{
  "id": 13913820,
  "title": "The classic Fitbit app is finally dead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/the-classic-fitbit-app-is-finally-dead",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-12T08:37:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/fitbit-old-app-forced-google-health-update-3721759/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google is ending support for older versions of its Fitbit app, prompting users to migrate to the newer Google Health platform. Despite Google announcing the end-of-life for the old app back in July, some long-time users managed to keep using it by installing outdated versions. However, this workaround has now ceased as Google begins blocking access to the older apps with a mandatory update notice. Users who refuse to update are finding themselves unable to proceed without downloading the latest version, which inevitably leads them to Google Health.",
  "summary": "Older Fitbit app versions are now running into a mandatory update screen.",
  "key_points": [
    "Google ends support for older Fitbit app versions",
    "Users forced to migrate to Google Health platform",
    "Mandatory update blocks access to outdated apps"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}