Get started with Fitbit on Google Pixel Watch

Getting started with Google Pixel Watch

Learn about the Fitbit experience on Google Pixel Watch. For more information about your watch, go to Google Pixel Watch help center.

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Set up Google Pixel Watch

You can follow the steps below to properly set up your Google Pixel Watch:

Turn on and charge your device. To set up your Google Pixel Watch, first connect it to the charging cable. For more information, go to Charge your Google Pixel Watch and improve battery life.
Connect your device. On your Android phone, download the Google Pixel Watch app . Then, log in to your Google account and connect your watch. Learn how to set up Google Pixel Watch.
Connect to Fitbit. Connect Google Pixel Watch to the Fitbit app on your phone.
- If you don’t have a Fitbit profile yet:
  1. On your Android phone, download the Fitbit app .
  2. Open the app, then tap Sign in with your Google Account.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to create a Fitbit profile and connect your watch
- If you already have a Fitbit profile:
  1. On your Android phone, open the Fitbit app .
  2. Tap Sign in with Fitbit. If you wish to move Fitbit to your Google Account, follow the on-screen instructions. For more information, refer to How to move a Fitbit Account to a Google Account.
  3. From the Today tab , tap Connect to Fitbit + Set up a device.
  4. Tap Google Pixel Watch in the list of devices, then follow the on-screen instructions to connect your watch to your account. For more information, go to How do I set up my Fitbit device?
Check out the Fitbit app. Check your complete health and fitness data in the Fitbit app. Google Pixel Watch automatically syncs with the Fitbit app on your phone. For more information, go to How do Fitbit devices sync their data?

If your Fitbit app won’t sync, go to Why won't my Fitbit device sync?
Upgrade to Fitbit Premium. Google Pixel Watch includes a 6-month Fitbit Premium membership for eligible customers in certain countries.¹
Explore your new watch. After setup, learn how to customize your clock face, make contactless payments, activate Google Assistant, play music, and more. For more information, go to the Google Pixel Watch help center.

Check your daily stats with Google Pixel Watch

Check your key stats at a glance

Swipe through the main goal, daily heart rate, and sleep tiles on your watch to check your stats. For more information, refer to Change settings, alarms, and notifications on Google Pixel Watch.

Review your Fitbit activity data

Press the crown, then find and tap the Today app to open it. Swipe up to check your daily stats. Tap a stat for more details.

Basic Metrics

Basic Metrics	Description
Steps	Steps taken today and progress toward your daily goal.
Floors	Floors climbed today and progress toward your daily goal.
Distance	The total distance covered, measured in miles or kilometers.
Energy burned	Fitbit devices combine your basal metabolic rate (BMR) and your activity data to estimate your calories burned. BMR is the rate at which you burn calories at rest to maintain vital body functions, which include breathing, blood circulation, and heartbeat. If your device tracks heart rate, your heart-rate data is also included, especially to estimate calories burned during exercise. The number you encounter on your Fitbit device is your total calories burned for the day.
Heart rate	This reflects how hard your heart is working. It's displayed in beats per minute (bpm). It also includes your current heart rate zone.
Resting heart rate	Your resting heart rate. For more information, refer to How do I track heart rate with my Fitbit device?
Sleep	Sleep duration, sleep stages, and sleep score. For more information, refer to How do I track my sleep with my Fitbit device? or What should I know about Fitbit sleep stages?
Readiness	Your readiness score is a snapshot of your body's recovery status, which helps you understand how recovered you are from exercise, illness, and stress. It combines insights from your heart rate variability (HRV), resting heart rate (RHR), and sleep to guide your training decisions. Refer to What's my daily readiness score in the Fitbit app?
Cardio load	Cardio load is a personalized metric that measures the overall exertion on your cardiovascular system from your daily activity. It is calculated using your heart rate, age, resting heart rate, and sex to help you understand how hard your heart is working What are cardio load and target load.
Target load	Target load represents the daily cardio load target you should aim for. This is based on your readiness score and recent load to avoid under or over training. Refer to What are cardio load and target load.
Active Zone Minutes (AZM)	Check how many Active Zone Minutes you’ve earned today. For more information, refer to What are Active Zone Minutes or active minutes on my Fitbit device?
Exercise	Number of days you met your exercise goal this week.
Hourly activity	The number of hours today you met your hourly activity goal. For more information, refer to What are the reminders I see on my Fitbit device?
Blood oxygen	This metric estimates the average amount of oxygen in your blood during your last sleep session.. For more information, refer to How do I track blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) with my Fitbit device?
Skin temp variation	This metric is the variation in your skin temperature taken from your wrist while you sleep. For more information refer to How can Fitbit help me track my temperature?
Body responses	Your watch uses electrodermal activity (EDA) to detect periods of stress or excitement. This tile shows the total amount of time your watch detected body responses today. For more information refer to How do I track and manage stress with my Fitbit device?
Mindfulness	Check your progress toward your mindfulness goal for the week. For more information refer to How do I track and manage stress with my Fitbit device?

