Fitbit has opened a waitlist for a new lab feature that can turn your medical test results into plain English summaries. It’s the first of several experimental tools rolling out in the app, aimed at helping users make better sense of their health data.

Fitbit Labs is back with new AI tools

Fitbit Labs isn’t new, but it’s been mostly under the radar. This latest round of experiments is more ambitious than previous ones. Starting now, a select group of users can join a waitlist for a new feature called Medical record navigator. This lets you upload lab results to the Fitbit app and get a plain-language summary of what they mean, thanks to Gemini’s AI.

There’s nothing flashy about this, and that’s probably the point. Most people get a test result and don’t know what to make of it. What Fitbit is trying here is a bridge between raw data and actual understanding. Once you opt in, the app will translate your uploaded medical record into a readable summary, then add some basic explanations and links to educational material. You can upload stuff in plain text format or even PDF.

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The goal here is to help users make sense of what they’ve just been handed from a lab or clinic, without needing a medical background or a trip to Google. Of course, you could do the same if you were to use one of the LLM models such as ChatGPT. But the idea is to make this more accessible.

Two more labs are in the pipeline

Fitbit is also lining up two more experiments that should arrive in the coming weeks.

The first is called Symptom checker. If you’re feeling off, you can describe your symptoms in your own words. The system will ask a few clarifying questions and try to suggest possible explanations. It’s not diagnosis, but it could be useful as a first step to make sense of vague symptoms before doing your own research or seeing a doctor.

The other feature is called Unusual trends. This one leans into Fitbit’s sensor data, looking at your baseline metrics like resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and sleep breathing rate. If something drifts outside your normal range, you’ll get a heads-up.

We’ve seen this feature from a number of different brands such as RingConn and Oura. So it isn’t new territory conceptually. But it more useful than the usual stat-by-stat alerts. That’s because it works quietly in the background and just acts up if it spots something that is out of whack.

All of this is optional and investigational

These Labs are being offered on an opt-in basis, with access gated by waitlists or rollout schedules. Fitbit isn’t pushing them to the wider user base yet, and they’ve taken pains to say the features aren’t medical tools. The aim is more about feedback, iteration and future product development. It’s also a sign that Fitbit, now under the Google umbrella, is starting to tap into more of Gemini’s capabilities.

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