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Apple is working on its most ambitious health intervention to date, according to Bloombergs Mark Gurman.

As a concept, its extremely simple, though making it work well is anything but.

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The aim is to find a major doctor personality to host the service, Gurman writes.

Theres also talk of the app using your iPhones camera to help study workout form.

Gurman says that development is well underway, and a release is due as early as iOS 19.4.

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All the same, its hard not be a little skeptical about the limitations of this approach.

Generic advice might be the order of the day, and AI agents could struggle to spot unusual conditions.

I would, therefore, expect to see all kinds of caveats provided to any AI guidance.

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I would expect to see all kinds of caveats provided to any AI guidance.

That said, on aggregate, it could still be a net positive.

For some, that could be the big wake-up call they need for serious lifestyle changes to take root.

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