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John Reilly

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
203 total appearances

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Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

So there wasn't loads of kind of information you had to type in.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

You're already having a conversation with Google's AI, kind of Google's health coach, powered by probably Gemini and their AI platform.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

I think anyone that picks up this device will get three months, if I'm correct, of the Google Health premium plan, which is kind of a 10-hour month, but you'll get three months free.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

And then that kind of, as you said, lets you kind of set out the stalls of what you want to achieve with this.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

Do you want better sleep?

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

Do you want a three-hour marathon or whatever madness you want to be carrying out?

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

Me, a lot more reserved.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

I just said I want to sleep through the night, which sounds like a small, but that's with a 10-month-old daughter as well.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

But that's my own grievances.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

You know, I thought it was pretty painless.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

As you said, then it sets you into a kind of an early version of what Google are trying to achieve with their health app.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

There is probably room for improvement.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

And I know you commented on your Instagram story that you're not really blown away by its kind of functionality, its layout and the way they kind of displays the information to you.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

But I know Google have just come out in the last couple of days saying that they are going to tighten things up.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

They're going to use visuals a lot more in terms of that kind of Google app.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

coaching section that kind of breaks down, look, you did this last night, we recommend this today.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

It's quite text heavy.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

I think they're going to refine that.

Tech Talk with Jess Kelly
Google's FitBit Air: The WHOOP killer?

So I'm looking forward to seeing how this develops.