To learn more about these stats, refer to How do I track my activity with my Fitbit device.

Track trends with Google Pixel Watch

Your Pixel Watch can track a number of different trends for you. It can:

Know your body better with health metrics

In certain regions, track health metrics like breathing rate, heart-rate variability, and resting heart rate in the Fitbit app. This helps you identify changes in your well-being like increased stress, fatigue, or potential signs of illness.

For more information, refer to What should I know about health metrics in the Fitbit app?

Tip: Skin temperature tracking is only available on Google Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4.

Check your estimated oxygen variation

Track an approximation of the changes in your blood oxygen saturation levels in the Fitbit app. Your blood oxygen saturation level is the percentage of your blood that’s saturated with, or contains, oxygen.

For more information, refer to How do I track my estimated oxygen variation in the Fitbit app?

Estimate your blood oxygen saturation

The Google Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4 uses sensors to estimate your blood oxygen saturation while you sleep.

For more information, refer to How do I track blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) with my Fitbit device?

Assess for atrial fibrillation

With the Fitbit ECG app, assess your heart for atrial fibrillation (AFib), which is a heart rhythm irregularity and share the results with your doctor.

For more information, refer to What is the Fitbit ECG app?

Catch some Zzz’s

Based on your heart rate, time asleep and restlessness, your nightly sleep score helps you better understand how you slept. For best results, make sure your watch is charged to at least 30%. Turn on Bedtime mode (swipe down from the clock face, then tap Bedtime mode ) before you go to sleep, which dims the screen and preserves battery.

For more information, refer to What's sleep score in the Fitbit app?

Get heart-rate notifications

Your heart rate is a key indicator of health. You can stay informed when Google Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4 detects that your heart rate is unusually high or low.

For more information, refer to How do I track heart rate with my Fitbit device?

Manage your stress

Your stress management score in the Fitbit app can help you track how your body responds to stress. This is based on your heart rate, sleep, and activity level data.

For more information, refer to How do I track and manage stress with my Fitbit device?

Take a breather

Practice guided breathing with the Relax app on the Google Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4. Log how you feel afterward to track your stress over time.

For more information, refer to How do I track and manage stress with my Fitbit device?

Get moving with Google Pixel Watch

Get in the zone

Personalized heart-rate zones help you target the training intensity of your choice. Earn Cardio Load for time spent in the light, moderate (fat burn), vigorous (cardio), or peak heart-rate zones.

For more information, refer to What are cardio load and target load?

Get up and step

Your Google Pixel Watch helps you reach an hourly goal of 250 steps. It sends a prompt that alerts you 10 minutes before the hour is over.

Tip: This notification is turned off by default. To turn it on:

Open the Fitbit app.
Tap Devices, then select your device.
Tap Reminders to Move Get Reminders.

For more information, refer to What are the reminders I see on my Fitbit device?

Track your workouts

Use the Exercise app to monitor real-time stats, capture GPS data, and get a workout summary when you’re done. Google Pixel Watch has built-in GPS so you can leave your phone behind.

For more information, refer to How do I track my workouts with my Fitbit device? and How do I use GPS on my Fitbit device?

The Google Pixel Watch 3 and 4 includes advanced running metrics, such as cadence, ground contact time, ground contact balance, vertical oscillation, stride length, and vertical ratio. For more information, refer to What are advanced running and form metrics?

You can also use Gemini to help track your workouts. For more information, refer to Gemini on Google Pixel Watch.

Activity detection

Without starting a workout on your watch, your Google Pixel Watch 4 automatically detects and saves common activities. Within an hour after you complete your activity, you will receive a summary of it on your watch and phone. Then, you will be asked to confirm. You can also tap See recap to edit your activity. This helps Fitbit give you better predictions based on the activities you do most often.

Tip:

This summary also appears in your Exercise Days tile in the Fitbit mobile app.
The notifications are only available if you have your notifications turned on for Fitbit.

You can further review your stats and edit your workout in the Fitbit app. Your Google Pixel Watch 1, 2, and 3 can automatically detect and save activities with SmartTrack.

For more information, go to How do I track my activity with my Fitbit device?

Get ready for the day

Your Google Pixel Watch 3 and 4 helps you optimize your health and well-being. Your watch provides you with a morning summary of your sleep, health metrics, and exercise to help you understand and enhance your body's performance.

For more information, go to What is Fitbit Morning Brief?

Celebrate your achievements

Track your progress and celebrate achievements along your running journey.

For more information, go to Running Dashboard and Weekly Mileage.

Personalize your runs

You can design your runs. You can adjust warm-ups, cool-downs, and high-intensity intervals to suit your needs. Keep track of your speed and distance to achieve your goals. Or, opt for recommended runs based on your Fitbit data with a Fitbit Premium subscription.

For more information, go to How can custom run workouts help with my daily fitness?

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