“Google is planning to launch a new health service called Google Fit to collect and aggregate data from popular fitness trackers and health-related apps, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the company’s plans,” Parmy Olson reports Forbes. “It will launch the service at the Google I/O conference for developers, being held on June 25 and 26.”
“Such a service would mark a direct challenge to Apple’s HealthKit framework, launched last week and rolling out with its new mobile platform iOS 8 this fall to aggregate data from wearable devices and apps,” Olson reports. “Google Fit will aggregate data through open APIs, instruction sets that allow apps to share information, and will also announce partnerships with wearable device makers at its I/O conference.”
“It’s unclear if Google Fit will be a service build into the next version of Android, or a standalone app that Android users will be able to download independently,” Olson reports. “Last week Apple explained that HealthKit would be a framework that wearables and health apps could use to send data to a separate Apple app called Health. Users would be able to store data including steps, sleep and heart rate in the Health app, along with their medical history. Third-party apps could then ask for access to Health, as they already do for apps like Contacts or Photos.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Our Lady of Perpetual beta continues to detonate fragmentation bombs in its sociopathic and quixotic quest to mimic Apple’s seamless products+ecosystem.
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