We heard about it for the better part of a year Project Mulberry: Apple’s AI-powered health coach. Back in February, it was reported that these efforts were being scaled back. according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurmanfeatures should still be on the way for iOS 27, though they may not be released until the end of the cycle.
Apple, on the other hand, will probably improve a lot Apple Watch With watchOS 27, heart rate tracking can pair well with Apple’s latest health coach.
Improved heart rate tracking
This weekend Power On newsletter clarifies the details for exactly how Apple Watch Heart rate tracking will be improved, but here’s what Gurman had to say:
This year’s watchOS 27 update will focus mainly on stability, performance and smaller improvements rather than introducing major new features. Still, heart rate tracking improvements are coming.
As someone who uses both Apple Watch and WHOOPI definitely find its heart rate tracking to be more accurate because it updates more consistently – giving more detailed information. It would be nice to see Apple improve on this, although Apple’s biggest flaw isn’t its data collection — it’s the interface.
Project Mulberry delays
First time we heard Project Mulberry This time last year, an AI agent that provided health information based on your Apple Health data. Users can also share their camera feed with the agent and it can be used to provide pointers while the user is working.
The feature was originally supposed to launch with the redesigned Health app in iOS 26.4, but has since been pushed back to iOS 27 by the team. reduced his efforts. Now it sounds like this may be delayed Until the release period of iOS 27:
One internal project, an ambitious AI health coaching service known as Mulberry, was recently scaled back after Cue took over Apple’s health group. I don’t expect features from this endeavor to be rolled out until the iOS 27 update cycle.
It is still very possible revised Healthcare program itself will still debut in iOS 27, but Apple’s AI health coach (and subsequent Apple Health+ subscription) is delayed until later in the release cycle. It could be iOS 27.1 in October, iOS 27.4 next spring, or somewhere in between.
Apple’s decision to take a break earlier this year was due to the company’s sense of the offer it wasn’t competitive enough with other Health subscriptions on the market and he wanted to take more time to get the product right.
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