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Apple's iOS 27.2 Developer Beta Adds Redesigned Health App and App-to-App Data Migration

Apple's iOS 27.2 developer beta introduces a redesigned Health app with a Health Age score and new Insights and Longevity tabs, plus a system-managed tool that moves an app's data and settings to its designated replacement app.

AI News Feed · 2026-09-17 07:10

The Health app redesign, reported by Engadget, arrives after Apple said in 2026 that it would roll out the new version later in the year. The app still stores data from Apple Watch and third-party wearables, but it now presents an Insights tab that summarizes daily metrics and trends across categories including sleep, fitness and readiness, the last of which Engadget reports is limited to Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4. A second tab, Longevity, collects newer features, among them Health Age, a score that uses Apple Watch data to estimate how the body is functioning relative to its age, and movement assessments that measure flexibility, strength and balance. Apple says written and video commentary from health experts will appear dynamically in the app in response to a user's data.

Engadget reports that other announced features are not in the current beta and are expected in later releases, including personalization of the summaries in the Insights tab, personalized recommendations, and the ability to order lab tests from Quest. Apple has not given a public release date beyond "later this year." The additions move the Health app closer to the packaged scores and recommendations offered by Oura, Whoop and Google, which collect comparable data and process it through their own software.

The migration feature was described by 9to5Mac, which examined code in the first iOS 27.2 beta. Under the implementation, when a developer retires an app and launches a replacement, iOS presents an alert stating that the developer recommends moving the existing app's data and settings to the new app, and that the phone can do so before the new app is used, after which the old app will be deleted. Users can select "Move App Data and Settings" or "Don't Move Anything." If migration is declined, iOS shows a second confirmation warning that preferences such as notification and location settings may need to be configured again.

According to 9to5Mac, the flow appears limited to cases in which a developer replaces one of its own apps with a designated successor rather than moving data between apps from different developers. The system-level settings and permissions it can carry over include privacy, location and Health authorization decisions; notification settings, including accessory notification settings; per-app Do Not Disturb and Focus settings; app locking and protection settings; CarPlay icon order and compatible widget layouts; Live Activities and accessory Live Activities; access to associated accessories; and LaunchServices preferences, fonts, capture-related defaults, telephony data and Secure Element services. 9to5Mac said it will track changes to the framework during the beta cycle.