Perplexity Health Connects Medical Records and Wearables in New AI Push

Perplexity has launched a specialized AI health feature called Perplexity Health, now available to its Pro and Max subscribers in the United States. The tool is designed to solve the common problem of fragmented health data by aggregating information from a wide array of sources. At launch, it connects with Apple Health, electronic health records from more than 1.7 million care providers, and consumer platforms including Fitbit, Ultrahuman, and Withings, with Oura and Function integrations coming soon. This creates a unified dashboard where users can ask specific health questions—like "How has my resting heart rate trended with my sleep data?"—and receive answers that synthesize their lab results, wearable metrics, prescriptions, and visit history.

Responses are not generic wellness tips but personalized insights based on an individual's unique data, and Perplexity says they are grounded in clinical guidelines and peer-reviewed research, complete with citations. To address critical concerns around accuracy and responsibility, the company has established a Health Advisory Board of physicians and health tech leaders. On the privacy front, Perplexity states that all health data is encrypted, not used to train AI models, and not sold to third parties, with users retaining control to disconnect sources or delete information. This launch positions Perplexity in the competitive and sensitive arena of consumer health AI, where organizing data for doctor visits and spotting long-term patterns are key value propositions, but ultimate trust hinges on clinical judgment and rigorous privacy safeguards.