Apple Announces a Redesigned Health App With Readiness Score

Alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, AirPods 5 and Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 with new health sensors, Apple unveiled a revamped Health app with Apple Intelligence at its core at its Surprise and Shine event on Wednesday. It includes lab tests in partnership with Quest, strength, balance and flexibility assessments, a new insights tab with a readiness score, longevity insights and a “health age.” “Apple Watch Series 12 is the most advanced health and fitness companion we’ve ever created,” said Kaiann Drance, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Apple Watch Product Marketing, in a news release. Powered by a new Health Sensing System and S11 chip, the iPhone’s redesigned Health app will be available later this year, though no specific date was announced. It will feature a new Longevity tab that includes a “health age” showing how a user’s metrics track relative to their actual age. On the Watch Series 12, there is also the new readiness feature, which looks at a user’s sleep score, recent activity, vitals and training load to provide a score from zero to 10 that gives them one of four recommendations — recover, pace yourself, ready or go for it — to help them decide whether they should push themselves or take it easy during the day ahead. This is a developing story. Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was previously the lifestyle editor at HelloGiggles, the deputy editor at So Yummy and the senior lifestyle editor at Hunker. Over the past 12 years, Anna has also written for the LA Times, Elle, Bust Magazine, Dazed, Apartment Therapy, Well+Good and more. At CNET, she's a senior editor on the Healthy Home team, and her coverage includes health, wellness tech, meal kits and home and kitchen tech with a focus on the technology that aims to help us live our healthiest, happiest lives. See full bio The Latest from Anna Apple Announces a Redesigned Health App With Readiness Score Withings’ ‘Thermometer of the Future’ Is Getting an AI Analysis Upgrade It’s Silly I Didn’t Learn This 60-Second Blender Cleaning Trick Earlier