Release notes
What's new in HealthAware
We ship small improvements every week. Here are the ones you'll notice.
· Version 1.135.0Logging
Home names the plate while a photo is read
- After you snap a meal, Home names what is on the plate within a few seconds while the numbers are worked out.
· Version 1.134.0Logging
The meal page asks once
- The meal page asks once: Looks right, What went in? and Fix with a sentence now open from one "Check this read" row.
- "Salt: less" no longer shrinks the vegetables in a dish, and a pinch of salt no longer marks a meal "Check".
· Version 1.133.1Logging
Speaking a meal works on the first tap
- Speaking a meal now works on the first tap, instead of saying it didn't hear anything.
· Version 1.133.0Plan
Your meal plan now aims at your daily calories
- Your meal plan now aims at your daily calories: every meal carries its number, and short days are re-planned, not left light.
- If a limit such as carbs means a day cannot reach your calories, the plan says so and plans to the most your limits allow.
- Plan tomorrow for me on Next, or ask Maya to plan a day or the week; she tells you how each day adds up against your target.
· Version 1.132.0Coach
Talk to Maya
- Talk to Maya: tap the microphone in the chat, ask out loud, and she answers in her voice, then listens again.
- Everything the chat does works by voice, including logging a meal: say yes or no when she asks you to confirm.
- Tap while she is talking to jump in. After five minutes of talking in a day she switches to your phone's voice.
· Version 1.131.0Plan
If you cook without oil, a home dish is no longer called off-plan…
- If you cook without oil, a home dish is no longer called off-plan for oil it did not have, and you are not asked about it.
- Your grocery list helps the read: a plain "bread" or "oats" is looked up as the product on your On hand list.
- The meal page says when a food came from your list, under How it was read.
· Version 1.130.0Profile
Your heart plan now follows the American Heart Association pattern
- Your heart plan now follows the American Heart Association pattern: fish, nuts, olive oil and low-fat dairy are in.
- Off the plan in any amount: processed meat, butter, ghee, coconut or palm oil as the cooking fat, and sugary drinks.
- Red meat, full-fat dairy, sweets, fried food, juice and alcohol are kept rare and small: they read as caution, not off plan.
· Version 1.129.0Plan
Every limit now shows where it comes from
- Every limit now shows where it comes from: open a limit under Profile, Condition and tap Why this limit to see the guideline and studies.
- Your nutrition plan lists the sources behind each food rule, with links to the published papers and guideline pages.
· Version 1.128.0Plan
Profile, Preferences
- Profile, Preferences: Where you shop picks the seasonal produce calendar your digest reads (US or Northeast US).
- Behind the scenes: a verified dish catalogue is being built for your plan. More on that soon.
· Version 1.127.0Coach
Look up a food has a Studies switch
- Look up a food has a Studies switch: search PubMed for human diet studies and read the abstract. Nothing is logged.
- Ask Maya what studies say about a food: she reads the papers and links them, and your plan stays the plan.
· Version 1.126.0Home
Home offers to turn notifications on once a meal is logged
- Home offers to turn notifications on once a meal is logged, so meal notes and heads-ups can reach your phone.
- Profile → Notifications: the push switch shows whether this phone can actually receive them.
· Version 1.124.0Insights
Progress for weight management
- Weight management: Progress now shows your eating: days within your calories, late nights, sweets and big portions.
- Each count sits next to the period before, so you can see what is changing.
· Version 1.123.0Insights
Progress now follows your condition
- Progress now follows your condition: heart shows your lipids, diabetes your blood sugar, both shows both.
- Diabetes: a new card charts your HbA1c and glucose tests over time.
- Improve my health: Your plate shows how many logged days had vegetables, greens, fruit and whole grains.
· Version 1.122.0Plan
Look up any food without logging it
- Look up any food without logging it: Plan, Next, Look up a food. See what's in it and how it fits your plan.
- On a meal, How it affects your body shows how its foods reach your blood lipids and blood sugar.
- Maya can now see the same food breakdown you see on the meal page.
