{"id":845088,"date":"2025-05-01T20:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T01:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/google-extends-the-deadline-for-fitbit-users-to-migrate-their-account\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T20:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T01:12:16","slug":"google-extends-the-deadline-for-fitbit-users-to-migrate-their-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/google-extends-the-deadline-for-fitbit-users-to-migrate-their-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Google extends the deadline for Fitbit users to migrate their account"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>The new deadline is now February 2, 2026<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img width=\"2560\" height=\"1439\" src=\"https:\/\/prod-static.mobilesyrup.com\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fitbit-sense-header-20220723-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fitbit Sense\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  ><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Google has silently extended the deadline for users to migrate their existing Fitbit accounts and data to a Google account to Feb. 2, 2026. Google will delete all data and accounts that aren\u2019t migrated over after the deadline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/2021\/01\/14\/google-completes-its-2-1-billion-acquisition-of-fitbit\/\">After acquiring the health-oriented tech company in 2021<\/a>, Google announced that beginning in 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/2022\/09\/23\/fitbit-require-google-account-2023\/\">new users would require a Google account to activate their Fitbit devices<\/a>. Existing users would have two years to migrate their accounts over, the deadline being Feb. 2025.<\/p>\n<p>To remind users of the upcoming change, Google sent an email to Fitbit account holders. Although the extension was not mentioned, Google simply stated that users must migrate to a Google account by Feb. 2, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The email also stated that Google will not retain any data past the date for non-migrated accounts past this date except to comply with local laws.<\/p>\n<p>The migration will not add any new features or extra benefits; it will simply make signing in and organizing data easier.<\/p>\n<p>This won\u2019t affect many users, mainly those with a pre-acquisition Fitbit wearable or a first-gen Pixel watch who are sticking with their non-migrated Fitbit accounts. <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/2023\/10\/06\/pixel-watch-2-charge-6-google-account\/\">Newer devices were never given the option to create a Fitbit account<\/a>; instead, they only allowed\u00a0Google accounts to be used.<\/p>\n<p>An account isn\u2019t required to use the feature on Pixel watches, but the built-in app will be pretty limited and won\u2019t retain any health data. It can only be used for steps and real-time heart rate monitoring unless an account is used.<\/p>\n<p>If you still need to migrate accounts, you can tap your profile within the app to access the \u201cMove account\u201d option, which will commence the migration process.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/google-gives-fitbit-users-another-year-to-make-the-switch\/\">Android Police<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>MobileSyrup may earn a commission from purchases made via our links, which helps fund the journalism we provide free on our website. These links do not influence our editorial content. Support us <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3J3VJYp\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/2025\/03\/31\/google-extends-deadline-fitbit-users-account-migration\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new deadline is now February 2, 2026 Google has silently extended the deadline for users to migrate their existing Fitbit accounts and data to a Google account to Feb. 2, 2026. Google will delete all data and accounts that aren\u2019t migrated over after the deadline. After acquiring the health-oriented tech company in 2021, Google<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":845089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22945,496],"tags":[14794,5220],"class_list":{"0":"post-845088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-extends","8":"category-google","9":"tag-extends","10":"tag-google"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}