One of the promises of our phones' continuous data tracking is that, some day, the information could be used to make our lives better. An app could, for example, learn your daily habits and then offer suggestions to help you achieve a particular goal, such as to eat healthier, lose weight, or exercise more often. Using artificial intelligence, it could then make small periodic recommendations. Some apps are already beginning to do this, but Google is reportedly now also interested in entering the A.I. health coaching space. If it does, it would move the idea into the mainstream.

Google appears to be preparing an AI-powered fitness coach for WearOS as it continues its mission to revitalise the platform. Fitness remains a key reason why people buy smartwatches. Beyond that, they're still really just an expensive place to see our smartphone notifications. WearOS' main competitor, the Apple Watch, has produced some clever features with regards to fitness. Among the most impressive is the ability to tap some gym equipment to bring up the relevant info and tracking for that specific machine.

Hot on the heels of a report that Apple might be developing a coprocessor for health data analysis, news broke this afternoon of Google Coach, a rumored Google wellness product powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Fitness will be Google Coach's bread and butter, Android Police reports. But unlike Google Fit, Google's activity-tracking platform, it'll deliver insights proactively, informed in part by calendar appointments, reminders, and logged activities. If you skip a scheduled gym day, for example, it might nudge you to find another time. And if you're falling short of a fitness goal, it could suggest workouts and routines that would help you achieve it.

Google and its partners have slowly but surely trying to revitalize Android-based smartwatches, and it looks like they may use fitness as the way to reel you in. Android Police (which has a history of accurate leaks) claims to have word of Google Coach, a Wear OS-oriented assistant that would use AI to improve your health and fitness. Rather than just track your activities and popping up an endless stream of reminders, it would "proactively" recommend changes to your activity and provide prompts that are genuinely useful. The coaching tool would look at your exercise and suggest new routines, or even provide alternatives if you couldn't make it to the gym on time. And while nutrition tracking by itself isn't new, Google Coach could suggest healthy meals on nights out, generate meal plans (possibly using your calendar) and create shopping lists.