iOS 17 will monitor the mental health of iPhone owners

Caring for physical and mental health. This is one of the priorities apple Elected for iOS 17. For this, the company will offer a series of solutions that allow to establish relationships between physical and emotional well-being.

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The campaign was launched under the motto of improving what gets measured, and for this reason, Apple invites users to think about health and its impact on everyone’s life.

In this sense, iOS 17 will introduce an application called Mindfulness for the user to record momentary feelings, in addition to daily moods. For this, it will only be necessary to turn on the Digital Crown, thus having dedicated ways of indicating emotions and daily events.

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Thus, in the Health app, it will be possible to view valuable insights to identify what may be contributing to your state of mind. The tool takes into account factors such as correlations or lifestyle factors such as sleep or exercise.

In this way, the application will be able to relate the realities of the day, such as stress or even receiving good news, with the heartbeat. Finally, there will also be standardized ratings for anxiety and depression, including lack of appetite, decreased energy, or insomnia.

Data collection and focus on health

The goal is that this collection of information collected by the operating system can help doctors or therapists search for diagnoses.

iPhone and Apple Watch will be excellent allies for those who love to play sports. This is because, from iOS 17 and watchOS 10 onwards, there will be resources for trails, with maps marked to prevent the user from getting lost, as well as the ability to mark areas of physical intensity, which is a useful resource for cyclists, for example.

Monitor children

Another feature in iOS 17 is the ability for parents to monitor the time their children are exposed to the sun. The simple procedure brings such benefits as, for example, an improvement in mood, sleep, as well as a reduction in stress levels.