{"id":874116,"date":"2025-09-19T02:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/samsungs-health-app-might-be-getting-an-ai-health-coach\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T02:13:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:13:40","slug":"samsungs-health-app-might-be-getting-an-ai-health-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/samsungs-health-app-might-be-getting-an-ai-health-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung&#8217;s Health app might be getting an AI health coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-4d733790-6047-4cf2-b1ec-fe7d309a01b7\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"  alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\"  alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\"  alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/62fbec83f3834b218e3274307f93385076c906d7\/2024\/07\/08\/0a0f2174-f757-47f4-81b0-57acf6ff7e81\/dsc01153.jpg?auto=webp&#038;width=1280\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption> <span>Kerry Wan\/ZDNET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Follow ZDNET: <\/em><span><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.zdnet.com\/v1\/otc\/00hQi47eqnEWQ6T9d4QLBUc?element=BODY&#038;element_label=Add+us+as+a+preferred+Google+source&#038;module=LINK&#038;object_type=text-link&#038;object_uuid=5e5d2e64-4b30-43e6-8555-26eac7e449f3&#038;position=1&#038;template=article&#038;track_code=__COM_CLICK_ID__&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fpreferences%2Fsource%3Fq%3Dzdnet.com&#038;view_instance_uuid=379e95d2-6b56-476b-a90b-043a8dd63bd3#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https:\/\/cc.zdnet.com\/v1\/otc\/00hQi47eqnEWQ6T9d4QLBUc?element=BODY&#038;element_label=Add+us+as+a+preferred+Google+source&#038;module=LINK&#038;object_type=text-link&#038;object_uuid=5e5d2e64-4b30-43e6-8555-26eac7e449f3&#038;position=1&#038;template=article&#038;track_code=__COM_CLICK_ID__&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fpreferences%2Fsource%3Fq%3Dzdnet.com&#038;view_instance_uuid=379e95d2-6b56-476b-a90b-043a8dd63bd3%22,%22target%22:%22_blank%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Add%20us%20as%20a%20preferred%20source%22%7D\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Add us as a preferred source<\/span><\/a><\/span><em> on Google.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>ZDNET&#8217;s key takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Samsung&#8217;s Health app appears to be getting an AI assistant.<\/li>\n<li>The assistant can answer health- and wellness-related questions.<\/li>\n<li>The AI health coach   can&#8217;t diagnose or treat medical conditions.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>Samsung has made major investments in its health technology, and that mission looks to be continuing with a new Health app. Samsung is rolling out an AI health coach called &#8220;Samsung Health Assistant,&#8221; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-health-assistant-first-look-3597999\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Android Authority<\/span><\/a><\/span> found while digging around Samsung&#8217;s beta on the Health app.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/every-ai-model-is-flunking-medicine-and-lmarena-proposes-a-fix\/\">Every AI model is flunking medicine &#8211; and LMArena proposes a fix<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The AI-powered assistant, presumably powered by Google&#8217;s Gemini (which powers its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/i-wore-the-best-smartwatches-from-samsung-apple-and-google-heres-how-galaxy-watch-8-wins\/\">Galaxy Watches<\/a>), will reportedly answer questions on health and wellness. It offers tips and encourages users to log health data. The chatbot can&#8217;t diagnose or treat medical conditions, but it can answer user questions about health, sleep, and activity-related topics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this summer, Samsung unveiled its AI-powered Running Coach feature alongside the release of its new lineup of Galaxy Watches. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/i-tested-an-ai-running-coach-on-my-samsung-smartwatch-and-it-humbled-me-for-the-better\/\">Running Coach<\/a> takes activity data, measures running ability through a short running test, and then creates a personalized plan users can follow to achieve their desired pace or prepare for their next race. Health Assistant could suggest more content similar to Running Coach, but with other activities &#8212; possibly swimming or cycling &#8212; in mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Android Authority&#8217;s screen recording of the Health Assistant beta, the AI offers a selection of activities users could participate in to increase their daily activity goals after it notices that the user&#8217;s activity level is low.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Samsung Health Assistant is expected to launch later this year, according to Android Authority.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/i-tested-an-ai-running-coach-on-my-samsung-smartwatch-and-it-humbled-me-for-the-better\/\"><strong>I tested an AI-powered Running Coach on my Galaxy Watch<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AI-powered health assistants are a hot commodity in the wearables space. Whoop, Oura, and now Samsung all have AI-powered chatbots of their own. Google is redesigning its Fitbit experience to include one as well. There&#8217;s speculation that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/apple-is-working-on-an-ai-health-coaching-service-according-to-reports\/\">Apple is developing one, which could see a 2026 rollout<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Upon rollout, users will be able to access the Health Assistant by clicking on the chat icon in the top right corner of the Health app.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"pinbox-4d733790-6047-4cf2-b1ec-fe7d309a01b7\">\n<h4>Health<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/editorial-guidelines\/\" rel=\"follow\"><svg><use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/#file\" aria-hidden=\"false\" \/><\/svg><span>Editorial standards<\/span><\/a>   <\/div>\n<p> Maribel Coby <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/samsungs-health-app-might-be-getting-an-ai-health-coach-what-we-know\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerry Wan\/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET&#8217;s key takeaways Samsung&#8217;s Health app appears to be getting an AI assistant. The assistant can answer health- and wellness-related questions. The AI health coach can&#8217;t diagnose or treat medical conditions.\u00a0 Samsung has made major investments in its health technology, and that mission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":874117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267,25265],"tags":[7419,8249],"class_list":{"0":"post-874116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"category-samsungs","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-samsungs"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}