I have just came across this great news!! All Fitbit and Pixel watch owners will be happy with these news.
Fitbit has announced that they’ll be making a set of their Fitbit Premium subscription features free to all Fitbit users – including for Pixel Watch users which leverage the Fitbit features. These features are mostly historical data access features (versus things like coaching). The change is effective today/immediately, but may take till the end of the month to roll out for all users.
Fitbit says specifically that data within the “Fitbit Health Metrics Dashboard” will now be free to all users, which includes trends for both 30-day and 90-day timeframes. This includes the following stats (according to Fitbit):
Breathing rate: This metric is the number of breaths you take per minute.
Heart-rate variability (HRV): This metric is the variation in time between heartbeats.
Skin temperature: This metric is the variation in your skin temperature taken from your wrist while you sleep.
Oxygen saturation (SpO2): This metric estimates the amount of oxygen in your blood, and will only be available on compatible devices.
Resting heart rate (RHR): This metric is the number of times your heart beats per minute when you are still and well-rested.Note that some features remain Premium, such as Fitbit’s Daily Readiness Score, which combines a number of data layers together such as sleep and workout history, to figure out whether you should do a workout or take a nap (or some combination of the two of those). Same goes for features like sleep restlessness.
So while Fitbit hasn’t gone all the way to removing the Fitbit Premium subscription, this is a notable first step.
Other articles that support the changes:
One of Fitbit Premium's biggest perks is now free
Fitbit won't make you pay for your own weekly health data anymore
Good news