With the accelerating power of AI, when are Apple going to revamp the health app into a more cohesive experience for the user?
The amount of info the watch now collects is rather impressive but all the information that is imported into Health could be used and presented in a much more cohesive way.
At the moment it is rather disparate and frustrating.
you are right.
here is why i think this is happening.
1 for apple to actually sell its Watch is various markets around the world, it needs to get approval for its marketing claims as it relates to health.
all markets regulate what can be claimed and the standards for allowing these marketing claims varies by market.
2 then, even within the USA, there is a distinction between what degree of claim can actually be made.
this is why apple in the USA almost always makes explicit that the data is not intended for any medical purpose.
3 Health app is a repository of data. even for indicating trend data the Health app never makes any prediction or explicit indication of health. as far as im aware, the only "advice" from the health app is to let you know that there is a new trend worth noting.
i thought, as you, that apple could go a lot further in putting together the various pieces of data its is collecting, it could put together two or more data points and make some more specific level of "mentioning" some positive or negative tend and surmising a recommendation for me. but it doesn't do that.
however, in this Watch forum, i became aware of some 3rd party apps that do this kind of "recommending".
so i downloaded two of them, and was shocked by how specific they were, like telling me the pace that i should be running and walking and length of run, etc etc (probably using vso2 max data etc); when i should be taking rest days, etc.
but i realised that it is my own self who knows my body better than any app.
the app doesn't feel any pain i have. only i can do that. the Watch doesn't know the road/trail condition im running on.
i deleted those apps. i dont use them now.
so, im left with what i think apple can and should do, which is make Health into a more easily usable app for us. it can get a lot better to make it more user friendly.
i subscribe to (and a big user of the Withings equipment) the Withings health app. that app puts together all the data (especially if you subscribe to the pricey Withings + feature).
i want apple's Health app to more visually appealing; more frequently changing/uddated health related articles; and easier layout to find things quickly.
