You can receive notifications about a loved one’s health, and you can view data about their activity, mobility, heart rate, and health trends in the Health app.
It starts with an invitation. You can ask someone to share their health data with you, and once they accept, you can view shared data and quickly respond to it. It all happens under Sharing in the Health app.
Here’s how to view data shared by others in Health on iPhone.
Invite someone to share health data
- Open the Health app on your iPhone.
- Tap Sharing, then tap Ask Someone to Share.
- Choose a sharing option.
The person you selected receives an invitation and can then choose which health information to share. Let the invitee know that you need to be included in their contacts.
Accept an invitation to view another person’s health data
- After the invitation arrives, do one of the following:
- Tap the invitation, such as on the Lock Screen or in Notification Center.
- In Health, tap Sharing, then tap View in the invitation at the top of the screen.
- Tap Accept, then tap Done.
View shared data and quickly respond to it
- Open the Health app on your iPhone.
- Tap Sharing
- Tap the contact card listed below Sharing With You.
- You can do any of the following:
- Quickly respond: Tap Message, Call, or FaceTime.
- See more detail: Tap an item on the screen.
If the detail includes chart data, you can start a conversation about it by tapping Message. The chart is included in your message.
Ask another person to share their health data with you
Anyone you ask to share their health data with you needs an iPad with iPadOS 17 or later or an iPhone with iOS 15.6 or later. They stay in control of what data they share and when to stop sharing.
- Open the Health app on your iPhone.
- Tap Sharing.
- Tap Ask Someone to Share and choose an option.
- Let your invitee know that you need to be included in their contacts to share with you, and that if they need assistance, sharing instructions are available in Share health data with someone.
