Fitbit Labs Testing Medical Record Navigator, Symptom Checker, & Unusual Trends

Following the Personalized Sleep Schedule, Fitbit today is debuting a new round of Labs that users can preview, with Medical record navigator coming soon.

The first “experimental capability” (and research study) is Medical record navigator on Android to “turn complicated lab reports into clear health summaries.”

Once available, users can “securely upload recent lab results to the Fitbit app.” Gemini is then leveraged to “extract data from user-provided lab reports such as PDFs and images.” Fitbit will “summarize the information and present the data back to you in clear, accessible language, complete with educational resources.”

Use this lab to quickly understand any complex medical terms and get a better understanding of your results.

Starting today, users will be able to join the waitlist for Medical record navigator, with the functionality going live “later this week.” Tap the profile menu and then “Fitbit Labs.” The page is live for us this afternoon, but the waitlist is not.

Fitbit is also previewing two upcoming Labs that will be available in the coming weeks. Symptom checker will let you describe symptoms like “like “my head hurts” or “I feel tired.” The app will return a “few follow-up questions.”

After answering, it can give you possible reasons for what’s causing your symptoms. Use this lab as a starting point to help you understand why you’re feeling off, so you can then decide whether you should do more research or consult with a doctor.

Then there’s Unusual trends to “track changes to your health data or overall well-being.” This is framed as a way to “keep an eye on invisible changes happening in your body that you may not notice otherwise, like breathing rate while you sleep, heart rate variability and resting heart rate.”

Once you enroll, it learns what is “normal” for you. Then if one of your health metrics suddenly trends away from your baseline, this lab can inform you of that change. This can help you realize when something is off, make a connection as to why it might be off (Is it stress? Am I getting sick?), and whether additional steps are needed to address it.

As always, Fitbit cautions that these “experimental capabilities that are for investigational use only and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate, prevent any disease or condition, or be used as a substitute for professional medical advice.”

Data collected through your participation will be used by Fitbit for research and development purposes to improve these and future health features.

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