Apple Reportedly Scaling Back This Long-Rumored iOS 27 Feature

[MacRumors]

iOS 27 will no longer include a long-rumored feature known as Apple Health+ inside Apple, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

Apple Health+ was supposed to be a virtual health coach that could give users AI-powered health recommendations in the Apple Health app, based on their personal health data, the report said. The feature would have provided users with detailed health reports, videos that explained medical conditions and offered wellness tips, and more.

"The major new service would have combined new surveys and health assessments with data from Apple Watches and external lab reports," the report added.

It is unclear if Apple Health+ would have been a paid subscription service.

The feature is being scaled back instead of outright canceled. The report said some of the components of Apple Health+, such as suggestions based on existing Health app data, will be "repurposed and introduced as early as this year."

Apple Health+ was initially rumored to be an iOS 26 feature, so it was seemingly in development for a long time. But now, only bits and pieces of it will launch.

Apple's services chief Eddy Cue is apparently "considering changes" to Apple Fitness+ as well, but the report did not provide any specific details.

Article Link: Apple Reportedly Scaling Back This Long-Rumored iOS 27 Feature

 

[MacUserFella]

Apple delays another thing months before being announced/released, what else is new?

 

[antiprotest]

Apple is always late, and Apple never does it best.

 

[swrobel]

Boo hoo

 

[jz0309]

so, Gurman retracting from his own rumor ... never believed it in the first place.

 

[mblm85]

Not bothered. I don't need another something else telling me to put down the pie and move more. 😀

 

[CWallace]

Would not be surprised if liability concerns played a role in the decision.

 

[Rradcircless]

Good to see apple making strong progress with Apple Intelligence.

 

[7thson]

Meh. Sounds more like my Apple Watch encouraging me to “keep it up” but in a “fun new form”. Better to grow into their AI ambitions than play catch up with unfulfilled promises.

 

[marblesbarkley]

“My AI coach hallucinated and now I injected bleach into myself!”


yeah this is a good scaling back

 

[Mr. Nice]

They saw what Google Fitbit Health Coach would be capable of and panicked about how their Health+ app would compare.😂

That was probably another reason to enter into a partnership with Google.

I hope Google's AI will help Apple, the special needs AI student.

Thanks, Google!🙏

 

[Edsel]

Apple is treading into dangerous AI territory. Using consumer grade anatomy measurements fed into and analyzed by consumer AI is asking for possible liability issues.

 

[Abydos]

holy shades of duke Nukem forever - the ultimate vaporware

 

[HouseLannister]

Gurman writes the best non-retractions.

 

[Zenman12]

Wow. Not another $$$$$$$$$$ubscription?!

Not like Apple.

 

[fatTribble]

Ugh, now I’m going to have to talk to my actual doctor. How quaint.

 

[klasma]

Apple tested it on themselves and it told them that it would be better for their health to cut down on that snake oil.

 

[VisceralRealist]

I for one am devastated this thing I never wanted and never would’ve used isn’t happening 🙁

 

[McScooby]

Apple is treading into dangerous AI territory. Using consumer grade anatomy measurements fed into and analyzed by consumer AI is asking for possible liability issues.

Consumer product does not mean consumer grade & what is this professional AI that you speak of?

 

[wikiverse]

An AI coach might actually be worth it if the Apple Watch did basic things like rep counting, or if Apple Fitness had functions for basic fitness programs, like Weight x Sets x Reps tracking.

 

[DocMultimedia]

Delays, delays, delays. That's Apple.

 

[CapitalIdea]

So basically someone made up a filler rumor, people never found any REAL reason to believe it, then when it didn’t seem to be panning out the people who made the initial claim pull the “oh it’s being scaled back/delayed/reimagined/cancelled” card and use it as as more filler.

 

[CapitalIdea]

Apple is always late, and Apple never does it best.

 

[bradriley]

Good. Now let me turn off Workout Buddy. I’m fully capable of looking at a chart of metrics and don’t need them read to me.

 

[uniquestevejobs]

We will get it but with iOS 27.4