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iOS 17 to Include Mood Tracker and Health App for iPad, AI-Based Health Coaching Service Coming in 2024
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I really hope the future of software on the Mac is not iOS apps ported with Catalyst. Apple's own Catalyst apps are a great example of how it feels jarring and out of place on the platform. News is a perfect example.
I agree with you in sentiment but I hope Catalyst is not what we get stuck with.
The problem is going to be what is the health AI based on. If you follow FDA and CDC guidelines, then no you will not live to 100.
That does not change the fact that Siri, Spell Checking, Find and others are terrible and they are all usually AI based these days.
Big tech implementing mood trackers what could go wrong
Health tracking? I get that. It's great to see those metrics, particularly hidden things like heart health.
Sleep tracking? Fair play if you need it but I just find sleeping with a watch on uncomfortable and keeps me awake so for me: useless.
Mood tracking? Really? Again, I imagine quite useful if you're providing medical feedback for a neuro disorder of some sort (eg depression) but surely surely useless for the average user?
Sleep tracking? Fair play if you need it but I just find sleeping with a watch on uncomfortable and keeps me awake so for me: useless.
Mood tracking? Really? Again, I imagine quite useful if you're providing medical feedback for a neuro disorder of some sort (eg depression) but surely surely useless for the average user?
How are they going to keep the data secure without uploading to the cloud? Right now all health data lives only on the iPhone. That's why there hasn't been an iPad app so far. If users choose to upload it, then it doesn't fall under HIPAA protection (which I'm sure will be the EULA out so Apple doesn't have to build a compliant cloud), but the last thing I want is that data on a consumer-grade cloud. Maybe peer to peer on the same network only?
I do wish they'd make it easier to provide printouts to my doc - screenshots don't really cut it.
Mood tracking? If someone has a clinical psychiatric illness maybe, but otherwise seems a bit...I don't know. Can't find the right word there but it just seems a bit much. A mood ring for the 21st century?
The last thing I want is for find me to be more 'social'. Sorry, no. If people want to know where I am, call me. I hope we can disable the journaling functions.
Curious as to how an app can manage being nearsighted.
Mood Tracker, "I can tell from your actions that you are disappointed in the Apple software you attempted to use. Apple has noted this and will spend more advertising money to correct your unhappiness. Now swing on over to Apple.com to see how effective our efforts are."
Everything is ok as long as I am not coerced into letting my life be “managed” by these things.
“Your health insurance will cost you an extra if you are not using these features”.
“Your health insurance will cost you an extra if you are not using these features”.
None of us can know the precise mood that will happen to us. And none of us can know the precise moment wherein a mood will happen to us. We come to know a mood only in the past after it happens spontaneously, unpredictably and uncontrollably in the present. So why would we want our smartphone tell us of our mood?
Agreed but ... It just sounds lame.
I guess every version of iOS has got to have a feature that Apple thinks is amazing but no one ever uses i.e. iMessage App Store/drawer.
Me to my iPhone: iPhone I'm sad.
iPhone: According to my calculations you're not sad, your horny. Let me find an A.I girlfriend for you 😨
😳
I suspect this is something more like a prompt to ask about your mood and you do something like tap an emoji that approximates your mood (e.g.,
, etc.) and then be able to see patterns over days and weeks. Perhaps you find yourself consistently feeling sad in the afternoons on days that you did not go to the gym. Like that.A mood is a feeling. So you don’t know what to make of the mood following the thought of iOS telling you of your mood?
"You seem angry or frustrated, studies have shown that is good to take some minutes for yourself when you feel angry and reflect on what makes you feel that way and explore ...". Amaaaaaazing service... But cant make a simple dial pad with edit functions for iphone, a better keyboard or a calculator for iPad...
Seems like yet another ridiculous and completely meaningless update from Apple.
Why do I say that?
Here is what I'd like to see Apple do with ios 17:
1. redesign the notification center. It's ridiculous. At the very least add a "Clear All" button that comes up immediately, even if there's only one notification.
2. speaking of notifications, Apple needs to change that when you tap on the phone notifications it won't ring back. It needs to only go into the phone app. All other notifications take you to the app notifying you.
Be consistent Apple. People are constantly dialing back spam and robo callers. Apple needs to be on our side in this not the spammers.
3. make it possible to dismiss Calendar and any notification from any app if you're in another app.
This goes for Calendar, News, Timers...whatever the app, you shouldn't have to swipe the notification up and then go back to the lock screen or be forced to tap the notification to get into the app sending it in order to simply dismiss a notification if you're in another app when it comes in.
4. give us an LED visual on the front of the phone for notifications in addition to sound and vibration. Allow us to change the colors of the LED light based on what the notification app is.
The fine folks who like things the way they are can just leave this off and everything will be as is.
5. bring back the same intensity (or more) of the haptic feedback as it was when iOS 16 was first released.
It was great. Since then Apple has reduced it a little on every new release. Better yet, simply make it possible for people to adjust the haptic feedback.
Right now it's almost imperceptible, which is one step from being turned off anyway.
Those who are concerned with battery or simply don't like haptic feedback can leave it off.
6. make it possible to adjust volume for independent apps and settings and not this general thing they're doing.
Separate volume control for keyboard volume, music volume, ring volume, system volume, You Tube, notifications, emails.
I, for example, would love for the keyboard clicks and the lock sounds to be much louder than they are in relations with the rest of the volume in the phone and without it affecting the volume on the entire phone or the ring and notifications volume. It's silly of Apple to force it to be like this.
7. add suggestions from the address book as you start entering a phone number.
This has been available for the last 12-15 years on Android.