· Version 1.121.0Coach
Check-ins now have +1 glass and Ask Maya buttons
- Check-ins now have +1 glass and Ask Maya buttons. Maya opens knowing which note you tapped.
- If late-night snacks are a pattern, a heads-up comes at 6 PM, before dinner, naming those snacks.
· Version 1.119.0Logging
New on the meal page
- New on the meal page: What went in? Tell us about oil or ghee, salt, sugar and milk in a tap, and the numbers update.
- No more retyping "no oil" or "less salt": your last answers are picked for you next time.
· Version 1.119.0Insights
See which meals a food was in
- Progress, Food: tap a food under Foods and your blood markers to see every meal it was in, and open any of them.
- See all the foods that raised or helped a marker, not just the top three.
· Version 1.118.0Logging
Water and meal reminders stay on when you log later in the day
- Water and meal reminders stay on when you log later in the day; they no longer pause because you logged in one go.
- A paused reminder now has Resume in Profile, Notifications & reminders.
· Version 1.117.0Insights
Pattern nudges now name foods to add
- Pattern nudges now name foods to add: when greens, beans or vegetables show up too rarely, you get one, starting with what you eat.
- New Sunday email, Your week on a plate: what your plate held and what to add next. Switch it in Profile, Notifications.
· Version 1.116.0Plan
Your meal plan now plans the evening
- Your meal plan now plans the evening: on nights you tend to snack late, it suggests one of your own snacks.
- Extra protein in the plan comes from foods you already eat first.
· Version 1.115.0Logging
Cook at home without oil? Say so once in Profile, Preferences, and…
- Cook at home without oil? Say so once in Profile, Preferences, and home meals are read with no oil or ghee.
- Restaurant and takeaway food still counts its oil. Writing "no oil" or "less salt" on a meal is now always honoured.
· Version 1.112.0Home
Home shows only the rings you have data for
- Home shows only the rings you have data for: no empty Sleep, Activity or Recovery rings until you connect a health app or add one.
- Recovery left the Body card; it's the ring at the top of Home.
· Version 1.111.0Devices
Android
- Android: connect Health Connect in Profile, Devices, and your sleep, steps and workouts join your day.
· Version 1.110.0Devices
Android
- Android: long-press the Aware icon for Log a Meal, Scan Barcode, Quick Check and I'm craving.
· Version 1.109.0Devices
Android
- Android: reminders, check-ins and notes from Maya arrive as notifications, like on iPhone.
· Version 1.108.0Devices
Groundwork for an Android version of Aware
- Groundwork for an Android version of Aware, coming to testers on Google Play. Nothing changes on iPhone.
· Version 1.107.0Coach
In the evening Maya and your meal notes talk about tonight, not…
- In the evening Maya and your meal notes talk about tonight, not how far over the day already is.
- Hungry at night? The app offers a snack you already eat that fits your plan.
- The morning report now cheers a night when the kitchen stayed closed after dinner.
· Version 1.106.0Plan
Your evening dinner no longer counts as a late-night snack, so the…
- Your evening dinner no longer counts as a late-night snack, so the evening note is about the snack itself.
- One evening heads-up a night, naming the foods you actually reach for.
- Your craving plan suggests foods your log keeps showing late at night, and a list like "chocolate, laddu" becomes two foods.
· Version 1.105.0Home
The craving heads-up now comes before the hour your evening snacks…
- The craving heads-up now comes before the hour your evening snacks usually start, not mid-afternoon.
- If you are usually up after 9 pm, a heads-up can still reach you then.
- Late-evening heads-ups: pick a time from a short list in Notifications.
· Version 1.104.1Insights
The Recovery sheet now explains what Green, Yellow and Red mean…
- The Recovery sheet now explains what Green, Yellow and Red mean, instead of showing the formula.
· Version 1.104.0Profile
Add a home cholesterol test in Profile, Labs
- Add a home cholesterol test in Profile, Labs: the numbers from your meter and when you tested.
