Perplexity has officially unveiled Perplexity Health, a new expansion of its Computer AI agent tool designed to connect directly with personal medical data. This new offering links up with the Apple Health app on the iPhone and iPad, allowing users to consolidate their medical records, wearable metrics, and lab results in one place. The service promises to provide accurate, personalized answers to complex medical questions.
How the system connects your data
Perplexity Health acts as a comprehensive suite of connectors that ties together information from various disparate sources. Users can securely link their data from over 1.7 million care providers and popular wearable platforms like Fitbit, Ultrahuman, Withings, and Clue. The company noted that additional integrations with Oura and Function are expected soon.
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Once everything is connected, the platform automatically generates a personalized dashboard. This interface helps people track specific biomarkers and daily activity metrics over long periods.
When a person asks the AI a specific question about their resting heart rate, the system evaluates multiple data points simultaneously. It looks at recent physical activity levels, past cardiac history, and the very latest bloodwork results to deliver a highly contextual answer.
Privacy controls and rollout details
Handling sensitive medical information requires strict security protocols. Perplexity states that all user health data remains protected through encryption, both in transit and at rest. The company implemented strict access controls and built specific tools so users can manage or completely delete their information at any given time.
People have the freedom to disconnect sources like electronic health records or smartwatches whenever they choose. The firm also explicitly confirmed that it never uses this personal health information to train its models and does not sell user data to third parties.
This release follows a similar move by OpenAI, which announced ChatGPT Health integration with Apple earlier this year. That competing product has received mixed reviews from early testers. Perplexity is choosing to roll out its new health tools gradually to ensure stability.
The feature is currently launching exclusively for Pro and Max subscribers located in the United States, with a broader release likely planned for the future.
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