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Google Health hasn’t had a great start. Ever since Google introduced its AI-powered Health Coach, many users have complained that using the new Google Health app has become a tedious experience. Instead of simple, scannable fitness metrics, they were seeing lengthy unprompted AI-generated insights every time they opened the app. It seems Google has heard those complaints, as new strings in the Health app suggest a toggle to mute AI Coach insights could be on the way.
Google Health AI Coach mute toggle may let users disable coaching insights
User complaints about the feature have been growing for weeks. On Reddit and Google’s Support forum, many said the AI advice clutters the dashboard with long, unnecessary text. There’s a general opinion that the AI advice is intrusive and unnecessary. Downvoting recommendations or asking the AI to stop didn’t result in any behavior change. For many, this forced AI commentary made Google’s Health subscription feel like a downgrade.
Fortunately, Google is reportedly preparing to address this with a new “Coaching” preferences section within the Google Health app’s settings menu. Folks at Android Authority, while digging through the Google Health app v5.04.1, have discovered strings pointing to this section, which will allow users to customize their coaching experience.
This only affects future messages
The report notes that under this setting, users will be able to choose between two options: Standard: Full messages from Coach. No Coach Insights: Basic updates without AI commentary. As you can tell, selecting the latter will remove the AI summaries, leaving you with just essential health metrics. Notably, the selected settings will reportedly only affect future messages, and not messages that have already been generated and received. So while existing AI responses won’t magically disappear, new ones will follow your preferences.
It’s not clear when these options will roll out for everyone. But their presence in the app code suggests that the feature could arrive soon. We’ll update when it’s available.
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