iOS 17 Health App Features: Mood Tracking, Eye Health, Daylight Exposure and More

[CarAnalogy]

I will have to try the mood tracking again but I decided to turn it off because it kept interrupting what I was doing, making me angry and annoyed when answering the questions. 😝

Ha exactly. So many things have started with the fullscreen takeover popups when you’re trying to do something else. Websites, Microsoft Edge, the TV app, etc etc. I don’t know why this is such a trend lately. Surely they know it just infuriates people.

But I guess a lot of angry and popup-fatigued people will just click the default option to give them what they want. That giant slice of services on the revenue pie says the dark patterns are working.

 

[polyphenol]

Do Mental Health Questionnaires work if taken repeatedly?

I've long be sceptical about them in general (though I don't have anything useful like good ideas about what else they could try using). But do we not get some sort of habituation if we can still remember them from one time to another? And the closer in time, the better we remember our previous replies. Which might influence our replies this time.

 

[dlopan]

Ad Astra kinda of thing.

 

[WU27f1xcCs]

They do synchronize. The steps shown on the phone is the total of phone+watch. So if you're taking your watch off to charge it but leave the phone in your pocket it knows to count steps from the phone during this time.

There is a delay in the rings widget that I wish would update more frequently.

The iPad app is even more delayed and is severely weakened at the moment as data is often up to a day behind.

 

[Imperial926]

We will have a world full of hypochondriacs! Most of us just need to get on with our lives and stop fixating on such stuff - such fixation is almost guaranteed to affect your sense of well-being in itself!
I wonder how many people will feel somehow unable to face the day if they go out without their Apple Watch strapped to their wrist. A bit like being unable to find a quite familiar destination without Google/Apple maps running all the time!

 

[cocky jeremy]

A bunch of stuff I'll turn off anyway. Especially that stupid eye strain warning. So annoying.

 

[jmarsh5]

And yet still no way to reorganize each metric on the dashboard. Whhhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyy?!?!?!

 

[shawnforever]

I like the different colors.

Mood tracking is interesting. Not sure if I'll keep up with it.

 

[jmarsh5]

We will have a world full of hypochondriacs! Most of us just need to get on with our lives and stop fixating on such stuff - such fixation is almost guaranteed to affect your sense of well-being in itself!
I wonder how many people will feel somehow unable to face the day if they go out without their Apple Watch strapped to their wrist. A bit like being unable to find a quite familiar destination without Google/Apple maps running all the time!

Not sure if you’re aware but this is already the case.

 

[Howard2k]

We will have a world full of hypochondriacs! Most of us just need to get on with our lives and stop fixating on such stuff - such fixation is almost guaranteed to affect your sense of well-being in itself!
I wonder how many people will feel somehow unable to face the day if they go out without their Apple Watch strapped to their wrist. A bit like being unable to find a quite familiar destination without Google/Apple maps running all the time!

More than half the US population is overweight or obese. Just a little focus on health would go a very long way for the vast majority.

 

[thedevilshug]

Time in daylight doesn’t work for me at all (Italy). Is this a US-exclusive feature? Does it need to be set up?
Any ideas?

Activate location services

 

[dk001]

More than half the US population is overweight or obese. Just a little focus on health would go a very long way for the vast majority.

True but this ain't it.
The only semi-effective item Apple has put out in this regard is the rings themselves.
All the rest just encourage more device interaction. Don't see how that will help.

 

[Howard2k]

True but this ain't it.
The only semi-effective item Apple has put out in this regard is the rings themselves.
All the rest just encourage more device interaction. Don't see how that will help.

You have stats/studies to show that the rings are the only effective part of Apple’s health focus?


We both know that you don’t.

Different people are motivated in different ways. I’m not ring closer but am motivated by the other information.

 

[citysnaps]

Excellent. No doubt there'll be a lot of people who'll benefit. I'm looking forward to trying it out.

 

[citysnaps]

Finally! Could a calculator app be far behind?!

I purchased pCalc many years ago and never looked back. Problem solved, life goes on. And it's an outstanding calculator.

The only downside is I don't get to constantly complain about Apple not releasing a calculator for iPad. But... I was never into wasting time constantly complaining as some kind of cathartic endeavor.

