Like most other corners of the tech world, Google sees ai as driving the next innovations in healthcare technology. company annual The checkup event expanded its plans to add a personal health chatbot to the Fitbit app, expand Google Lens for better searches for skin conditions, and use a version of its Gemini chatbot in the medical field.
One of Google's most intriguing announcements on Tuesday was more details on an experimental ai feature for Fitbit users, which was briefly teased last year. Fitbit Labs will allow owners to establish correlations and “connect the dots” from health data tracked through their wearable devices. A chatbot in the mobile app will allow you to ask questions in natural language and create personalized graphs to understand your health.
The company hasn't delved much into Fitbit's chatbot yet, but an example it posted on Tuesday shows a user asking about possible connections between activity and sleep. The Fitbit assistant responded that a user's days with higher activity scores correlated with better sleep (although he cautioned against assuming that's the only reason).
Fitbit's generative ai tool is coming later this year. Google says it will (at least initially) only be available to Fitbit Premium subscribers with Android devices enrolled in the Fitbit Labs program.
The company sees Google Lens as filling some healthcare gaps where text-based searches are insufficient. It says a feature (introduced last year) that uses Lens to identify “visually similar matches on the web” for skin conditions is now available in more than 150 countries. It can work even when you don't know where to start when describing a dermatological disorder.
Similarly, Google has added new images and diagrams to its web results from trusted online sources to help you understand conditions like neck pain. Next up: The company sees the visual results driving its searches for more health conditions, including migraines, kidney stones and pneumonia. The visual search engine updates are expected to roll out in the coming months.
The company also technology/health/google-generative-ai-healthcare/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:mentioned;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>mentioned that Fitbit and Google Research are partnering with health and wellness experts and other medical professionals to create a new artificial intelligence model for health and wellness. The long-term goal is for the Gemini-powered large language model (LLM) to power its future ai features across Google's various health offerings.
