Google just bought Fitbit users some breathing room. The company quietly pushed back its Fitbit account migration deadline from February 2nd to May 19th, 2026, marking the second major delay since the transition was first announced. According to updated support documentation, users now have until mid-May to either migrate their fitness data to a Google account or lose it entirely when deletions begin on July 15th, 2026.
Google is giving Fitbit holdouts another reprieve. The company's latest support page update reveals that users now have until May 19th, 2026 to migrate their Fitbit accounts to Google - a three-month extension from the looming February 2nd deadline that was just days away.
The change surfaced quietly on Google's Fitbit migration help page without fanfare or formal announcement. But the implications are significant for millions of users who've been dragging their feet on handing over their fitness data to Google's ecosystem.
What's new this time around is the specificity. Google's updated documentation now states explicitly that "you can still download or delete your data any time before we begin processing data deletions on July 15, 2026." That's a two-month buffer after the migration cutoff, giving users a final window to rescue their historical workout logs, sleep patterns, and heart rate data before it vanishes permanently.
The delay reveals something Google probably doesn't want to advertise - significant user resistance to the account merger. This isn't the company's first retreat on the timeline. When Google first announced the mandatory migration, the deadline was set for sometime in 2025 according to earlier reporting from The Verge. That got pushed to February 2026, and now we're looking at mid-May.
For context, Google acquired Fitbit back in 2021 for $2.1 billion, promising to integrate the fitness tracker's capabilities into its broader health and wellness strategy. But the transition hasn't been smooth. Many longtime Fitbit users balked at merging their health data with Google accounts, citing privacy concerns and frustration with yet another forced platform migration.
