Google confirms hourly activity tracker will return to new Health app in upcoming update

Google has confirmed that the hourly activity tracker is coming back to the Google Health app. Fitbit users lost it following the May 19 redesign, and the progress bar for the 250-step hourly goal disappeared from the main dashboard.

Complaints about the issue started flowing in immediately, as expected. That said, the company’s support posted the good news on the Fitbit subreddit. They said the team is working to bring the hourly activity and inactive time visuals back into the dashboard. No timeline was given.

A lot of longtime users noticed the issue right away. That visual nudge helped them track movement through the day without extra effort. Some had stuck with Fitbit hardware for years, mainly because of it. So it’s clear why people want it back.

That said, most of the frustration boiled over right after the updated interface rolled out, as detailed in our coverage of the broader Google Health app UI backlash. Users have spent the last week heavily criticizing the new look, citing a massive amount of wasted white space and intrusive AI features.

Google has not shared any date for the fix. The post only confirmed that work has started. The data itself keeps recording in the background, so nothing from before or after the migration disappeared.

You can still check the hourly numbers manually if you need them now. Go to the Today tab, tap Steps, then long-press the daily graph. It expands to show each hour on its own. It takes more taps than the old bar, but the numbers are all there.

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