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Press kit

One line

Classic Badges builds a new badge shelf, monthly sleep summary and classic dashboard after those features were removed when the Fitbit app became Google Health. It applies independent rules to available Android Health Connect records, with no account, no AI and no network permission.

The story

In May 2026 the Fitbit app was replaced by Google Health. Google's own help pages confirmed that badges would no longer be supported, that Sleep Profile and the monthly sleep animals were gone, and that data for the removed features would be downloadable only until 15 July. For wearers with a decade of history, a trophy shelf built over years simply disappeared.

Available activity can still support a new milestone experience. Classic Badges reads the health records a wearer shares through Health Connect and applies its own rules locally. History depends on permissions and available records. An optional saved Takeout export can add activity and preserve any badge records it contains; the app cannot recover deleted original award history.

What makes it unusual

• No Internet permission. Not a policy — a technical fact. The app cannot open a network connection. Health data is processed locally.
• No AI. The sleep classifier is a deterministic rule table, shown in full on a "Why this animal?" screen. The audience that lost these features has been vocal about not wanting an AI chatbot as the replacement.
• Explains the evidence. Calculated milestones, saved badge records and combined history are labelled. Missing history is not fabricated.
• Free at launch. All features included. Pricing may be considered later after sustained use; no prices or activation date are set.

Facts

Platform	Android 9+ (Health Connect required)
Price	All features free in the initial release; no automatic charges
Data source	Android Health Connect, plus optional Google Takeout import
Network	None. The app does not declare the INTERNET permission.
Badges	59 classic threshold badges, plus weight and imported badges
Sleep animals	Six, computed monthly from ten metrics, with the rules shown

Assets

Screenshots, the badge artwork and a two-minute video are available on request: press@classicbadges.app. The initial release is free for everyone.

Questions we are happy to answer in detail

• How the 30-day Health Connect history limit is handled
• How a 1.5 GB Takeout export is imported on a 4 GB phone without running out of memory
• Why the sleep-animal classifier is deterministic rather than learned, and how it compares to the original
• Why there is no server, and what that costs

Fitbit is a trademark of Fitbit LLC and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. Google Health and Health Connect are trademarks of Google LLC. Classic Badges is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Fitbit or Google.

Not a medical device. Classic Badges reads available Health Connect records. If you use a tracker, keep its companion app configured for syncing.