Fitbit may have the data-collecting devices, but it’s the wearable company’s partnership with research platform Fitabase that turns that data into something beyond personal activity tracking. Over the ...

Medical device maker Medtronic has teamed up with Fitbit to integrate physical activity data with blood glucose levels into one streamlined application. People living with type 2 diabetes who use ...

Researchers have used Fitbit data to train a machine learning algorithm to accurately predict mood swings associated with bipolar disorder. It opens the door to using a personalized algorithm to drive ...

One Drop, a digital health company focused on diabetes care management, entered into a data sharing collaboration with Fitbit, the company announced Oct. 31. Under the agreement, individuals who use ...

Fitbit health data flows to insurers and third parties without clear consent, potentially increasing your premiums by thousands through detailed biometric profiling.

Wearing a fitness tracking device could earn you cash from your health insurance company. At first, this sounds lucrative for the people who participate, and good for the companies, who want healthier ...

“My watch tracked a sharp drop in activity after my accident, and I’m wondering if that could help my case? Can Apple Watch or Fitbit data be used to help prove my injuries in a personal injury ...

Since early 2015, investigators have ResearchKit for collecting data from Apple devices. Then, ResearchStack came along for for studying Android users. But the research community has been able to pull ...

Fitbit has reportedly started sending emails to its users about its upcoming Google Account merge deadline, which is now February 2, 2026. Users who do not merge their Fitbit data with their Google ...

Google has pushed back the deadline for Fitbit users to migrate their data — again. Fitbit users who have put off moving their data to a Google account now have until May 19, 2026, to do so.