How to use the health tracking features of your iPhone

Apple’s main selling point for the Apple Watch is to monitor your health, including activity, sleep and some medical conditions.

But it’s not the only Apple product that will help you get in shape and stay healthy. The humble iPhone also has plenty of health tracking features.

You may already know that you can track your steps, for example. But the Health app built into your iPhone can do a lot more, like monitor how long you use mind through third-party apps, confirming how long you spent in bed, your walking distance and more.

Here are some examples of how the iPhone can help you stay healthy:

The Health app can automatically track the number of steps you take in a day. It can also track the number of stairs climbed and the total distance traveled.

Apple doesn’t have its own meditation app, unless you count some of the exercises in its Fitness + membership service, which has cooldown and yoga techniques. However, it can track the amount of time you spend meditating in third-party apps like Calm or Headspace. If you install these apps you get an incentive to save information to Apple Health and, once you do, you can track how long you meditate each day over a side time within the app.

You need an Apple Watch to monitor your sleep, but the iPhone can track how long you are in bed, and save that information.

It’s not a good analysis of your sleep but you can get an idea of ​​your sleep patterns and if you pick up your iPhone at night. You can turn this on by selecting “Options” under the “Full Table & Options” menu.

The iPhone also has a “wind down” feature that automatically puts your iPhone in Do Not Disturb mode and scratches the screen. Once in that mode, you can set shortlists on your lock screen to access reflection apps, a reading app like Kindle or Apple Books and more. I use it every night so my iPhone doesn’t bother me while I sleep.

For women, the iPhone can monitor menstrual cycles and predict your next period and pregnancy windows. You can also keep a record of your time flow rate, any symptoms you may have that you want to share with your doctor and more. It can also affect things that can affect your fertility window, such as pregnancy or contraception.

A feature called “Headphone Noise Levels” can monitor how loud your headphone’s audio is and let you know if you’ve listened to music too loud over the recommended limit. Listening to music at over 90 dB over four hours per week, for example, would provide that warning.

You can track the health records from your doctor visits if your doctor’s office supports your merger with Apple Health. This will allow you to view all kinds of information, including vaccines, blood test results, past medical procedures and more.

Review your health checklist

Apple also has a “health checklist” built into iOS 14, which came out in September 2020.

A Health Checklist will help you create a medical ID on your phone that you or someone else can show to first responders. It contains vital information such as whether or not you are an organ donor, your blood type, allergies and reactions, medication you are taking, your height and weight and more. You enter this data yourself, so you don’t leave anything out unless you want to.

The health checklist can help you set up the Emergency SOS, a feature on your iPhone that automatically shifts emergency services if you press the phone’s side button 5 times in a row quickly. If you press and hold the button, it will send a message to any contacts you enter in Emergency SOS. My close family members are based in my mine, for example.