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Fitness brand Whoop wants to become your go-to health expert, so it's introducing on-demand doctor's appointments.
Those with a Whoop subscription in the US will soon be able to request a live, on-demand video consultation with a licensed clinician, without leaving the app. The clinician will also be able to use your Whoop data to help inform health recommendations. These sessions will launch before the end of June; Whoop says it’ll share more details at a later date, including cost.
Other upcoming features to Whoop's service include bringing your medical records into the app through a partnership with HealthEx. Whoop will then use them to inform your coaching, alongside appointments with its clinicians. This is also set for before the end of June.
Immediate improvements have been made to Whoop's coaching tools, including the ability to add goals and upcoming life events. For example, you could tell the app your wedding date, and it will adapt its coaching to help you reach your goals in the run-up. Whoop will now also check in more actively with coaching ideas for events you share or if something has changed in your routine, like a poor stretch of sleep.
In the next few months, Whoop is also increasing its strength training coaching to bring in trends and help you set and track your personal best records. That's all alongside improvements in activity detection accuracy.
Whoop says to expect the service to pick up more of what you're doing day to day, meaning you're less likely to have to manually log workouts and other bursts of activity. It also plans to improve its heart rate algorithm for both workouts and everyday wear.
All of this comes soon after renewed competition for Whoop in the screen-less fitness tracker space with the new Google Fitbit Air. It launches on May 26 for $99 alongside an imminent revamp to the Google Health app.