Apple's Health app adds 'health age' and readiness scores

Alongside the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, Apple on Wednesday introduced a redesigned Health app that uses Apple Intelligence to make better sense of users’ health data. The update adds a new Insights tab with a summary of the most timely information, personalized guidance, assessments, a new “readiness” score, and a “Health Age” computation.

Health Age compares a user’s various health metrics with their actual age, using data like VO2 max, sleep, and biomarkers from blood work. A new Longevity tab uses metrics from the Apple Watch and iPhone to assess health across sleep, movement, heart health, and other factors, and can incorporate lab results into its guidance. Apple also announced a partnership with Quest for a 50-biomarker panel priced at $119, giving users quick access to data that otherwise requires lab tests.

With Apple Intelligence, the Health app has also been improved to make sense of other health data — for instance, the app could suggest a user add more intervals to their morning run to improve cardio health — and Apple said it will go deeper in areas like fitness and heart health as well. The app also lets users take in-depth assessments of how well their bodies move, which can help people who are older or recovering from an injury; a trainer can demonstrate specific moves for users to try during the assessment, which Apple says feels like having a coach present.

The updated Health app rolls out later this year, starting in U.S. English.

Why it matters

Bundling clinical-grade biomarker data with on-device AI interpretation pushes Apple’s Health app closer to a consumer diagnostic tool, raising the stakes for how carefully it must communicate uncertainty in AI-generated health guidance.