Migrating from Fitbit to Google Health

On 19 May 2026 the Fitbit app became Google Health. The change was automatic, your account and data moved across, and your tracker still says Fitbit on it. Our post on what changed when Fitbit became Google Health covers what was removed.

For Motion, one thing matters. Motion does not read from Google Health directly. It reads from Apple Health on iPhone and from Health Connect on Android, the same place your other health apps read from. So Google Health needs to be writing your steps there. Once it is, Motion picks them up with nothing extra to link.

Pick your phone below. The steps are taken from Google‘s own help pages, so they should match what you see on screen.

iPhone: connect Google Health to Apple Health

Since Google Health for iOS version 5.05, released on 3 August 2026, the connection works in both directions. Google Health can now write steps, distance, heart rate, sleep and workouts into Apple Health. Fitbit could never do this, so if you last tried a while ago, it has changed.

You need iOS 16.4 or later, and you need to be signed in to Google Health with an adult Google Account.

1. Open the Google Health app.
2. At the top left, tap Connections, then Apps and services.
3. Under "Add connections", tap Apple Health.
4. Tap Get started.
5. A consent page titled "Sync Google Health with Apple Health" appears. Tap Agree.
6. Follow the prompts and grant the permissions you want. Steps is the one Motion needs.
7. When the confirmation page appears, tap Done.

To change a permission later, open the Apple Health app, tap Sharing, then Apps, then Google Health. Every data type has its own switch.

One limit worth knowing: heart rate variability and skin temperature are read-only on iPhone, so Google Health will not write those into Apple Health. Steps, which is what Motion uses, sync fine.

Android: connect Google Health to Health Connect

Health Connect is Android‘s equivalent of Apple Health. It is built in from Android 14. On Android 9 to 13 it can be installed from the Play Store, and our Health Connect guide covers that part.

1. Open the Google Health app.
2. At the top left, tap Connections, then Partner apps.
3. Under "Add connections", tap Sync your favorite health apps, then Set up.
4. Review the on-screen information and tap Accept.
5. Tap the data you want to sync, then Continue. Make sure Steps is selected.
6. Choose your preferences for fitness data, medical records and background access.
7. When you see "Google Health is syncing", tap Done.

This connection is also two-way, and on Android it does include heart rate variability.

Then connect Motion

Open Motion. If you have not connected a data source yet, the setup flow will ask for Apple Health or Health Connect permission. Grant it for steps. If you connected Motion before the Fitbit change, you do not need to do anything, because Motion was already reading from Apple Health or Health Connect rather than from the Fitbit app.

Your Fitbit steps now travel tracker to Google Health, Google Health to Apple Health or Health Connect, and from there into Motion, where your daily goal updates.

If the steps are not showing up

Nearly every case is one of these three.

• The tracker has not synced yet. Nothing downstream can forward data the phone has not received. Open Google Health and pull down on the Today tab, or use Sync Now under Connections.
• A permission is off. On iPhone, check Apple Health, then Sharing, then Apps. On Android, open Health Connect and check what Google Health is allowed to write and what Motion is allowed to read.
• Two apps are both counting steps. If your phone and your Fitbit both write steps, Apple Health can show duplicates. Set the priority under the Steps data type, then Data Sources & Access.

For the full list of what syncs and what does not, including a data-by-data table, see our complete guide to syncing Google Health with Apple Health and Health Connect.