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Google's Fitbit Edge adds blood pressure and insulin resistance trends

Source: Longevity Docs News • Published: 13 Oct 2026, 00:00

Summarized by Masters of Longevity from Longevity Docs News.

Fitbit Edge updates are described in an article about consumer wearable features estimating vascular and metabolic trends for users to review.

Google's Fitbit Edge adds blood pressure and insulin resistance trends
Key Takeaways
  • The tracker estimates blood pressure trends using pulse and motion data processed by WavesFM and a foundation model.
  • Insulin resistance trends were trained on 1,165 US adults using HOMA-IR above 2.9, achieving AUROC 0.70 with wearables alone.
  • Google allows US users to import lab panels and Abbott Lingo glucose data into the app, and flags are informational only.
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