Whoop adds AI features and on-demand video consultations with licensed doctors this summer

Whoop health-tracker new AI and on-demand doctor features

Whoop, maker of the screenless Whoop 5.0 fitness-tracking wristband, announced on Friday that it's expanding its member experience by connecting your health data to the real world. Soon, all Whoop memberships will include AI-focused features and a slew of other updates, including one that connects you to on-demand doctors. Whoop's screen-free band collects data such as your sleep, daily physical activity, recovery, stress and overall health. Now, the company is expanding its membership experience by connecting your personalized insights with more actionable features. Starting this summer, clinician access will be available to US members on the Whoop app and will include live, on-demand video consultations with licensed doctors. They will have access to the member's health data collected by their Whoop device, along with their medical history and any available bloodwork results. HealthEx, a digital database that securely gathers health records in one place, is also partnering with Whoop to serve as a hub for syncing all your electronic health records. With the new third-party partnership expected to hold medical records, it's unclear what steps Whoop plans to take to ensure that customer privacy remains confidential. However, HealthEx states that members can edit or revoke access at any time. New AI features meant to further personalize the membership experience include My Memory and Proactive Check-Ins. My Memory is designed to serve as a space where members can adjust their goals and information that may affect their daily lives, allowing Whoop's AI insights and coaching to adjust according to life circumstances, such as welcoming a new child. Proactive Check-Ins serve as a guide to recommend adjustments to your sleep or training plan based on upcoming events. For instance, if you'll be traveling. Other updates you can expect include workout auto-detection mode and a Strength Trainer feature that tracks your personal bests. Plus, a more accurate heart rate tracker for both workouts and daily activity. Whoop's existing journal feature also underwent a slight makeover and now lets you log any changes to your behaviors, new supplements and life changes either through text or voice. This is also where Whoop's AI feature can make suggestions based on the information you input in your journal, letting you know what habits may be helping or hindering your recovery.

Whoop will give users on-demand video access to clinicians

Live on-demand video consultations are coming to Whoop. Credit: Whoop Whoop, a screen-free fitness wearable with more than 2.5 million users, announced that it's bringing on-demand video consultations with health professionals to its subscriber base. According to Whoop's announcement on Friday, live consultations with licensed clinicians will be offered to users in the U.S. starting this summer. Whoop is touting the fact that clinicians will have access to an array of biometric data collected in the app, and how that will aid experts in interpreting a user's health information. Of course, it's probably not a coincidence that Whoop's announcement comes just one day after Google and Fitbit released their Whoop competitor, powered by Google Gemini. To support users' fitness goals, Whoop is also partnering with the health records company HealthEx to provide Electronic Health Record (EHR) syncing. Under this partnership, Whoop users can keep track of their health history, including diagnoses, medications, and procedures, from right within the app. Mashable 101 Fan Fave: Vote for your favorite creator today! "Unlike traditional healthcare experiences that rely on brief, episodic snapshots, these consultations begin with a comprehensive understanding of the member's health, powered by months of continuous data and, when available, bloodwork and medical history," Whoop says in its announcement. While many of Whoop's newly announced features will be included in its paid membership, live video consultations will require an additional cost for users, which has yet to be announced. "WHOOP is a membership, and we take that seriously," said Whoop Chief Product Officer Ed Baker in a press release. "We're always asking how we can deliver more value to our members, and these upcoming features are some of the most meaningful we've ever built, from bringing clinician support directly into the app to advancing our AI coaching to be more personal and actionable than ever." In a statement to CNBC, Whoop stated that the live consultation feature is not meant to replace a primary doctor or emergency visit. Along with these live on-demand video consultations with health professionals, Whoop is also adding an assortment of new AI features, such as AI-powered personalized coaching. Speaking of personalized coaching, this will be accessible under one of Whoop's new AI features called My Memory, which will serve as a centralized location to view, manage, and train Whoop's AI. In addition, Whoop is also a Proactive Check-Ins feature, which will provide personalized recommendations to users, such as when to sleep ahead of a big event or reconfiguring a training regimen based on a user's travel plans.