iOS 15 will make the Health app more useful than ever
On Monday, Apple unveiled all of its upcoming operating system updates at WWDC 2021. With Apple’s Craig Federighi calling the shots, various executivess detailed and demoed the most exciting new features from iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, tvOS 15, and macOS Monterey. But Apple also dedicated ample time to a few essential parts of life that transcend a single operating system.
Apple talked about improving privacy across services and products and explained how the various smart home devices will work with the different software innovations across all of its products. Similarly, health was a separate topic during the event, as the Health app isn’t on just one OS.
The Health app collects data from the iPhone, so it could have been a segment for iOS 15. But it also works with Apple Watch, which runs watchOS 8. On top of that, Health supports other apps and devices that can share health data with the iPhone. The Health app is all the more critical considering the difficult years of the pandemic, and Apple signaled at WWDC 2021 yet again that Health is a core feature across its devices.
If you’re a regular Health app user, you’ll appreciate the new features that Apple added to the app. If you hardly open the app, the new iOS 15 feature might nudge you into actually giving the Health app a prominent placement on your home screen. That’s because the Health app is no longer just about you, the iPhone and Watch owner. It’s also about your family.
Apple added a few exciting updates to the Health app that should make monitoring health parameters even easier for you and your loved ones. That’s because the Health app now lets you share data with other people, whether it’s your physicians who might want more contextual data about your exercising and health parameters or your parents, children, and partners.
