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The Health and Fitness apps are being rebuilt around wellness metrics

Apple is reported to be revamping its Health and Fitness apps to show more wellness metrics, in the manner of Whoop and Oura. Those apps sell a daily readiness read rather than a workout log, and matching them is a change to what the watch tells you about yourself, not to what it can measure.

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Sep 9, 2026RightIt turned out as reported.
Aug 31, 2026GizmodoReadiness scores are the gap, the kind Garmin and Whoop already build from all-day heart data
Aug 30, 2026Digital TrendsPixel Watch 3 already samples heart rate once a second, where the Apple Watch checks less often outside workouts
Aug 30, 2026MacRumorsGurman put the Health and Fitness apps in line for a rebuild around wellness metrics, the sort Whoop and Oura sell.
Aug 30, 2026Mark Gurman, Bloomberg via Digital TrendsThe hardware redesign slips further out while the Health and Fitness rebuild stays on the near list
Aug 30, 20269to5MacTwo changes rather than one, an all-day heart-rate sensor and a separate Fitness app redesign
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