It’s been greater than two years since Google plopped down $2.1 billion for Fitbit, however there hasn’t been a lot integration between the 2 corporations’ merchandise to date. That appears to be like prefer it’ll change this fall. Not solely is the upcoming Pixel Watch set to get a shiny Fitbit integration, however it additionally seems that the rumored Fitbit Sense 2 and Versa 4 might need some sort of Google Wallet integration as properly.

According to 9to5Google, the most recent model of Android’s Play Services reveals indicators that Google Wallet — which incorporates Google Pay — is including Fitbit smartwatch assist. That features a new menu with graphics resembling a “squircle” Fitbit smartwatch. The pictures are additionally labeled as a “Fitbit watch illustration.” (You can see the photographs here.) However, it’s not obvious whether or not Google Wallet is changing Fitbit Pay completely or if it’s another choice in the best way that Samsung smartwatches now permit you to obtain Google Wallet. 9to5Google asserts that it may also be a manner of including Google Wallet to Fitbit Pay as a method of enabling the service for older watches.

Right now, the one actual connection between Fitbit and Google on the wrist is Google Assistant. Starting with the Versa 2, the one digital assistant you possibly can use on Fitbit gadgets was Alexa. Then, following the Google acquisition, Fitbit later added Google Assistant as an choice on the Versa 3 and Sense. That made Fitbit gadgets among the many first wearables that allow you to select between two digital assistants. (You can now do the identical on Samsung Galaxy smartwatches working on Wear OS 3.)

Adding Google Assistant on Fitbits was an apparent selection. Alexa was already on Fitbit’s gadgets. There’s no manner Google would permit its largest rival within the digital assistant house to be the solely choice on considered one of its devices. The selection so as to add Google Wallet, nonetheless, is maybe a dying knell for Fitbit Pay. The service has at all times been a tad finicky. While accepted by a lot of banks and transit methods (a minimum of within the United States), it’s a small participant within the contactless funds world. And, its UI isn’t as clean as Google Pay, Apple Pay, or Samsung Pay.

In any case, the variety of leaks relating to the Sense 2 and Versa 4 would recommend that we’re prone to hear one thing new from Fitbit quickly. We ought to be capable of glean greater than about what Fitbit’s future trajectory will appear like now that Google is ramping up its wearable efforts. But for now, it seems that the 2 corporations are on observe towards additional integration, ala Google and Nest. The actual query is that if Fitbit can preserve its personal identification in the long run — or if by this time subsequent yr, we’ll be seeing a Google Fitbit Versa 5.