- Progress, Food now shows your tests over time and, between two tests, how your food predicted they would move.
- A cholesterol test reminder can nudge you 15 days after your last reading.
· Version 1.103.1Home
Tapping Looks right or editing a meal no longer turns a Caution or…
- Tapping Looks right or editing a meal no longer turns a Caution or Better to avoid meal into Good choice.
· Version 1.103.0Logging
A meal marked Caution or Better to avoid now says why, like high…
- A meal marked Caution or Better to avoid now says why, like high sodium for one meal.
- A meal the app marks down is no longer headlined Good choice.
- Home-made roti is now read from its flour, not a salted store-bought one, and less salt counts.
· Version 1.102.0Plan
Your week plan keeps breakfast foods at breakfast and never…
- Your week plan keeps breakfast foods at breakfast and never repeats a food twice in one day.
- Plans use more of your own meals across the week instead of the same two days.
- Short days get protein like tofu or edamame, kept within your carb and fat limits.
· Version 1.101.0Plan
Plan's next meal now follows your week plan, so the two always agree
- Plan's next meal now follows your week plan, so the two always agree.
- Your plan no longer puts a piece of fruit or a drink in for lunch or dinner.
- Meals and the day's plan show calories, and short days get bigger servings or a snack.
· Version 1.100.0Logging
When we're not sure we read a meal right, its row shows a small Check
- When we're not sure we read a meal right, its row shows a small Check. Tap it to see the foods we found.
- Tap Looks right or fix a food in a sentence. Each answer teaches the app to read your meals better.
· Version 1.99.0Coach
Cleaner, roomier screens
- Cleaner, roomier screens: one spacing and text size system across Home, Plan, Progress, Profile and Maya.
- Home uses the full width: your rings sit on the page, and meals are tidy tiles, not boxes inside boxes.
- Every pop-up sheet now opens the same way, with a grab handle and a Done button in the same place.
· Version 1.98.0Logging
Proud of a meal? Tap the people button on the meal page to share…
- Proud of a meal? Tap the people button on the meal page to share it with friends, with a caption if you like.
- Friends see the photo, its name and your caption, never the numbers. Stop sharing any time.
· Version 1.97.0Devices
New
- New: 7-day challenges with friends. Pick a goal like logging every day, invite friends, and watch everyone's dots fill in.
- Friends only see whether you hit the goal each day, never the amounts. Leave any time.
· Version 1.96.0Logging
When you and a friend both share your journey, their card shows…
- When you and a friend both share your journey, their card shows how many days in a row you've both logged.
- New Sunday recap: one note each Sunday evening with your friends' week and the cheers you traded. Turn it off on Friends.
· Version 1.95.0Logging
New on the Friends page
- New on the Friends page: Friends' news, your friends' latest wins in one list. Cheer any of them with a tap.
- When a friend starts logging again after a few days off, you'll see it so you can cheer them on.
· Version 1.94.0Profile
Friends now see your first name instead of "A friend". It comes…
- Friends now see your first name instead of "A friend". It comes from how you signed up.
- Set or change your name in Profile → Preferences → Your name. Friends only ever see your first name.
- New sign-ups can add their first name on the About you page.
· Version 1.93.0Profile
Invited friends get Aware from TestFlight
- When you invite a friend, they now get an email from TestFlight with the link to install Aware on their iPhone.
- The invite page explains the two steps: install from TestFlight, then sign in with the temporary password.
· Version 1.92.0Insights
Progress is simpler
- Progress is simpler: each pillar is one row, and the rest opens with a tap.
- New on Progress → Food: which foods you ate raised or helped your cholesterol or blood sugar.
- Sleep, Activity and Recovery details now show your day first.
· Version 1.91.0Plan
The Plan tab is simpler
- The Plan tab is simpler: Next, Week and Groceries. Past weeks are under Earlier weeks on Week.
- Next shows your best pick first. Other ideas are one tap away, and you can log them straight from the list.
- Tap any food in On hand to rename or remove it. Your grocery list now comes first.
