tap Expand 👁 Image
.
Tips:
- Stream workouts from your phone to your SmartTV with Chromecast. For more information, go to How to cast: A quick start guide.
- If dashed lines appear instead of your heart rate, make sure you wear your device correctly. For more information, refer to How do I wear my Fitbit device?
Earn Active Zone Minutes 👁 Image
or active minutes 👁 Image
with heart-pumping activity throughout the day, which includes a brisk walk, run, or interval workout.
For more information, refer to What are Active Zone Minutes or active minutes on my Fitbit device?
To start, your primary goal is 10,000 steps per day. When you hit this goal, your device vibrates, and a celebration appears on the screen. Choose to increase or decrease your step goal, or to change your goal to Active Zone Minutes or calories burned. You can also set goals in other areas such as sleep and hydration.
To change your goal, refer to How do I track my health and fitness goals with Fitbit?
You can log your health and fitness data, such as activity, weight, and nutrition, either by having a conversation with your Coach or by manually entering the information directly into the relevant areas of the app:
- From the Today tab 👁 Image
, tap Log 👁 Image
under your focus metrics. - From the Fitness tab 👁 Image
, tap Log activity 👁 Image
to track your workout and movement. - From the Health tab 👁 Image
, tap Log 👁 Image
under your focus areas such as:- Sleep
- Metabolic
- Nutrition
- Cycle
- Fitness
- Temperature
- You can also tap Log 👁 Image
from every available individual metric tile such as:- Activity
- Weight
- Body fat
- Sleep
- Cycle data, such as period and symptoms
- Food
- Hydration
- Glucose
- Body Temperature
Share images and PDFs with your coach
Important: The coach can’t analyze diagnostic medical images or evaluate photos of physical symptoms to provide clinical assessments.
You can share images and PDFs in coaching conversations to save time. To get started, you can upload the following:
- Meal and workout logs: Share photos to log your data quickly.
- Medical records: Add records to your coaching conversations and get insights
- Real-time support: Share a menu for healthy options, a training plan for your schedule, or equipment photos to ask about safety.
Log conversationally
You can create or update logs by telling the coach what you want to track.
Tap Ask Coach 👁 Image
to start a new conversation with the coach.
To log data through conversation:
- Type or speak what you want to log. For example, “Log that I ate two scrambled eggs for breakfast.”
Tip: You can also update an existing log. For example, “Update yesterday’s run from 5.3 miles to 4.7 miles.” - Tap the submit arrow above the keyboard.
To log data with files:
- To make logging faster, include images or PDFs. For example, “Log my breakfast” with an image of your breakfast.
- From the coach conversation, you can tap Add 👁 Image
to take a photo, select gallery images, or browse files. - Use images to help log your data. You can share photos to track activities, sleep, food, weight, body fat, glucose, or hydration.
- From the coach conversation, you can tap Add 👁 Image
- The coach may ask follow-up questions to gather required information and track your weekly targets. If this happens, provide the answers in the conversation.
- Once the coach has the information it needs, it will confirm the action and summarize the log entry. Tap the log entry to check the full log details. To delete a log, tap the trash can at the top right of your log details screen.
Your coach can handle a wide range of general wellness questions. To help you get started or keep the conversation going, it also provides suggestions. You can ask about:
- Analysis of and insights into your personal health data
- Fitness stats
- “Tell me about my weekly steps.”
- “Is my fitness improving?”
- Health stats
- “What’s my resting heart rate trend in the past year?”
- Sleep patterns
- “How has my sleep been in the last month?”
- Fitness stats
- Coaching toward specific health or fitness goals
- “What can I do to increase my Cardio Load when working out?”
- “Replace today's upper-body workout with a 4-mile run.”
- Create custom workouts
- Chat to coach, or Tap the Create Workout button to open a conversation with Ask Health. Simply describe the session you want, such as "Make me a 20-minute Pilates session," and your coach will generate a structured routine you can immediately play or save.
