iPhone will let users take at-home movement assessments using its camera and Apple Watch

Apple is bringing a new Movement Evaluations feature to the Health app that will allow users to assess flexibility, strength, balance and other physical capabilities at home using their iPhone and Apple Watch.

The feature forms part of Apple’s redesigned Health experience arriving later this year and uses vision-based AI models to analyze a user’s movement through the iPhone camera.

Apple says the assessments can measure flexibility, strength, balance, movement mechanics and VO2 max, bringing measurements that can traditionally require an exercise physiologist or physical therapist into the home.

During an assessment, users will receive real-time visual and audio feedback. Apple says the experience was developed with input from clinicians.

Privacy has also been built into the system. According to Apple, Movement Evaluations run entirely on the user’s device, and video captured by the iPhone camera during an assessment is never recorded, stored or shared.

The results will feed into the redesigned Health app’s new Longevity experience, which brings together longer-term information covering areas such as movement, heart health, sleep, metabolic health, hearing, nutrition and mental wellbeing.

Apple also plans to use the Health app to provide relevant educational material based on results. If an assessment identifies balance as an area a user could work on, for example, the app may present information from Apple Health clinical experts alongside an exercise plan tailored to the user’s needs and ability.

The redesigned Health app will begin rolling out later this year, initially in U.S. English. Apple says some features will have additional device, age, language or regional requirements.