I let Gemini track my meals and workouts; it's a surprisingly brilliant health coach
Android Police 2026-07-20 11:00:16
Context: The author, Jade Bryan Jardinico, a tech reviewer, used Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, as a personal health and fitness coach to track meals and workouts. Frustrated with the limitations of Google Health's free tier, he discovered that Gemini could provide a more practical and efficient way to log food and exercise. For a week, he tested Gemini's capabilities on his Google Pixel 9 Pro XL.
Key Facts
- The author was using a Google Fitbit Air, a screen-less tracker, but found Google Health's free tier to be basic and limiting, particularly with meal logging and custom exercises.
- Gemini allowed the author to log meals by entering estimated portions, cooking methods, or snapping a photo of the meal, providing a nutritional breakdown, including protein, fat, and carbohydrates.
- The author used Gemini to log food intake for five days, covering breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner, and received an extensive nutritional breakdown for every meal.
- Gemini's multimodal capabilities enabled it to identify and name dishes unfamiliar to the author and provide a nutritional breakdown based on a photo of the meal.
- The author could export data from Gemini to a single report file, customize charts, and receive actionable insights, such as aligning sleep scores with recommended daily protein intake.