Apple's AI Doctor: Shaping the Future of Wearable Health

Apple is reportedly planning to significantly improve its healthcare app and introduce an AI Doctor feature in the spring of 2026. This will allow AI to analyze biometric data collected from wearable devices such as the Apple Watch and provide personalized health advice to users. Following this trend, other wearable companies such as Whoop and Oura have also implemented AI agent functions, and it is expected that AI doctor functions will become standard in wearable devices in the future. Behind this is FHIR, a technology that facilitates linkage with electronic medical records, which has already become widespread in the U.S., but Japan is lagging behind. Google is making similar moves, but Apple is ahead of the pack and has established a leading position in the integration of wearable healthcare and AI.