ChatGPT Health Arrives in the US With Apple Health

ChatGPT Health Release Date and Who Can Use It

ChatGPT Health started rolling out in the U.S. on July 23, 2026, for logged-in users aged 18 and older on web and iOS. OpenAI's July 23 page sets four conditions and names one exclusion.

OpenAI ties the launch to how people already use ChatGPT: it puts the number of people bringing health questions each week at more than 300 million, from reading a lab result to preparing for a visit. The context behind those questions is often scattered across patient portals, medical records, apps, and wearables, which makes the complete picture hard to see. To start, open Health from the ChatGPT sidebar.

Is ChatGPT Health Free? What Each Plan Gets

Yes: the Free plan is covered, along with Go, Plus, and Pro. The July 23 announcement names one model for the Free plan and another for the paid plans. Free-plan users get GPT‑5.5 Instant, and paid users get GPT‑5.6 Sol, which OpenAI calls its strongest model yet for health.

OpenAI also reports that every GPT‑5.6 model beat GPT‑5.5 on HealthBench Professional, a test built around hard health tasks. The page gives no scores.

It says OpenAI works with hundreds of physicians around the world to develop the health scenarios and rubrics behind its evaluations. For how the GPT‑5.6 models differ, see GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna: Specs and Pricing.

What Happened to the ChatGPT Health Waitlist?

The July 23 announcement does not mention the waitlist that the January 7 page used for early access. OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Health in January 2026 with a small early group, and people requested a place through a waitlist. That page said OpenAI planned to open Health to all users on web and iOS in the coming weeks.

The July release also changes the design. In the early version, you had to go to a separate space inside ChatGPT for the full benefit.

OpenAI says early testing showed health questions arise mid-conversation, like a food allergy while planning meals, and that more than 70% of health conversations among people with access happened outside that space. OpenAI's conclusion is that a separate space added an unnecessary step.

Now you can let ChatGPT use connected information in any conversation, without opening Health first. OpenAI names medications, lab results, recent visits, sleep, and activity, and its examples include a dietary restriction shaping a restaurant pick and a recent injury shaping a lower-impact weekend plan with your family. Health stays in the left sidebar as the place to connect and manage information, see trends, browse synced records, and return to past health conversations.

The usage figure moved between the pages too. The January page cited over 230 million people worldwide asking health and wellness questions every week, from a de-identified analysis of conversations.

The July page says more than 300 million. Read each number as of the date of its own page.

Health in ChatGPT Outside the US: UK and Europe

The July announcement is addressed to U.S. users and gives no date or plan for other regions. The January page, describing its early-access group, made Free, Go, Plus, and Pro users outside the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom eligible. Those are two statements from two dates, and neither says when the UK or Europe would be covered.

Connect Apple Health to ChatGPT, Plus Three Other Sources

Health can draw on four sources: Apple Health, supported medical records from U.S. hospital systems, One Medical, and Function Health. Apple Health is where an iPhone gathers health and fitness data. You don't have to connect anything, because health questions work with nothing linked.

With your permission, ChatGPT can then compare a new result with earlier tests, summarize what changed since your last appointment, or relate sleep, activity, and workouts to your routine. By default ChatGPT asks before using your data, and you can switch to always allow in Settings > Plugins > Health.

ChatGPT and Apple Health: Which Data Comes Through

Data from a wearable or nutrition app reaches ChatGPT through Apple Health, so the app must share it there and you must allow it. OpenAI says to make sure that sharing is turned on. What arrives depends on the app and metric, and some proprietary scores may not come across.

Connected information may not always be complete or current; a medication, for example, can stay listed after you stop taking it. OpenAI's advice is to tell ChatGPT about changes and check important details against the original source. The January page adds that connecting Apple Health requires iOS.

Medical Records in ChatGPT Are US-Only

Medical record connections are tied to U.S. hospital systems. The July announcement names supported records from U.S. hospital systems, and the January page says medical record integrations and some apps are offered in the U.S. only. Neither page gives a date for medical record connections elsewhere.

ChatGPT Health Privacy: Is Your Data Used for Training or Ads?

Health data you connect, and any conversation that draws on it, stays out of foundation model training and ad targeting, whatever training setting you chose, OpenAI says. Training here means using conversations to improve the foundation models behind ChatGPT. Conversations that don't use this data follow your normal training setting, which you change in Settings > Data Controls.

OpenAI says every ChatGPT conversation is encrypted at rest and in transit, and information connected through Health gets additional encryption protections. On memory, OpenAI says memories can be created from your Health conversations, but not directly from connected records or Apple Health information. To talk without creating memories, use Temporary Chat or turn memory off in Settings > Memory.

OpenAI Health Permissions: Approve Each Time or Always Allow

By default, ChatGPT asks before using your connected health data, and you choose between approving each request and always allowing it. Always allow stops the prompts. The switch is under Settings > Plugins > Health.

There is a second check for sharing outward. Suppose ChatGPT is about to act in another connected plugin in a way that could reveal Health information, such as sending a running partner a training plan built from your Apple Health data.

Additional safeguards then help check that the sharing matches your request. For some sensitive actions, ChatGPT may ask you to confirm first, and OpenAI says it tests these safeguards in dedicated red-team exercises.

What Happens to Your ChatGPT Health Data When You Disconnect

Disconnect a source in Health > Accounts, and the data synced from it is deleted from OpenAI's systems within 30 days. Information already in your conversation history stays until you delete those conversations.

Summary

Health in ChatGPT began rolling out on July 23, 2026 to U.S. users who are 18 or older and logged in, on web and iOS, across the Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans. As of that date, Codex was not covered. Health can draw on Apple Health, supported medical records from U.S. hospital systems, One Medical, and Function Health, and connecting is optional.

Connected records and Apple Health information, and conversations that use them, are kept out of foundation model training and ad targeting. ChatGPT asks for permission by default, and you can switch to always allow. Disconnecting a source deletes its synced data within 30 days, while information in your conversation history stays until you delete those conversations.

The July announcement gives no timing for regions outside the U.S., and the January page's early-access group excluded the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. OpenAI says Health is meant to support, not replace, the care you get from medical professionals. For ChatGPT in general, see GPT-5 in ChatGPT: Pricing, Free Tier, Models.

The January page lists PDFs among the places where health information is often scattered. If your records are split across several PDF files, see ChatGPT file upload limit: which one stops you before uploading them, or merge them into one file with the tool below.