Code in apk points to Google Assistant integration for FitBit smartwatches

Code in FitBit’s app for Android appears to point to Google Assistant integration for the company’s smartwatches. It is not known on which smartwatches that would happen, but 9to5Google makes the comparison with how Amazon Alexa works on the Versa 2.

9to5Google looked at the FitBit app apk. In it, the site discovered several strings that indicate the integration of Google Assistant. It concerns a string with which the assistant can be activated, and two error codes.

In addition, the code refers to three XML files for, among other things, setting up the Assistant. Also in the strings is a text that states that users can only have one active voice assistant in use.

The latter indicates that Google’s assistant will probably come to the Versa 2 anyway. It now also supports Alexa, Amazon’s smart assistant. It could also be possible that a new smartwatch is coming out that has not yet been announced.

The development is interesting because the acquisition of FitBit by Google is not yet complete. Wired previously wrote that FitBit and Google were already talking about an Assistant integration for the Versa 2 before the acquisition, but that the internet giant was not yet very interested in it.