Google to launch Apple HealthKit competitor for Android at I/O conference - report
Apple's new HealthKit health and fitness tracking platform looks set to gain a fresh challenger in the form of Android developer Google, which will reportedly launch a similar service dubbed Google Fit at its annual developer conference in San Francisco later this month.
Google's previous health effort, which was shuttered in 2012.
Google will attempt to upstage Apple's HealthKit reveal by announcing immediate partnerships with companies that make wearable devices, according to Forbes. Those agreements are likely to be similar to the ones struck with LG and Fossil for Google's Android Wear wearable software stack.
If true, Google would be the third major technology company to push into the field. Samsung pre-announced its own Sami platform, complete with a $50 million innovation fund and hardware reference designs, in late May.
Little else is known about Google's plans, though information revealed by Forbes points to a system very much like those shown off by Apple and Samsung, including a centralized repository for data tracking. In any case, it would not be Google's first foray into the medical field.
The company launched Google Health, a short-lived collation service for personal medical records, in 2008 and shuttered it in 2012. Google has also been seen dabbling in glucose-monitoring contact lenses and recently announced the formation of Calico, a medical research company focusing on age-related issues and headed by Apple chairman Art Levinson.
Google's previous health effort, which was shuttered in 2012.
Google will attempt to upstage Apple's HealthKit reveal by announcing immediate partnerships with companies that make wearable devices, according to Forbes. Those agreements are likely to be similar to the ones struck with LG and Fossil for Google's Android Wear wearable software stack.
If true, Google would be the third major technology company to push into the field. Samsung pre-announced its own Sami platform, complete with a $50 million innovation fund and hardware reference designs, in late May.
Little else is known about Google's plans, though information revealed by Forbes points to a system very much like those shown off by Apple and Samsung, including a centralized repository for data tracking. In any case, it would not be Google's first foray into the medical field.
The company launched Google Health, a short-lived collation service for personal medical records, in 2008 and shuttered it in 2012. Google has also been seen dabbling in glucose-monitoring contact lenses and recently announced the formation of Calico, a medical research company focusing on age-related issues and headed by Apple chairman Art Levinson.
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Of course....
I want nothing to do with this. In the eyes of Google, we are not their customer, we are their product.
Apple's priority is not mining our personal data, their data-driven services are designed to support the devices and services that they sell. Apple's revenue model is derived from selling actual stuff, not mining my data for ulterior uses.
*Sigh* Is this the marketing bullet-point for this year from companies that people will briefly play with and then ignore?
Yeah. Rights.
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When I think of the term "Google" somehow I think of fatness not fitness. Don't know why.
Also, dudes... Wii fit. They're stealing from 2 sources at once.
Needs a better more accurate name. Suggestions:
Google Bodysnoop
Google Health Snitch ©
Google Health Data Mining (GHDM)
Google Involuntary Body Monitoring (GIBM)
Google Body Cookies ©
Google Health ALWAYS ON
Google Your Health is Now Our Business
Google Body Invasion
Google Health Stalker
Google Fat Monitoring
Big Google Brother
Google I Know What Your Heart Did Last Summer
Google Spleen Data Ownership Consortium
Etc
Fitbit might have a fit with that name.
Ads are clearly marked and separated from search results.
In Bing I get this. Ads are not clearly marked IMO and search results are less than helpful if doing research.
https://www.bing.com/search?q=high+blood+pressure&qs=AS&pq=high+blood+pressure&sc=8-19&sp=1&FORM=QBLH&cvid=fd9e187c54564318a6e7352bb0b9ae23
DuckDuckGo shows this. Minimal number of ads but similar to main search results on Google. Clean and nicely done IMO, but lacking the quick info box that Google offers with basic facts. In a search on a topic like this the quick facts box is helpful.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=high+blood+pressure
Needs a better more accurate name. Suggestions:
Google Sucks
Just what I need: Ads for Jenny Craig after Google sniffs out my BMI in my "private" health files. HIPAA be damned!
If it were just Ads for Jenny Craig, you'd be so lucky. Instead, your insurance rates/quotes will go through the roof as Google sells your personal health data.
I will only be trusting one source for my health. My doctor. Not Apple, Not Google, Not Microsoft, Not wikipedia, Not WebMD, not some fancy 'wearable'. A trained living/breathing medical professional.
El fin.
Giving your health data to Google…what could go wrong?!?! LOL!
Google doesn't sell personal data. I've no idea why you think they do.
He meant to say 'steals'.
Forgive his slip.
Such as. . .?
Rhetorical
Google Spleen Data Ownership Consortium
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How about?
Google Bowel Analytics
http://www.google.com/tisp/
Is it true you took the username 'Gatorguy' because 'Crocofshit' was already taken?
Now that's the GTR I expect.