Change how my activities are tracked
To turn on activity detection in the Google Health app:
- At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
- Tap Google Health Settings 👁 Image
👁 and then
Activity. - Scroll down and turn on Activity detection.
- Under "Activity settings," tap an activity and then adjust the Minimum duration by activity type.
- Or, you can turn off Detect automatically per activity type.
Fitbit Alta series
Fitbit Alta series automatically detects, recognizes and records high-movement activities. This feature is on by default. These activities include:
- Walking
- Running
- Biking
- Sports
- Elliptical
- Aerobics
Detected activities will appear under "Exercise days." You may edit these directly from the workout exercise summary.
Can I change how my activities are saved or labeled
To change how your activity is saved or labeled, you can edit your exercise history. For example, your Fitbit device might detect a walk, but you can edit your exercise history to record a hike. For more information, go to How to add, edit, or delete Fitbit data and activities.
Check your stats
After you finish your workout and there's a sufficient period of inactivity, you'll be able to find your workout stats under "Exercise days" in the Google Health app. If you don't find your workout after 30 minutes, try to sync your device.
Blaze
Fitbit Blaze series automatically detects, recognizes and records high-movement activities. This feature is on by default. These activities include:
- Walking
- Running
- Biking
- Sports
- Elliptical
- Aerobics
Detected activities will appear under "Exercise days." You may edit these directly from the workout exercise summary.
Can I change how my activities are saved or labeled
To change how your activity is saved or labeled, you can edit your exercise history. For example, your Fitbit device might detect a walk, but you can edit your exercise history to record a hike. For more information, go to How to add, edit, or delete Fitbit data and activities.
Check your stats
After you finish your workout and there's a sufficient period of inactivity, you'll be able to find your workout stats under "Exercise days" in the Google Health app. If you don't find your workout after 30 minutes, try to sync your device.
Fitbit Charge series
Fitbit Charge series automatically detects, recognizes and records high-movement activities. This feature is on by default. These activities include:
- Walking
- Running
- Biking
- Sports
- Elliptical
- Aerobics
- Swimming
Detected activities will appear under "Exercise days." You may edit these directly from the workout exercise summary.
Can I change how my activities are saved or labeled
To change how your activity is saved or labeled, you can edit your exercise history. For example, your Fitbit device might detect a walk, but you can edit your exercise history to record a hike. For more information, go to How to add, edit, or delete Fitbit data and activities.
Check your stats
After you finish your workout and there's a sufficient period of inactivity, you'll be able to find your workout stats under "Exercise days" in the Google Health app. If you don't find your workout after 30 minutes, try to sync your device.
Charge 6 can recognize certain workouts and remind you to track your session after a few minutes. This will open the Exercise app on your device. To turn on this feature:
- Open the Fitbit Exercise app 👁 Image
on your device. - Tap Settings 👁 and then
Auto-start. - Select the activities you’d like to get reminders to track.
Tip:
- When your device detects a supported workout, it will vibrate and a message will appear. Your device will then ask if you want to track the exercise. You have 30 minutes to confirm that you want to track it. If you don't interact with the message, it appears again during your next supported workout for one minute. Be sure to tap Start on your Fitbit device to dismiss the confirmation screen and track that exercise type in the future.
- Your device recognizes when you finish working out and asks you if you want to end the tracked workout session.
- GPS is off by default for the Walk option.
Fitbit Flex series
Fitbit Flex and Flex 2 automatically detects, recognizes and records high-movement activities. This feature is on by default. These activities include:
- Walking
- Running
- Biking
- Sports
- Elliptical
- Aerobics
Detected activities will appear under Exercise days. You may edit these directly from the workout exercise summary.
Can I change how my activities are saved or labeled
To change how your activity is saved or labeled, you can edit your exercise history. For example, your Fitbit device might detect a walk, but you can edit your exercise history to record a hike. For more information, refer to How to add, edit, or delete Fitbit data and activities.
