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Fitbit Syncs to Apple Health & Wearables Round Table
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Marques announces that Fitbit has enabled native syncing to Apple Health, eliminating the bridge apps previously required for Fitbit users on iPhone. [1] — Marques Brownlee "Fitbit data now natively syncs to Apple Health: Google and Apple enabled native Fitbit-to-Apple Health syncing, eliminating the need for br…" 1:25:00 He explains why this matters to him specifically: Apple Health functions as the central hub for his health data, with a smart scale, MacroFactor, and Strava all pulling from it. David asks Marques to address the elephant in the room — he's stopped wearing the Apple Watch after years of being synonymous with it. Marques walks through what he actually used the Apple Watch for: telling the time (still missed), wrist notifications (not missed), closing rings (not missed), and data aggregation (fully replaced by Whoop). Andrew reveals he's also surprisingly unbothered by the lack of wrist notifications since switching to a Garmin. The group concludes that the Apple Watch's stickiest feature for most people is simply glancing at the time — everything else is replaceable by dedicated health trackers.
Google and Apple enabled native Fitbit-to-Apple Health syncing, eliminating the need for bridge apps and making Fitbit data accessible to third-party iOS apps.
Andrew wore the Garmin Circa for 24 hours and was impressed by its pinpoint sleep tracking — it caught a 6-minute overnight wake-up and auto-logged a post-dinner nap. But the form factor is too wide, the app is confusing, and at twice the price, the Fitbit Air wins.
