Google Fit To Curate Steps, Calories, Heart Rate, Other Biometric Data 53
mpicpp (3454017) writes "Google is planning to release a new product called Google Fit that will aggregate health data from various devices and apps, according to a report Thursday from Forbes. Fit will use available APIs to pull biometric information together into one place, but it's unclear whether it will be a standalone app or part of the Android OS. Reports of Fit come on the heels of Apple's announcement of HealthKit in iOS 8, a system that also interacts with apps and APIs to curate and present health data like steps walked, calories consumed, and heart rates logged. Fit also follows the announcement of Sami, Samsung's health platform for culling health-related info."
Re: Don't do evil (Score:3, Informative)
Apple's "healthkit" closely mimics both the appearance and functionality of Samsung's S-Health suite, which is an android health app / service suit that has existed on Android for a few years now.
It was quite cringeworthy watching apple's announcement, implementing "revolutionary" and "new" features which have been available on Android sometimes for over 5 years+.