iOS 27 expands Apple’s health and fitness experience with new features across the Health, Fitness, Camera, and other built-in apps. Highlights include perimenopause and menopause tracking, a redesigned Health app, GymKit support on iPhone, and Visual Intelligence food analysis, giving users more ways to monitor their wellness while keeping the overall experience familiar.
Perimenopause and menopause tracking expands Cycle Tracking
Apple is expanding Cycle Tracking, a feature introduced in iOS 13, with dedicated support for perimenopause and menopause. The Health app will detect when logged cycle patterns suggest perimenopause and notify users accordingly, a step forward for people navigating hormonal transitions without explicit clinical confirmation.
Users can now log symptoms directly within the Health app and access educational resources tailored to these life stages. Apple is also introducing new Fitness+ workouts designed for perimenopause and menopause, pairing tracking with exercise content built for the physiological needs of these transitions. The tracking, symptom logging, and curated workouts together make the Health app a more comprehensive tool for this population.
Interface redesign and landscape support
The Health app’s Browse section now uses a card-style interface instead of the previous list layout. The new design is more colorful and makes it easier to distinguish between different health categories at a glance. iOS 27 also enables landscape mode across the Health app, Fitness, Apple Watch, Find My, Reminders, Home, and Weather, giving users more screen real estate when viewing detailed data on iPhone.
GymKit comes to iPhone
GymKit is expanding to iPhone, eliminating the requirement for an Apple Watch to sync data from gym equipment. iPhone users can now pair their device with treadmills, indoor bikes, and other exercise machines to sync calories, distance, speed, incline, and pace directly to the Fitness app. This removes a barrier that previously required Apple Watch ownership.
Fitness app route maps are also more accurate in iOS 27, and treadmill workouts now reflect distance more precisely, addressing a previous gap in how equipment-based cardio was measured.
Visual Intelligence Adds Food Analysis
The Camera app’s Visual Intelligence feature gains a nutrition component that analyzes photos of food to assess its nutritional profile. Unlike calorie-counting apps, this feature does not provide exact calorie counts, instead flagging whether food is heavily processed, contains protein, is high in sugar, or exhibits other notable nutritional characteristics. The approach does not collect or sync nutritional data, prioritizing privacy.
Availability
iOS 27 is currently available as a developer beta, with a public beta expected in July. The final release is expected this fall as a free software update for compatible iPhone models.
Some health features, including Apple Intelligence-powered experiences, require a supported device and may not be available in all regions or languages at launch. Apple is also expected to roll out additional Health app enhancements later this year through future iOS 27 updates.
