Apple Expands Its AI-Built Health App to Ten More Languages

The redesigned app, which adds a Health Age score, a Longevity tab and on-device movement tests, is in the iOS 27.3 developer beta and reaches users later this year.

By Nakoda News Desk

2 days ago·2 min read

Prefer Nakoda News on Google

Apple's redesigned Health app is now in the iOS 27.3 developer beta and will reach users as a free update later this year.Photo: Apple / Handout

Apple said on November 3 that its redesigned Health app will support global English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese. The app is built around Apple Intelligence, the company's AI system.

The update is available from today in the iOS 27.3 developer beta. Apple said it will reach the public as a free software update later this year, and that more languages will follow.

What the App Does

According to Apple's announcement, a new Insights tab gives summaries across heart, sleep, readiness, fitness, vitals and cycle tracking data during the day. A For You section makes recommendations based on a user's daily habits. Apple's example was guidance on changing a bedtime routine after several nights of broken sleep. The app also includes educational videos and articles that feature the Health app's clinical experts.

A new Longevity tab tracks long-term trends across heart health, sleep, mental wellbeing, movement, metabolic health, hearing and nutrition. Its main feature is Health Age. It uses Apple Watch data, including VO2 max, resting heart rate, sleep and heart rate variability, to estimate how a user's body is doing compared with their actual age. Users can also add lab results such as A1c and LDL cholesterol.

The update also brings at-home movement assessments. They use the iPhone camera and Apple Watch to measure flexibility, strength, balance, movement mechanics and VO2 max, with live audio and visual feedback. Apple said these checks use vision-based AI models that run entirely on the device and were developed with clinical experts. It said no video is ever recorded, stored or shared.

Limits on Availability

The app requires iPhone and iPad models that support Apple Intelligence, and some features work only on iPhone. Health Age needs an Apple Watch. The VO2 max test needs an Apple Watch, AirPods Pro 3 or a third-party heart rate sensor. Some features are limited to users aged 18 or over, and Apple said availability will vary by region and language.

Arabic is not on the list. That means users in the UAE and wider Gulf who set their devices to Arabic will not get the redesigned experience yet. Apple's notes say Apple Intelligence currently supports 16 languages, and Arabic is not among them.

The Business Context

The announcement shows Apple's AI strategy, which centres on putting features into its own devices and services while spending far less on infrastructure than rivals such as Amazon and Alphabet. In its footnotes, Apple repeated that server-based Apple Intelligence features have daily usage limits. It said expanded access to those features will cost a fee in the future, which matches what the company told investors on its earnings call.

Health is one of the more sensitive areas for consumer AI. Apple stressed that the app is built to protect user data and that the movement assessments run without leaving the device, a point likely aimed at people wary of sharing medical data with AI services.