Google Health Premium adds option to disable AI Coach feature

Disabling AI Coach in Google Health Premium

Google Health Premium subscribers can now turn off the AI Coach feature. This functionality was introduced in an August 2026 update, allowing users to manage their interaction with the Gemini-powered AI Coach without canceling their entire Premium subscription.

The AI Coach provides personalized guidance, recommendations, and summaries, and allows users to ask questions. Disabling it means these specific features, including the ability to log meals via the coach, will not be available. However, other Premium benefits like advanced sleep tracking, Sleep Score, and Health Guardian remain active.

How to Turn Off the Feature

Users can disable AI Coach by navigating to their profile photo in the Google Health app, selecting "Your data in Google Health," then "Feature privacy controls," and finally "Manage feature privacy controls" to turn off "Google Health Coach." Alternatively, the feature can be toggled off via "Google Health settings" under the "Coaching" section.

For those primarily concerned with notifications, specific coaching push notifications can be disabled through the app's settings. Users can also change "Coach messages on Today" from "Standard" to "No Coach insights" to receive only basic updates.

Re-enabling AI Coach

If a user decides to re-enable the AI Coach, they cannot do so through the same menu used for disabling it. Instead, they must tap the "Ask Coach" button, which remains visible, and select "Unlock Coach" to initiate the restoration process. Disabling the feature does not delete any previously collected health data.