· Version 1.90.1Home
Going back to Home from another tab no longer flashes the page in…
- Going back to Home from another tab no longer flashes the page in the wrong spot on iPhone.
· Version 1.90.0Logging
Logging is one screen now
- Logging is one screen now: snap, type, speak or scan a barcode from the same sheet, with your usual meals one tap away.
- Turn on Check first to see what a meal does before saving it. The app remembers your choice.
- A photo you check first and then log now keeps the meal, time and day you picked.
· Version 1.89.0Logging
The meal page now answers one question
- The meal page now answers one question: the verdict, what to change next time, then your plate.
- Blood lipids, blood sugar, guideline comparisons and how the read was made each sit one tap away.
- Tap a food to edit, flag or remove it; one Looks right under the list instead of four prompts.
· Version 1.88.0Profile
Add a friend by name or email
- Add a friend by name or email: one search box in Profile → Friends.
- Turn on Let people find me by name to show up in search. Friends of your friends can always find you.
- A friend request now opens straight to Accept when you tap the notification.
· Version 1.87.0Coach
Deep answers now show how Maya thought it through
- Deep answers now show how Maya thought it through. Tap the line above her reply to read it.
- A Deep question runs on a stronger model. The answer stays short.
- Maya says 'Thinking it through' whenever she goes deep, on Auto too.
· Version 1.86.0Home
Crave buddies
- Crave buddies: pick up to three friends who say yes to a word from you when a craving calls, even at night.
- Inside the ten-minute hold, Ask a buddy sends them one tap; their reply lands right there, on your phone or watch.
- If it passed, they hear it. If you ate, nothing is sent.
· Version 1.85.0Profile
Friends and cheers
- Friends: add someone by their invite link and cheer each other on from Profile → Friends.
- Share my journey is off until you switch it on; friends then see your streak, badges and rings, never a meal or a number.
- One line on Home shows who logged today and the newest cheer.
· Version 1.84.0Home
Home is five cards
- Home is five cards: your rings, your food with Snap a meal, one note that matters now, three nutrients, and your body in one card.
- Tap the Food ring for the score, the added risk and the meals behind both; your streak now lives in the calendar.
- Nothing is gone: patterns, small steps, the brief and your craving plan sit behind More, and every nutrient behind All nutrients.
· Version 1.83.0Coach
Maya can think longer on hard questions
- Maya can think longer on hard questions. Tap the new Thinking pill in her header: Auto, Quick or Deep.
- On Auto she decides from the question: a quick reply to 'log an apple', a longer think for 'why was my week worse?'
· Version 1.82.0Profile
Daily limits follow the verified guidelines
- Daily limits now follow the verified AHA, ADA and 2025 Dietary Guidelines: saturated fat as a share of your calories.
- Sodium is 2,300 mg everywhere, with the heart ideal of 1,500 shown beside it; men on the heart profile get 36 g of added sugar.
- Protein rises from 51 and 65, fiber has the DRI floor for your sex and age, and weight loss is 500 kcal under maintenance.
· Version 1.81.1Insights
Progress
- Progress: Week, Month and Year each show their own period now — the last 7 days, 30 days and 12 months, against the span before.
- Opening a pillar on the Year view lays its days out month by month.
· Version 1.81.0Home
A heads-up before your hard hour
- A heads-up before your hard hour: a short note with your plan in it, on the evenings that look like the ones that got you.
- Pantry scans and the grocery list now point out the foods your plan names, so nothing sneaks back into the house.
- Insights shows what your hard moments have in common, in your own numbers.
· Version 1.80.0Devices
The Craving page on Apple Watch
- Apple Watch: a new Craving page. Tap I'm craving for a ten-minute hold with your plan on your wrist, then say how it went.
- A Craving complication opens the page from your watch face.
· Version 1.79.0Home
Hard moments: a plan and a ten-minute hold
- Hard moments: write your plan for the foods that call you, then tap I'm craving (Home or the lock-screen shortcut) for a ten-minute hold.
