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Apple’s revamped Health app will calculate your ‘health age’ and readiness score

Apple redesigned its Health app with Apple Intelligence-powered Insights, readiness scores, Health Age, and a $119 Quest 50-biomarker lab panel.

Announced alongside the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, the redesigned Apple Health app adds an Insights tab, a readiness score, and a 'Health Age' metric computed from VO2 max, sleep, and blood biomarkers. A partnership with Quest offers a 50-biomarker lab panel for $119. The app also adds movement assessments and a longevity tab, and rolls out later this year in U.S. English.

TechCrunch · AI · 6d agoAI industry

FTC rescinds policy requiring health apps to notify customers after a breach

The FTC unanimously rescinded its 2021 policy statement that required health and fitness apps to notify users after health-data breaches.

The FTC voted to rescind a September 2021 Biden-era policy statement that extended federal health-data breach notification rules to health apps, fitness trackers, and connected devices, which had exposed violators to fines of $43,792 per violation per day. The 2021 statement, adopted in a divided 3-2 vote under then-chair Lina Khan, cited HIPAA coverage gaps for consumer health applications. The commission said the statement provided minimal benefit, was superseded by rulemaking, and aligns with the White House deregulatory agenda.

CyberScoopupdated · 5d agofirst · 6d agoPolicy & legal 2 sources

Apple brings a fully revamped Siri built on Google's Gemini, but not to the EU

Apple shipped its fully rebuilt Siri running on Google's Gemini models with iOS 27, initially excluding the EU and China over regulatory hurdles.

Apple released 'Siri AI' as an English beta within iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27, built on Google's Gemini models running partly on-device and partly through Private Cloud Compute. The rollout excludes the EU and China at launch due to regulatory requirements, with French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish support due next month. Early reviewers call it a step forward but report failures on personal-context queries and occasional hallucinations. Siri integrates with third-party apps like WhatsApp and Audible, with Outlook, Notability, and Tripsy coming later.

The Decoder · 12h agoAI industry