Google Health 5.02 Brings Naps Back But the AI Coach Splits Fans
Google Health 5.02 restores Hourly Activity and Naps for Fitbit fans, yet the verbose AI coach still draws complaints as the rollout spreads.
Key Takeaways
- Hourly Activity and Naps return in Google Health 5.02, reversing two of the most criticized cuts from the Fitbit rebrand.
- Naps and several search upgrades hit Android first, with iPhone users waiting for version 5.03.
- Sentiment is warming, but the verbose AI coach remains a top complaint Google has yet to address.
Google Health 5.02 is rolling out now, and it walks back two cuts that frustrated Fitbit fans the most. Hourly Activity and Naps are both back in the app.
According to Digital Trends, both features had quietly vanished after Google rebranded the Fitbit app as Google Health. Their return is the headline of this update.
Hourly Activity shows a chart of your step progress each hour against your daily goal. You can add it back through the customize option or the pencil icon.
Naps return on Android first, per Digital Trends. Recorded naps now sit on dedicated tabs inside the daily Sleep Score view, making day-to-day comparison simpler. iPhone users wait for version 5.03.
The fixes go deeper than two restored features. Editing and deleting sleep sessions work properly again, and the Restlessness bar now sits under the sleep stages graph.
The Today tab gains an Expanded view that surfaces more metrics without swiping. Reordering those metrics is also easier now.
Nutrition tracking picks up three changes. Food search loads faster, estimated macronutrients appear before you finalize a log, and the Nutrition tile shows total intake alongside calories left.
TechRadar reports that the online reaction is turning more positive. One Redditor said the team is doing "solid work" and seems to be genuinely working hard to improve the app.
The pattern matters because these fixes target the exact complaints users aired after the rebrand. Google appears to be listening rather than defending its redesign.
The goodwill is not universal yet. TechRadar notes one user flagged "no fixes to the real issues" like better syncing and importing, while others called the app's algorithms unreliable.
The sharpest criticism still lands on the new AI coach. One Reddit user told TechRadar that "nobody wants two paragraphs after a walk through the park" and asked for a one-liner with an option to expand.
That tension defines where Google Health stands today. The plumbing is improving fast, but the AI layer feels imposed rather than wanted.
Health-data ownership is a recurring theme for these apps, a friction also visible when a free app cracked open Whoop data without a subscription. Fitness users want control over their own numbers.
Google promises more updates in the coming weeks, per TechRadar. The Android rollout is gradual, so not every phone has 5.02 yet, while the iOS version is already live.
References:
- Digital Trends, If you were missing Hourly Activity and Naps in Google Health, a new update brings them back. Accessed on Jun 19, 2026
- TechRadar, New Google Health 5.02 update gets praise from Fitbit fans for being ‘solid work’, but some still say that ‘nobody wants' the AI coach. Accessed on Jun 19, 2026
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