Apple Health app adds Health Age score and $119 lab test

Apple’s redesigned Health app will sell a $119 blood panel with more than 50 biomarkers at about 2,000 Quest Diagnostics locations in the U.S., according to Apple’s Sept. 9 announcement. On Nov. 3 the new app landed in the iOS 27.3 developer beta, and Apple said it will roll out to users as a free software update later this year.

The centerpiece is Health Age. It reads your Apple Watch data and shows how your body is tracking against your age in years.

What Health Age measures

Health Age draws on VO2 max, resting heart rate, sleep and heart rate variability from Apple Watch, Apple says. You can add lab results such as A1c, the three month blood sugar average, and LDL cholesterol to sharpen the picture.

It sits in a new Longevity tab that tracks seven areas over time: heart health, sleep, mental wellbeing, movement, metabolic health, hearing and nutrition. The tab pulls from iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPods, clinical health records and third party apps and devices.

Health Age requires an Apple Watch. The whole redesign requires an iPhone or iPad that runs Apple Intelligence.

Labs, movement tests and a daily score

Users will schedule and pay for it in Health, then go to a Quest site for the draw. Results feed the Longevity tab. Users can already import older labs and see trends.

A movement check uses the iPhone camera and Apple Watch to measure flexibility, strength, balance, movement mechanics and VO2 max at home, with live audio and visual feedback. Apple says the check runs on the device and never records, stores or shares video. If the test shows weak balance, the app serves an expert video and an exercise plan.

A new Insights tab gives a running summary of heart, sleep, readiness, fitness, vitals and cycle tracking data. A For You section suggests changes, such as a new wind down routine after several nights of broken sleep.

Owners of Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 also get readiness, a 0 to 10 score each day with one of four calls: Recover, Pace Yourself, Ready or Go For It. Apple built the scoring from its Apple Heart and Movement Study.

Pulled once, now back

Apple previewed the app in September. It tested the redesign in the iOS 27.2 beta and pulled it before that update shipped, MacRumors reported Nov. 3. The 27.3 beta brings it back.

The Nov. 3 release also widens languages beyond U.S. English. The list now includes Spanish, Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Turkish and Vietnamese. Apple says some features may not reach every region, and some require users to be 18 or older.

What it means for you

Apple describes Health Age as a view of how your metrics track against your age, informed by the best available science. Treat it as a wellness reading. If your score runs older than your birthday, bring it to your next doctor visit.

Before you pay $119 out of pocket, ask your doctor whether the labs you already get each year cover the same markers, and whether your plan pays for them. Ask, too, who will read the Quest results with you.

If you own an older iPhone, Health Age and the rest of the redesign will not run on it. Check that your phone supports Apple Intelligence before you count on the update.

We covered Apple’s watch sleep apnea alerts and what Medicare requires on Oct. 31: Apple and Samsung watches flag sleep apnea. Medicare still requires a sleep test.