{"id":12693,"date":"2026-05-25T00:46:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovatenews.site\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/report-watchos-27-to-improve-heart-rate-tracking-ai-health-coach-may-not-debut-at\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T00:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:46:22","slug":"report-watchos-27-to-improve-heart-rate-tracking-ai-health-coach-may-not-debut-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovatenews.site\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/report-watchos-27-to-improve-heart-rate-tracking-ai-health-coach-may-not-debut-at\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: watchOS 27 to improve heart-rate tracking; AI health coach may not debut at\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The topic Report: watchOS 27 to improve heart-rate tracking; AI health coach may not debut at\u2026<\/strong> is currently the subject of lively discussion \u2014 readers and analysts are keeping a close eye on developments.<\/p>\n

This is taking place in a dynamic environment: companies\u2019 decisions and competitors\u2019 reactions can quickly change the picture.<\/p>\n

For the better part of a year, we\u2019ve been hearing about Project Mulberry: Apple\u2019s AI-powered health coach. Back in February, it was reported that these efforts had been scaled back. according to the data Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman, the features should still be on track for iOS 27, though they may not release until later in the cycle.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Apple is apparently going to greatly improve Apple Watch heart-rate tracking with watchOS 27, which could tie in nicely with Apple\u2019s eventual health coach.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s watchOS 27 update will focus largely on stability, performance and smaller refinements, rather than introducing major new capabilities. Still, improvements to heart-rate tracking are coming.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As someone who uses both an Apple Watch and WHOOP, I do certainly find its heart-rate tracking to be more accurate, largely because it refreshes more consistently \u2013 providing more granular insights. It\u2019d be nice to see Apple improve in this regard, though I\u2019d argue Apple\u2019s biggest shortcoming isn\u2019t its data collection \u2013 it\u2019s the interface.<\/p>\n

We first heard about Project Mulberry around this time last year, an AI agent that\u2019d provide health insights based on your Apple Health data. Users would also be able to share their camera feed with the agent, and could be used to provide pointers while a user is working out.<\/p>\n

This feature was initially supposed to roll out with a redesigned Health app in iOS 26.4, but was since pushed back to iOS 27 while the team scaled back its efforts. Now, it\u2019s sounding like it may be delayed even further into the iOS 27 release cycle:<\/p>\n

One internal project, an ambitious AI health coaching service known as Mulberry,\u00a0was recently scaled back\u00a0after Cue took over Apple\u2019s health group. I don\u2019t expect features from that endeavor to launch until later in the iOS 27 update cycle.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still very possible that the redesigned Health app itself will still debut in iOS 27, but Apple\u2019s AI health coach (and subsequent Apple Health+ subscription) are seemingly delayed until sometime later in the release cycle. It could be iOS 27.1 in October, iOS 27.4 next spring, or sometime in between.<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s decision to hit pause earlier this year was largely because the company felt that its offering wasn\u2019t quite competitive with other Health subscriptions on the market, and it wanted to take more time to get the product right.<\/p>\n