Check your stats
After you finish your workout and there's a sufficient period of inactivity, you will be able to find your workout stats under "Exercise days" in the Google Health app. If you don't find your workout after 30 minutes, try to sync your device.
Pixel Watch 2 automatically detects, recognizes and records high-movement activities. This feature is on by default. These activities include:
- Walking
- Running
- Biking
- Sports
- Elliptical
- Aerobics
- Swimming
Detected activities will appear under "Exercise days." You may edit these directly from the workout exercise summary.
Can I change how my activities are saved or labeled
To change how your activity is saved or labeled, you can edit your exercise history. For example, your Pixel Watch might detect a walk, but you can edit your exercise history to record a hike. For more information, refer to How to add, edit, or delete Fitbit data and activities.
Check your stats
After you finish your workout and there's a sufficient period of inactivity, you will be able to find your workout stats under "Exercise days" in the Google Health app. If you don't find your workout after 30 minutes, try to your device.Your device can recognize certain workouts and remind you to track your session after a few minutes. This will open the Exercise app on your device. To turn on this feature:
-
Open the Exercise app 👁 Image
on your device. - Tap Settings 👁 Image
👁 and then
Start workout reminders. - Select the activities you’d like to get reminders to track.
Pixel Watch 3 and 4 automatically detects, recognizes and records high-movement activities. Most activities have a minimum duration of 10-15 minutes, but you can change this in Settings. These activities include:
- Walk
- Run
- Bike
- Sports
- Elliptical
- Rowing machine
- Stationary bike
Activity detection will send you a notification on your watch and phone that your activity was detected, and your workout summary is ready. From the notification, you can tap to find the workout summary in the Google Health mobile app. Once you are in the workout summary, you can edit, delete or confirm your session details.
Tip: You can also get sessions detected by activity detection from the Today tab 👁 Image
under "Exercise days."
To edit automatically tracked activities:
- Tap the activity from the notification, "Exercise days" in Today tab 👁 Image
. - Select a workout from the suggested activities that matches what you did, then tap Confirm.
- To edit start time, duration, or access more activity options, you can tap Edit 👁 Image
to manually change the details of the activity.
Your device can recognize certain workouts and remind you to track your session after a few minutes. This will open the Exercise app on your device. To turn on this feature:
- Open the Exercise app 👁 Image
on your watch. - Go to Settings 👁 Image
. - Go to Start workout reminders and turn on or off the specific activity types as desired.
- Start workout reminders are turned off by default but can be turned on or off manually. The next time your device detects this workout type, the Exercise app automatically opens.
Fitbit Inspire series
Fitbit Inspire series automatically detects, recognizes and records high-movement activities through the Activity detection feature. Activity detection is on by default. These activities include:
- Walking
- Running
- Biking
- Sports
- Elliptical
- Aerobics
- Swimming
- Rowing
Can I change how my activities are saved or labeled
To change how your activity is saved or labeled, you can edit your exercise history. For example, your Fitbit device might detect a walk, but you can edit your exercise history to record a hike. For more information, go to How to add, edit, or delete Fitbit data and activities.
Check your stats
After you finish your workout and there's a sufficient period of inactivity, you'll be able to find your workout stats under "Exercise days" in the Google Health app. If you don't find your workout after 30 minutes, try to sync your device.
Inspire 3 can recognize certain workouts and remind you to track your session after a few minutes. This will open the Exercise app on your device. To turn on this feature:
- Open the Exercise app 👁 Image
on your device. - Tap Settings 👁 Image
👁 and then
Auto-start. - Select the activities you’d like to get reminders to track.
Tip:
- When your device detects a supported workout, it will vibrate and a message will appear. Your device will then ask if you want to track the exercise. You have 30 minutes to confirm that you want to track it. If you don't interact with the message, it appears again during your next supported workout for one minute. Be sure to tap Start on your Fitbit device to dismiss the confirmation screen and track that exercise type in the future.
