Apple Plans to Revolutionize Health and Wellness with New Features and AI-powered Coaching Service

Apple is set to expand its focus on health and wellness features in the upcoming iOS 17 and beyond, according to a report from Bloomberg. The tech giant will reportedly introduce an iPad version of its Health app for the first time, as well as add new features for tracking emotions and managing vision conditions to the app on iPhone and iPad this year.

But that’s not all – Apple is also said to be working on an artificial intelligence-powered health coaching service for next year. The platform, codenamed “Quartz”, aims to motivate users to exercise, improve their eating habits, and sleep better through a combination of AI and Apple Watch data.

The Health app is central to Apple’s health initiatives, serving as a repository for fitness data collected by the Apple Watch and outside health records. It also acts as a portal for users to share information with their doctors. With an iPad version in the works, Apple hopes to boost the app’s popularity in healthcare settings, where tablets have already made inroads.

The new emotion-tracking feature in the Health app will allow users to log their moods, answer questions about their day, and compare results over time. Apple plans to take things further in the future by using algorithms to determine a user’s mood via their speech, what words they’ve typed, and other data on their devices.

As for the recently reported Apple journaling app, Bloomberg clarifies that the mood and emotion tracking features coming to Health are separate from the new app’s features. The journaling app is described as “an extension of the company’s Find My service and other location features”.

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While the AI-powered health coaching platform is currently planned for next year, it could ultimately be canceled or postponed. Nevertheless, it shows Apple’s commitment to health and wellness and its efforts to integrate its technology more deeply into users’ daily lives.