16 New Updates in Google Health 5.01 for Android, iOS Users

Google Health App’s Major Update Version 5.01

Google Health app’s first significant update (version 5.01) is starting its rollout, bringing 16 additions and fixes to enhance the initial redesign. This upgrade is part of several improvements that Google is planning to introduce progressively.

The roll-out of the Google Health app Version 5.01 on Android and iOS platforms has begun. This update is in line with the roadmap Google shared last week and has been updating.

Four Key Upgrades and Updates

The enhancements and updates have been categorized into four main areas:

Nutrition Enhancements

• Custom Foods: You can now view and log previously-created custom foods. New custom food entries will be coming soon.
• Macronutrient Goal Guidance: Guidance for setting macronutrient goals has been added along with explanations.
• Third-Party Food Log Improvements:
  • Fixed an issue where some meal logs from MyFitnessPal, Cronometer, and LoseIt via Apple Health were labeled as “Other” meal type, instead of the correct type.
  • Improved handling of meal logs received from the same third-party app when that app is connected to Health Connect and to Google Health directly.
  • Added default food names when logs from Apple Health do not have a name.
• More Controls when Logging on iOS: It is now easier to switch between measurement units when logging meal items from search results.
• Chart Improvements: Nutrition and calories charts have been made more consistent across the Today, Health, and nutrition deep dive views.

Fitness and Activity Updates

• Corrected Workout Labels: Fixed an issue where some runs were incorrectly labeled as other types of workouts. Now, all runs will be correctly labeled.
• Missing Splits: Resolved an issue where splits were missing from some run summaries.
• Map Loading: Improved loading states for maps from GPS exercises.
• Mobile Step Counting on iOS: Fixed an issue where steps were counted twice for some users who had both Apple Health and Mobile Track enabled.

Sleep Enhancements

• Sleep Score Reliability: Resolved issues where the Sleep tab was not displaying sleep scores for some users.

General Enhancements

• Today Tab on Android: Fixed an issue where some users were not seeing up-to-date information in the Today feed on Android. Updated defaults for Cardio Load supported devices for new users.
• Account Migration on iOS: Fixed an issue preventing some users from migrating their Fitbit account to Google account. You should now be able to move to a Google account if you restart the migration process.
• Friends and Family on iOS: Fixed an issue where Friends and Family screen was slow to load or unable to load for some users.
• VoiceOver on iOS: Improved buttons and charts for VoiceOver and TalkBack.