A Gemini-Fueled Fitbit Could Be the Muscle That Google's Smart Glasses Need

CNET argues that Google’s Gemini-powered Fitbit products — exemplified by the new screenless Fitbit Air and a Gemini-infused Google Health app with a subscription coach — create a strategic bridge into the smart-glasses market. The author expects Google to surface fitness and health summaries on upcoming phone-connected glasses (likely highlighted at Google I/O), giving Alphabet a potential advantage over Meta and Garmin by leveraging integrated AI and Fitbit data. Risks noted include user pushback from removing the legacy Fitbit app, but overall the piece suggests Google’s ecosystem could boost adoption of its wearable glass hardware and strengthen its health-data moat, an outcome that would be positive for GOOG.OQ’s competitive positioning in wearables and AI-driven health services.