There’s a lot of excitement around iOS 19 due to the major redesign it will bring, but the update is also expected to introduce a new paid service that’s sure to be included in Apple One. Here’s what’s coming.
Apple Health+ will feature AI coach, food logging, and more
Tim Cook has claimed on multiple occasions that long-term, Apple’s biggest contribution to the world will be in health.
Apple Watch has led to numerous lives being saved thanks to its health features, and its Activity rings motivate healthy habits.
But perhaps more significant toward Cook’s belief is what’s coming next.
Per Mark Gurman, there’s an upgraded Health app coming in iOS 19—likely with iOS 19.4 next spring.
This app revamp is centered around a long-in-the-works new service that those inside the company are calling ‘Apple Health+.’
Here are some key details Gurman highlights:
- AI ‘doctor’: “The service would be powered by a new AI agent that would replicate — at least to some extent — a real doctor.”
- Personalized suggestions: “Health app will continue to collect data from your devices…and then the AI coach will use that information to offer tailor-made recommendations about ways to improve health.”
- Food logging: “Food tracking will be a particularly big part of the revamped app.”
- Educational videos: “Apple is also looking to bring in outside doctors, including experts in sleep, nutrition, physical therapy, mental health and cardiology, to create videos.”
This video feature sounds like it could be a significant part of the service. Gurman writes in further detail:
That content would serve as explainers to users about certain conditions and how to make lifestyle improvements. For instance, if the Health app receives data about poor heart-rate trends, a video explaining the risks of heart disease could appear.
Apple is opening up a facility near Oakland, California, that will let the physicians shoot their video content for the app. It’s also seeking to find a major doctor personality to serve as a host of sorts for the new service
Going big with new Apple One service in iOS 19
Apple has left the core services bundled in Apple One unchanged since 2019. But it sounds like it plans to take things in an exciting direction with Health+ in iOS 19.
The current Health app is useful in various ways, but it’s always felt like Apple was leaving too much ground uncovered. Collecting data is useful, but Apple Health+ could actually help users benefit from that data in meaningful ways.
If the execution is done well, Apple Health+ might very well end up being the most impactful paid service Apple offers.
Are you interested in Apple Health+? Would it make an Apple One subscription more enticing to you? Let us know in the comments.
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