The Health app Apple pulled from iOS 27.2 is back in the first iOS 27.3 developer beta: Insights, a Longevity tab, Health Age, lab results and camera-based movement tests. Apple says it ships free later this year; it needs an Apple Intelligence iPhone.
Apple’s redesigned Health app is back. It is in the first iOS 27.3 developer beta, released November 3, after Apple tested it in iOS 27.2 betas and pulled it before that release. Apple says the free update reaches everyone “later this year.” 9to5Mac and MacRumors expect iOS 27.3 in December.
If you are on the public release, there is nothing to do yet. Don’t install a developer beta on the iPhone that holds your health records just to try it.
What’s in it
Apple’s November 3 newsroom post lists the features:
- Insights. Summaries of heart, sleep, readiness, fitness, vitals and cycle tracking through the day, plus a For You section with recommendations based on your habits. Apple’s example: changing a wind-down routine after several nights of poor sleep.
- Longevity. Long-term trends across heart health, sleep, mental wellbeing, movement, metabolic health, hearing and nutrition.
- Health Age. An estimate of how your body is aging against your actual age, built from Apple Watch data: VO2 max, resting heart rate, sleep and heart rate variability. It needs an Apple Watch.
- Lab results. You can add clinical results such as A1c and LDL cholesterol.
- Movement tests at home. The iPhone camera and Apple Watch rate flexibility, strength, balance, movement mechanics and VO2 max, with audio and visual feedback. Apple says the vision model runs on the device and no video is recorded, stored or shared.
MacRumors adds two details from the beta. Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 owners get a readiness score in Insights and on the watch. And Apple plans a $119 lab panel from Quest Diagnostics that feeds Health Age; Apple’s own post does not mention it.
Older iPhones and some features are left out
The redesigned app runs only on iPhones and iPads that support Apple Intelligence, on the latest software. Some features are iPhone only, some are limited to users 18 and older, and Apple says some may not be available in every region or language. The VO2 max estimate needs an Apple Watch, AirPods Pro 3 or a third-party heart rate sensor.
Languages at launch: English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese.
Apple lists no subscription for the app. Its footnote says some server-side Apple Intelligence features have daily limits and that expanded access will cost money later, without saying whether that touches Health.
Health Age makes the Apple Watch the paid part
The app is free, but its headline features need an Apple Watch: Health Age, readiness and the VO2 max estimate all depend on one. If you use the Health app with an iPhone alone, you get Insights, lab results and the movement tests. If you have been weighing a ring or a watch for sleep and recovery, this update tilts the choice toward the watch for iPhone users. Wait for the release and for independent accuracy checks before you buy hardware for Health Age.
For which watch fits a workday, see which Apple Watch to buy and best sleep tracker. Android users get a comparable screening feature on the other side: Samsung’s Galaxy Ring sleep apnea detection went live the same day. Background on why the app slipped: our iOS 27.2 report. I haven’t tested the beta.
Source: Apple Newsroom, November 3, 2026. Beta coverage: 9to5Mac and MacRumors.