- Your device recognizes when you finish working out and asks you if you want to end the tracked workout session.
- GPS is off by default for the Walk option.
Fitbit Luxe
Fitbit Luxe series automatically detects, recognizes and records high-movement activities through the Activity detection feature. Activity detection is on by default. These activities include:
- Walking
- Running
- Biking
- Sports
- Elliptical
- Aerobics
- Swimming
Can I change how my activities are saved or labeled
To change how your activity is saved or labeled, you can edit your exercise history. For example, your Fitbit device might detect a walk, but you can edit your exercise history to record a hike. For more information, go to How to add, edit, or delete Fitbit data and activities.
Check your stats
After you finish your workout and there's a sufficient period of inactivity, you'll be able to find your workout stats under "Exercise days" in the Google Health app. If you don't find your workout after 30 minutes, try to sync your device.
Fitbit Sense series
Fitbit Sense series automatically detects, recognizes and records high-movement activities through the Activity detection feature. Activity detection is on by default. These activities include:
- Walking
- Running
- Biking
- Sports
- Elliptical
- Aerobics
- Swimming
Detected activities will appear under "Exercise days." You may edit these directly from the workout exercise summary.
Can I change how my activities are saved or labeled
To change how your activity is saved or labeled, you can edit your exercise history. For example, your Fitbit device might detect a walk, but you can edit your exercise history to record a hike. For more information, go to How to add, edit, or delete Fitbit data and activities.
Check your stats
After you finish your workout and there's a sufficient period of inactivity, you'll be able to find your workout stats under "Exercise days" in the Google Health app. If you don't find your workout after 30 minutes, try to sync your device.
Sense 2 can recognize certain workouts and remind you to track your session after a few minutes. This will open the Exercise app on your device. To turn on this feature:
- Open the Fitbit Exercise app 👁 Image
on your device. - Tap Settings 👁 Image
👁 and then
Auto-start. - Select the activities you’d like to get reminders to track.
Tip:
- When your device detects a supported workout, it will vibrate and a message will appear. Your device will then ask if you want to track the exercise. You have 30 minutes to confirm that you want to track it. If you don't interact with the message, it appears again during your next supported workout for one minute. Be sure to tap Start on your Fitbit device to dismiss the confirmation screen and track that exercise type in the future.
- Your device recognizes when you finish working out and asks you if you want to end the tracked workout session.
- GPS is off by default for the Walk option.
Fitbit Versa series
Fitbit Versa series automatically detects, recognizes and records high-movement activities through the Activity detection feature. Activity detection is on by default. These activities include:
- Walking
- Running
- Biking
- Sports
- Elliptical
- Aerobics
- Swimming
Detected activities will appear under Exercise days. You may edit these directly from the workout exercise summary.
Can I change how my activities are saved or labeled
To change how your activity is saved or labeled, you can edit your exercise history. For example, your Fitbit device might detect a walk, but you can edit your exercise history to record a hike. For more information, go to How to add, edit, or delete Fitbit data and activities.
Check your stats
After you finish your workout and there's a sufficient period of inactivity, you'll be able to find your workout stats under "Exercise days" in the Google Health app. If you don't find your workout after 30 minutes, try to sync your device.
Versa 4 can recognize certain workouts and remind you to track your session after a few minutes. This will open the Exercise app on your device. To turn on this feature:
- Open the Fitbit Exercise app 👁 Image
on your device. - Tap Settings 👁 Image
👁 and then
Auto-start. - Select the activities you’d like to get reminders to track.
Tip:
- When your device detects a supported workout, it will vibrate and a message will appear. Your device will then ask if you want to track the exercise. You have 30 minutes to confirm that you want to track it. If you don't interact with the message, it appears again during your next supported workout for one minute. Be sure to tap Start on your Fitbit device to dismiss the confirmation screen and track that exercise type in the future.
- Your device recognizes when you finish working out and asks you if you want to end the tracked workout session.
- GPS is off by default for the Walk option.