Google ‘retires’ Health and PowerMeter, lets you save your vitals through 2012

Remember that Withings blood pressure monitor for iOS that we went hands-on with last week? It integrated with Google Health . The search giant’s health management portal also paired with dozens of other services (a heaping handful can be seen in the image above) to aggregate and track all of your data, and share it with family members, friends, and doctors. The service didn’t have the widespread impact that Google expected, however, so it’s taking Health offline after the clock strikes midnight on January 1, 2012. You’ll have another year to download your info, or send it directly to competing services. Also on the chopping block is PowerMeter , a free energy monitoring tool that pairs with smart power meters and other energy monitoring devices to help users better understand consumption habits and ultimately reduce costs. That project will get the boot from Mountain View on September 16th, but you’ll be able to log in to your account to download a CSV file. We imagine Health and PowerMeter are already plotting their trip down south, to get in a few thousand rounds of golf with Video Store at Pebble Beach. Perhaps to be joined by Buzz and Wave , in the not-so-distant future? Google ‘retires’ Health and PowerMeter, lets you save your vitals through 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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