Google account to be needed on Fitbit devices from 2023

WASHINTON: Even though American tech giant Google acquired Fitbit last year, the smart wearables company has continued to launch products as it used to before being rebranded to ‘Fitbit by Google’. This is about to change.

According to GSM Arena, the support page of Fitbit has been updated to reveal that after the launch of Google accounts on Fitbit in 2023, “some uses of Fitbit will require a Google account, including to sign up for Fitbit or activate newly released Fitbit devices and features.”