The Health app on iPhone can store health data recorded by both iPhone and Apple Watch. If your iPhone is running iOS 15 or later, you can share your recorded health data with your family, friends and, of course, your doctor.
The main requirement is that the recipient must be in your contacts list and you must both have an iPhone running iOS 15 or later. If you do not have iOS 15, you will need to update your iPhone to install it. You will also need to select some health data to share before you can use this feature.
How to share health data
First, open the Health app and tap the Sharing tab. Select ‘Share with Someone’ and find the contact you would like to share your health data with. As mentioned, you can only share your health data with people in your contacts, so make sure your doctor, for example, is in your contacts list before trying to share this data with them.
You will then be asked whether you would like to ‘See Suggested Topics’ to speed up the process or choose exactly which data to send using the ‘Set Up Manually’ option. Next, you will be asked about sharing health alerts, such as heart rate notifications.
If you selected ‘Set Up Manually’ in the first step, you will see a full list of the health data you can share, or a shorter list if you chose Apple's suggestions. By tapping ‘See All’ next to a category, you can choose which options to share.
Tap ‘Next’ to confirm your choices. Review the list of items you have chosen to share and make any final changes by tapping the ‘Edit’ button. Use ‘Preview’ to see how your health data will appear, then share it by tapping the ‘Share’ button.
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