This article explains how to use a Google Fit on Google Pixel smartphones to measure your respiratory and heart rate from the comfort of your home.

What to Know

  • Measure your heart rate by placing your finger on the rear-facing camera lens. Measure your respiratory rate with your Pixel’s front-facing camera: Make sure your head and upper torso are in view, and breathe normally. The measurements will save to your Google Fit account so you can monitor them over time.

How to Measure Your Heart Rate With Google Fit

Google Fit measures your heart rate using the rear-facing camera lens. It’s tricky at first if you use the fingerprint sensor on the back of your smartphone.

Google states these measurements don’t equal and medical diagnosis or evaluation. Contact your physician if you have any concerns with the results.

  • Scroll down the Google Fit app’s main page.
  • Under Check your heart rate tap Get started.
  • Tap Next.
  • Read the info about taking the reading, then tap Next.
  • You might need to allow Fit to access your camera. Select While using the app or Only this time.
  • Follow the on-screen instructions and use your finger to move the dot into the circle.
  • Place your fingertip on the camera lens and hold still.
  • Google Fit will reveal your beats per minute. Tap Save measurement to log it.
  • Once you take a few measurements, you can view the history in a chart by week, month, and year.

How to Measure Your Respiratory Rate With Google Fit

Google Fit uses the front-facing camera to measure your respiratory rate. 

Scroll down the Google Fit app’s main page.

Under Check your heart rate tap Get started.

Tap Next.

Read the info about taking the reading, then tap Next.

You might need to allow Fit to access your camera. Select While using the app or Only this time.

Follow the on-screen instructions and use your finger to move the dot into the circle.

Place your fingertip on the camera lens and hold still.

Google Fit will reveal your beats per minute. Tap Save measurement to log it.

Once you take a few measurements, you can view the history in a chart by week, month, and year.

  • Scroll down the Google Fit app’s homepage.
  • Under Track your respiratory rate, tap Get started.
  • Read the info on the screen and tap Next.
  • Read the additional info on the next screen, tap Next.
  • Lean your phone vertically on a stable surface and frame your headand torso.
  • Tap Start measurement and breath normally.
  • Google Fit will reveal your respirations per minute. Tap Save measurement to log it.
  • Once you take a few measurements, you can track your history weekly, monthly, and yearly in a chart.

Scroll down the Google Fit app’s homepage.

Under Track your respiratory rate, tap Get started.

Read the info on the screen and tap Next.

Read the additional info on the next screen, tap Next.

Lean your phone vertically on a stable surface and frame your headand torso.

Tap Start measurement and breath normally.

Google Fit will reveal your respirations per minute. Tap Save measurement to log it.

Once you take a few measurements, you can track your history weekly, monthly, and yearly in a chart.

  • How do you use Google Fit?
  • Once you download the Google Fit app and enter your details, you can use Google Fit to set personal fitness goals, track your steps and workouts, and compare that data over time to see how close you’re getting to achieving your goals. In addition, the Move Minutes feature tells you how active you are during the day, and you are rewarded Heart Points for more strenuous workouts.
  • How do you connect a Fitbit to Google Fit?
  • Although Google now owns Fitbit, there’s no official way to sync the wearable with Google Fit. Instead, you’ll need to download a third-party app like Health Sync or FitToFit to connect Fitbit to Google Fit.

Once you download the Google Fit app and enter your details, you can use Google Fit to set personal fitness goals, track your steps and workouts, and compare that data over time to see how close you’re getting to achieving your goals. In addition, the Move Minutes feature tells you how active you are during the day, and you are rewarded Heart Points for more strenuous workouts.

Although Google now owns Fitbit, there’s no official way to sync the wearable with Google Fit. Instead, you’ll need to download a third-party app like Health Sync or FitToFit to connect Fitbit to Google Fit.

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