The all-new Health app has been redesigned to make it easier to learn about your health and start reaching your goals. It consolidates health data from iPhone, Apple Watch and third-party apps you already use, so you can view all your progress in one convenient place. And it recommends other helpful apps to round out your collection — making it simpler than ever to move your health forward.
When you open the Health app, you see four distinct categories: Activity, Sleep, Mindfulness and Nutrition. Each plays an important role in your overall health — and in the app. Health suggests great apps from each category to get you going, and the Today view shows all your stats at a glance to help you stay on track. Once you start using the Health app, there’s no stopping you.
The Health app keeps you motivated by showing you how much you move. It combines activity data from iPhone — like your steps and distance travelled — with metrics from third-party fitness apps. And Apple Watch automatically records simple but meaningful kinds of movement, like how often you stand, how much you exercise and your all-day calorie burn.
Watch the Activity filmGetting a good night’s sleep helps restore and repair your body. So going to bed at the same time every night and getting the right amount of rest can improve how you feel. The new Bedtime tab in the Clock app helps you establish a target bedtime and wake time, and also lets you visualise your sleep patterns. It then feeds the information into Health — along with data from your third-party sleep apps — so you can get into a healthier sleep routine.
Watch the Sleep filmFinding a moment to take a few deep breaths and quiet your mind is a great way to relieve stress and improve your overall health. That’s what mindfulness is all about. Many apps on iPhone, as well as apps like Breathe on Apple Watch, help you decompress and stay centred throughout your day. Whichever apps you choose, Health adds up the numbers to show you how much time you’ve spent being mindful.
Watch the Mindfulness filmWhether you’re counting carbs, calories, caffeine or a host of other important nutritional metrics, the Health app makes it easier to manage your goals and watch exactly what you eat. Third-party apps can help you keep a closer eye on every meal, and since all the data is displayed in Health, you’ll always know if you’re getting the nourishment you need.
Watch the Nutrition filmHealth makes it easy to keep tabs on a wide array of data that matters to you — from measurements of your blood pressure and blood glucose to records of your weight and reproductive health.
The Health app lets you keep all your health and fitness information under your control and in one place on your device. You decide which information is placed in Health and which apps can access your data through the Health app. When your phone is locked with a passcode or Touch ID, all of your health and fitness data in the Health app — other than what you’ve added to your Medical ID emergency card — is encrypted with your passcode. You can back up data stored in the Health app to iCloud, where it is encrypted while in transit and at rest. Apps that access HealthKit are required to have a privacy policy, so be sure to review these policies before providing apps with access to your health and fitness data.