Apple Watch Series 12 · Reported Feature

Project Mulberry, Apple's AI health coach, slips

What we’re expecting

Bloomberg's Gurman reported Apple is building an LLM-powered wellness concierge for the Health app, codenamed Project Mulberry. Originally targeted for spring 2026 as an iOS 26.x update, it has reportedly been delayed. Whether a version ships alongside Series 12 in September is unconfirmed, and the feature would run on iPhone rather than the Watch.

Apple's AI health coaching project, codenamed Mulberry, got scaled back after a leadership change put someone named Cue in charge of Apple's health group. Whatever Mulberry was supposed to do, coach you on your health using AI, it's not coming with the main iOS 27 release. Expect it later in the iOS 27 update cycle, which means sometime after the initial fall 2026 launch.

iDevice Confidence

Highly expected

The evidence is strong and largely consistent across sources.

Sources reporting this (2)

Report: watchOS 27 to improve heart-rate tracking; AI health coach may not debut at launch9to5Mac · May 24, 2026
watchOS 27 Reportedly Bringing Better Heart-Rate Tracking, Apple Delays AI Health CoachThe Mac Observer · May 25, 2026