INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Google Fit is about to get its biggest update since it launched back in 2014, and the aim is to give you a free app that can help you
improve your health easily through your phone or Wear OS watch.The app has had a redesign to follow Google's Material Design style, and the
way it records your daily health data has changed too.Now it focuses on two areas which Google has decided on thanks to research conducted
by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the World Health Organization (WHO).Those are Move Minutes and Heart Points
Heart Points is the more important of the two, and this is designed to reward you for increasing your heart rate during exercise.Many
fitness apps focus on the duration or distance of your workouts, but this is set to put your heart rate above those stats.Whole new statsIt
receive two points for every minute you've been exercising.According to the AHA and WHO, 30 minutes of brisk walking five days a week will
get you enough exercise to hit the recommendation for your weekly exercise
Google has built this platform for those who want to go over that recommendation too, as well as for absolute beginners.The second element
of the update is called Move Minutes, which will just record your active time
This is designed to monitor your walking throughout your day, and the intention is to motivate you to walk down the stairs or take other
opportunities to raise your step count.The Journal page that shows your latest activity.Both of these come together in the updated app to
give you a clear idea of your daily, weekly and monthly exercise stats.Exactly how accurate the data will be for your Move Minutes or Heart
Points when you're just using your phone is currently unclear.Google says the service will work best if you use it with a Wear OS watch as
it will be able to record your heart rate easily from your wrist (assuming your watch has a heart rate monitor), but the update is also
you've recorded a certain amount of information, the intention is Google Fit will start to give you tips on where you can fit exercise into
your day or how you can increase your heart rate at certain points in your day.One thing to note though, this isn't the Google Coach feature
we've seen leaked recently
That idea sees integration with Google Maps to give you recommendations on where you can eat healthy food and more, but it seems that was
either false information or we may have to wait longer to hear about those new features.You'll find the Google Fit update comes to your
Android phone or Wear OS watch (it still works for those using an iPhone with a Google smartwatch) in the coming week or
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