8. make it possible to customize the texting app in every conceivable way. Font size, bubble size shape color etc.
9. make it possible to schedule a text message to be sent at a certain time/date. This is a basic feature. Compose your message now and schedule it to be sent out when the time is right. I used to use this feature all the time when I had to text people who are in different time zones when they have to get the text at a certain time in their time zone but it's way too late for me to stay up to send the text. Just compose the text and it can be sent out while I'm sleeping or busy.
10. use an OS-wide clipboard and make cut and/or copy not expire until we, the users, clean it.
You should be able to copy text now and paste it tomorrow if you want to.
10b. make it possible to copy multiple copy entries ready to paste any one of them by long pressing, at least the last 10 cut/copies should be possible.
11. in Mail give us the option to NOT go to the next email when you are deleting an email but to go back to the inbox. Those who want to keep things the way they are should be able to turn this feature off.
12. make it possible to move the icons on the desktop anywhere you want to.
13. make it mandatory to app makers that they have to have a swipe from left to right in EVERY app to navigate back. Hitting a tiny arrow, like some of them have, at the top left on some apps and not on others to go back is inconsistent and nuts.
14. and my goodness Apple... as to snooze, allow us to cancel it before it comes on if we want to.
14b. make it possible for us to have any snooze time we want in the alarm. Not just 9 minutes and that's that. If we want to snooze for 10 minutes, or 5 minutes, or....whatever we should be able to.
Why do I say that?
Here is what I'd like to see Apple do with ios 17:
1. redesign the notification center. It's ridiculous. At the very least add a "Clear All" button that comes up immediately, even if there's only one notification.
2. speaking of notifications, Apple needs to change that when you tap on the phone notifications it won't ring back. It needs to only go into the phone app. All other notifications take you to the app notifying you.
Be consistent Apple. People are constantly dialing back spam and robo callers. Apple needs to be on our side in this not the spammers.
3. make it possible to dismiss Calendar and any notification from any app if you're in another app.
This goes for Calendar, News, Timers...whatever the app, you shouldn't have to swipe the notification up and then go back to the lock screen or be forced to tap the notification to get into the app sending it in order to simply dismiss a notification if you're in another app when it comes in.
4. give us an LED visual on the front of the phone for notifications in addition to sound and vibration. Allow us to change the colors of the LED light based on what the notification app is.
The fine folks who like things the way they are can just leave this off and everything will be as is.
5. bring back the same intensity (or more) of the haptic feedback as it was when iOS 16 was first released.
It was great. Since then Apple has reduced it a little on every new release. Better yet, simply make it possible for people to adjust the haptic feedback.
Right now it's almost imperceptible, which is one step from being turned off anyway.
Those who are concerned with battery or simply don't like haptic feedback can leave it off.
6. make it possible to adjust volume for independent apps and settings and not this general thing they're doing.
Separate volume control for keyboard volume, music volume, ring volume, system volume, You Tube, notifications, emails.
I, for example, would love for the keyboard clicks and the lock sounds to be much louder than they are in relations with the rest of the volume in the phone and without it affecting the volume on the entire phone or the ring and notifications volume. It's silly of Apple to force it to be like this.
7. add suggestions from the address book as you start entering a phone number.
This has been available for the last 12-15 years on Android.
8. make it possible to customize the texting app in every conceivable way. Font size, bubble size shape color etc.
9. make it possible to schedule a text message to be sent at a certain time/date. This is a basic feature. Compose your message now and schedule it to be sent out when the time is right. I used to use this feature all the time when I had to text people who are in different time zones when they have to get the text at a certain time in their time zone but it's way too late for me to stay up to send the text. Just compose the text and it can be sent out while I'm sleeping or busy.
10. use an OS-wide clipboard and make cut and/or copy not expire until we, the users, clean it.
You should be able to copy text now and paste it tomorrow if you want to.
10b. make it possible to copy multiple copy entries ready to paste any one of them by long pressing, at least the last 10 cut/copies should be possible.
11. in Mail give us the option to NOT go to the next email when you are deleting an email but to go back to the inbox. Those who want to keep things the way they are should be able to turn this feature off.
12. make it possible to move the icons on the desktop anywhere you want to.
13. make it mandatory to app makers that they have to have a swipe from left to right in EVERY app to navigate back. Hitting a tiny arrow, like some of them have, at the top left on some apps and not on others to go back is inconsistent and nuts.
14. and my goodness Apple... as to snooze, allow us to cancel it before it comes on if we want to.
14b. make it possible for us to have any snooze time we want in the alarm. Not just 9 minutes and that's that. If we want to snooze for 10 minutes, or 5 minutes, or....whatever we should be able to.
Finally, finally, the health app on iPad. At home where you take your medicines and where you want to track your cycles and private stuff! I have been blowing this horn for years! If you can just get Siri to tell you the pollen information when you ask about the weather all my Apple dreams will have come true. Oh, and I also want Siri to be able to do search on your photos like it used to be able to do in iOS 15. Oh, and…
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AI-based health coaching service? That sounds like a waste of resources. I want Apple to focus on really fixing the bugs and small issues in the software that have added up over the years
From the iPhone Health App:
"Health information is stored in iCloud and gets encrypted as it goes between iCloud and your device"
You can turn this off on an iPhone Settings/AppleID/iCloud/apps using iCloud
Health and Fitness data has been synced and stored in iCloud for years now. Around 2015, I had to have two iPhones connected to the same iCloud account for a while, and all my health data synced back and forth even then.
does the Apple Watch not change the Stand Goal to a Roll Goal when you specify you are a wheelchair user during setup?