Perplexity Unveils Health Tool with Apple Health & Fitbit Support

San Francisco: Perplexity has recently launched Perplexity Health, a new feature that connects directly to users’ health data from apps and devices like Apple Health, Fitbit, etc., as well as EHR from more than 1.7 million healthcare providers.

The company says the goal is to bring all the medical and fitness-related information of an individual in one place and offer AI‑powered insights based on their actual health data. The feature builds on Perplexity’s broader push into agent-based systems, including its Perplexity Computer platform designed to automate tasks across applications.

With these new connectors, Perplexity Health can pull in data such as heart rate, activity levels, sleep patterns, lab reports, and medical history. All this information is shown on a personalized dashboard that tracks trends over time. 

On the basis of which, users can ask questions regarding their health and get personalized answers instead of generic search results.  This approach is similar to Perplexity’s Comet browser, which uses AI to deliver contextual answers directly within the browsing experience.

Perplexity says the system uses trusted medical literature, including clinical guidelines and peer-reviewed research, to generate explanations and suggestions. The company has also formed a Health Advisory Board of doctors, researchers, and health‑tech experts to check the accuracy and safety of its health responses.  

Privacy has been prioritised too. Perplexity says all health data is encrypted, protected with strict access controls, and never used to train its AI models or sold to third parties. Users can delete their health information or disconnect data sources at any time.  

Perplexity Health is rolling out first to Pro and Max subscribers in the United States, with broader availability planned soon. The feature, as per Perplexity, is not a replacement for medical advice though.