Apple reportedly plans to add a nutrition and payment services into Health app

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Apple might be looking to expand the services of its Health app. In his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman writes that Apple is planning to offer an "Instacart-like" grocery service with nutrition data integrated into the Health app. Alongside that, Apple is reportedly planning to expand the workout types it offers on Apple Fitness+ when iOS 16 launches later this year. Gurman noted the service might be potentially complex and "fairly low-margin."

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Health Records on iPhone is now available in Canada

The Health app on the iPhone can now show you your full health records from supported healthcare institutions. Apple has expanded access to Health Records here in Canada and the UK. Partner medical institutions here are currently limited to Ontario, including Women's College Hospital in Toronto, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton in Hamilton, and Mackenzie Health in Richmond Hill. But Apple says more facilities will connect to Health Records in the coming months.

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TomTom Sports lets you sync your Google Fit and Apple Health data

TomTom wants to centralize your fitness data into its Sports app. The app now lets you sync with Google Fit and Apple Health so you can track your fitness data, trends, insights, and daily summaries, even without your TomTom Sports wearable on you. By syncing with the two platforms, it means your data won’t be duplicated. When you opt into syncing your Google Fit and Apple Health data, you’ll get the prompt once and then the app will import the information on a daily basis for you.

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Apple's Health app adds support for Microsoft Band 2

The Health app for the iPhone gets an update to support different features of Microsoft's Band 2. The update adds things like a new barometer and tracking functions for things like VO2 max monitoring or recording shots during golf. It now even comes with a scorecard to record golf games. The Band 2 will start shipping at the end of the month on October 30th in the U.S. and retails for US$249. Hopefully it makes its way here soon. 

Source: Apple Insider