 

[jimimac71]

I don't have an iPhone and can't. Talk about eyestrain. Anything smaller than 10 inches doesn't work for me.
I have a flip phone with the screen enlarged.
I just got the iPad OS 17 Public Beta and noticed the Health app. Haven't looked at it yet.
Not sure why the iPad can't collect data.
Guess I'm pleased my 2019 iPad is OS 17 compatible. The biggest issue is 32 Gigs of storage.

 

[racingbull]

Activate location services

Where? Or maybe AppleWatch Series 5 is not supported?

 

[nt5672]

“… features aimed at children”. Anyone else find that chilling?

Children that were not raised correctly and therefor do NOT know how to tell they are in a bad mood or need more time outside, etc. This is really a slap on parents, not kids.

I once partnered with an other owner in a company and his daughter, having graduated from a private High School, could not read a ruler. I don't think it was her fault. I can just see Apple releasing a ruler app. Oh wait, they already did.

 

[nnoble]

Do Mental Health Questionnaires work if taken repeatedly?

I've long be sceptical about them in general .......

We will have a world full of hypochondriacs! Most of us just need to get on with our lives and stop fixating on such stuff - such fixation is almost guaranteed to affect your sense of well-being in itself!
I wonder how many people will feel somehow unable to face the day if they go out without their Apple Watch strapped to their wrist. A bit like being unable to find a quite familiar destination without Google/Apple maps running all the time!

General Practitioners often blag/Google their way through a working day. Mental Health practitioners have even less understanding of the mind. Mental Health+Apple Voodoo = BS

 

[dk001]

You have stats/studies to show that the rings are the only effective part of Apple’s health focus?


We both know that you don’t.

Different people are motivated in different ways. I’m not ring closer but am motivated by the other information.

And you have that they aren’t?

There are lots of studies on the effectiveness of rings and items like them.
Not seeing this type of analysis on other aspects of the Health app. May be too soon?

 

[Howard2k]

And you have that they aren’t?

There are lots of studies on the effectiveness of rings and items like them.
Not seeing this type of analysis on other aspects of the Health app. May be too soon?

I'm not the one making the claim. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

I'm just suggesting that multiple people are motivated by different factors. You stated that the rings were the only semi-effective feature. I'm saying that this is obviously not the case. Even if I'm the only person alive who does is not motivated by rings (and clearly that would be a stretch) it disproves your statement that rings are the only semi-effective feature.

Rings may work for you but they don't work for everyone. Trends may not work for you but they do work for some.

 

[dk001]

I'm not the one making the claim. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

I'm just suggesting that multiple people are motivated by different factors. You stated that the rings were the only semi-effective feature. I'm saying that this is obviously not the case. Even if I'm the only person alive who does is not motivated by rings (and clearly that would be a stretch) it disproves your statement that rings are the only semi-effective feature.

Rings may work for you but they don't work for everyone. Trends may not work for you but they do work for some.

Not what was said but that’s okay.

IMO, and based on a number of studies, rings or items like that do work.
The remainder I have not seen or experienced anything like I have for rings.

YMMV.

 

[thedevilshug]

Where? Or maybe AppleWatch Series 5 is not supported?

„Models like the Series 4 or 5 do not include an ambient light sensor, so you won’t see any Time in Daylight info in the Health app when wearing these models“

See the amount of time you or your child spends in daylight with an Apple Watch and the Health app

Learn how to see how much time you or your child spend each day in natural daylight. Getting enough outdoor time helps eyes develop normally

www.myhealthyapple.com

 

[racingbull]

„Models like the Series 4 or 5 do not include an ambient light sensor, so you won’t see any Time in Daylight info in the Health app when wearing these models“

See the amount of time you or your child spends in daylight with an Apple Watch and the Health app

Learn how to see how much time you or your child spend each day in natural daylight. Getting enough outdoor time helps eyes develop normally

www.myhealthyapple.com

Makes sense then… thanks a lot! 🤗

 

[Imperial926]

You have stats/studies to show that the rings are the only effective part of Apple’s health focus?


We both know that you don’t.

Different people are motivated in different ways. I’m not ring closer but am motivated by the other information.

I am sure there are potential benefits to the continuing focus on health through devices but, equally, having the population fixated on their mood or mental health might well worsen it. It's also possible that Apple want to keep you connected to your device in order to monetise the ever growing health industry. Down the line we may well see AI 'solutions' to mental health issues that can be monetised.