Apple’s Health app can now tell you if you’re in perimenopause
Key takeaways
- Apple is getting in on the hottest new trend in women s health: perimenopause.
- Apple has been pushing deeper into women s health since 2019 when it added a cycle tracker to Apple Watch and i OS.
- This latest update embraces a topic that has gone mainstream, popping up everywhere from social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram to daytime TV shows like The Drew Barrymore Show.
Apple is getting in on the hottest new trend in women s health: perimenopause. The company announced at its WWDC 2026 event on Monday that it s adding perimenopause and menopause support to its existing cycle tracking feature.
Apple has been pushing deeper into women s health since 2019 when it added a cycle tracker to Apple Watch and i OS. The tracker lets women log key information about their menstrual cycle and fertility through its Health app.
This latest update embraces a topic that has gone mainstream, popping up everywhere from social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram to daytime TV shows like The Drew Barrymore Show. For Apple, that cultural moment points to both a product opportunity and a ballooning market: according to research published in the journal Menopause, an estimated 1.1 billion women worldwide were postmenopausal as of last year, and digital health tools targeting that demographic have attracted significant investment in recent years.