- A slip is answered with one recovery step, not a lecture. The grade stays honest; the words change.
- Send your plan to someone at home with one tap.
· Version 1.78.2Profile
The privacy policy spells out what is kept, and for how long
- The privacy policy now spells out how long each kind of data is kept, what we never store, and how to make a privacy request.
· Version 1.78.1Profile
Deleting your account asks why first
- Deleting your account now asks you to pick a reason first, so we can learn what to fix.
· Version 1.78.0Profile
An emoji avatar, more eating patterns, weight-management calories
- Tap your face in Profile to make an AI emoji avatar from a selfie or a few words.
- New dietary patterns: Omnivore, Pescatarian, Gluten-free, Paleo and Kosher.
- Weight management now sets your calories 15% below maintenance, with no separate goal to pick.
· Version 1.77.0Coach
Maya greets you when you open the app
- Maya now greets you when you open the app: she waves her wand and sparkles fly before Home appears. Tap to skip.
· Version 1.76.0Profile
See your version, and what's new
- See which version you have at the bottom of Profile, and tap it for what each update brought.
- The update prompt now lists what's new before you update.
· Version 1.75.2Insights
Insights is now called Progress
- The Insights tab is now called Progress.
· Version 1.75.1Insights
Recovery is scored against your own usual nights
- Recovery is now scored against your own usual nights, so a normal night reads as a normal day.
· Version 1.75.0Coach
Faster, more reliable Maya and coach
- Behind-the-scenes model changes to keep Maya and the coach fast and reliable.
· Version 1.74.0Devices
The app tells you when a newer version is ready
- The app now tells you when a newer version is ready in TestFlight.
· Version 1.73.0Insights
Tap a pattern to see every night it happened
- Tap a pattern to see each night it happened and what came before it.
- Maya's notes list the habits she is watching, and Progress shows how they changed.
· Version 1.72.0Coach
Maya and the coach know your recurring habits
- Maya and the coach now know your recurring habits and can give an evening heads-up.
- Profile has a Privacy & Legal section with the Terms of Service and health data policy.
· Version 1.71.0Plan
Meal plans take yesterday into account
- Meal plans now take yesterday and your habits into account.
· Version 1.70.0Home
A bell for every notification
- A new bell in the header keeps every notification, readable in full.
- Tapping a notification opens its message.
· Version 1.56.0Insights
Insights puts your four pillars first
- Insights now opens with your four rings — food, sleep, activity and recovery — over a week, a month or a year.
- Each pillar says how it changed in words, and the biggest mover gets its own sentence.
- Tap a pillar to open its chapter, counted from your own days.
· Version 1.54.0Insights
Twelve-week trend notes
- HealthAware now looks back twelve weeks for slow changes in your food score, sleep, activity and recovery.
- When something has been sliding — or steadily improving — you get one short note about it, at most twice a week.
- Wins count too. A steady improvement gets its own note.
· Version 1.53.0Profile
Daily limits you can tighten
- In Profile → Condition you can make a daily limit stricter, for example if your doctor asked for less sodium.
- Limits can only move in the healthier direction.
- Total sugar is now available as a tile on Home.
· Version 1.52.1Coach
The coach becomes Maya
- The coach now has a name, a face and a greeting.
- Every new conversation makes clear that Maya is an AI and not a clinician.
· Version 1.52.0Profile
A plan for weight management
- Choose Weight management during setup for its own targets and advice.
- Pick weight management beside heart disease or diabetes and you keep that condition's plan with a weight-loss goal on top.
· Version 1.49.0Home
Recovery replaces Stress
- The fourth ring is now Recovery, built from heart-rate variability, resting heart rate, breathing and sleep against your own usual.
- Green, yellow and red zones, with a sheet that explains what today's zone means and what moves it.
· Version 1.43.0Devices
WHOOP and barcode Quick check
- Connect your WHOOP in Profile → Devices for sleep, strain and recovery.
- Quick check can now scan a barcode and read the label of that exact product.