Fitbit and Pixel Watch
Free challenges for Fitbit users via Google Health
Fitbit connects to OutPace through Google Health, the new home for Fitbit and Pixel Watch data. Connect once and your steps and activities count in challenges with friends on any other watch or phone.
Prefer the app? You can create your challenge there too.
How it works
- 1
Connect Google Health
Sign up free on the web or in the OutPace app and choose Google Health. Sign in with the Google account your Fitbit uses.
- 2
Create a challenge
Pick the activity and what to count, set the start and end dates, and give it a name.
- 3
Share one link
Send the challenge link to your group chat. The same link works for everyone, whatever they wear.
What everyone gets
Friends keep their own device
Someone with a different watch, a ring or only a phone joins the same challenge. Everyone connects what they already use.
Live leaderboard
Everyone sees where they stand as activity syncs in.
Teams
The challenge creator can split the group into two or more teams and race as a team.
Group chat and hi-fives
Start a chat for the challenge and give a friend a hi-five with one tap.
What counts from Fitbit
Challenge types that count from Google Health: steps, distance, duration, elevation, calories, sleep, average heart rate and heart rate zones.
Sleep needs the Sleep box ticked when you connect. Heart rate zones come from Google’s own zone model, so they are close to a watch-measured split but not identical.
Google is retiring Fitbit’s own developer platform, so the old direct Fitbit connection in OutPace has ended. Google Health is its replacement, and everything your Fitbit added to past challenges is kept as it was.
Good to know
- What does it cost?
- Nothing. Creating and joining challenges is free, with no credit card.
- Does Fitbit still work with OutPace?
- Yes, through Google Health. Connect Google Health once and your Fitbit steps, activities and sleep reach OutPace from there.
- Does Pixel Watch work?
- Yes. Pixel Watch data reaches OutPace through Google Health, the same way Fitbit does.
- Can friends without a Fitbit join?
- Yes. Everyone joins from the same link and connects their own phone or watch. iPhone and Android work in the same challenge.
- Do I need the OutPace app?
- No. You can connect Google Health on the web at outpace.fit or in the OutPace app for iPhone and Android, and you only do it once.
- How many people can join?
- A new challenge holds 20 people. Bigger group? Tap Request more spots on your challenge page and we will take a look.
Questions? Email contact@outpace.fit. Read the privacy policy.
Get your group moving together
Sign up free, then create your challenge. It takes a few minutes.
Start a challengePrefer the app? You can create your challenge there too.