what wwdc announcements are relevant to health & fitness apps?

Apple made several announcements at WWDC 2024 that are relevant to health and fitness apps. Here are the key highlights:

1. watchOS 11 Enhancements:

   • Workout API: New goal types for custom pool swimming workouts, including a "Distance with Time" goal that allows a workout step to have both a distance goal and a time goal.
   • Customizable Workout Steps: You can now customize the name of your work recovery, warmup, and cooldown steps.
   • HealthKit Enhancements: New APIs to read and write mood or emotion data using the new State of Mind API.
   • Live Activities on Apple Watch: If you've adopted live activities in your iOS app, the system will leverage this to offer a live activity experience on Apple Watch.
   • Widgets and Double Tap: New ways to navigate and take action in your app or widget, making them more actionable and glanceable in the smart stack.

   For more details, you can check out the session What’s new in watchOS 11.

2. Custom Swimming Workouts with WorkoutKit:

   • New Alerts, Goal Types, and Step Names: Enhancements to build and schedule custom swimming workouts.
   • Sample Code: Updated sample code to help developers build and schedule custom swimming workouts.

   For more details, you can check out the session Build custom swimming workouts with WorkoutKit.

3. HealthKit in visionOS:

   • HealthKit on Vision Pro: HealthKit is now available on Apple Vision Pro, enabling the creation of immersive and collaborative health experiences.
   • Capabilities: Read and write health data, compute statistics, and register for updates.
   • Guest User Support: Special considerations for handling health data access for guest users.

   For more details, you can check out the session Get started with HealthKit in visionOS.

4. Wellbeing APIs in HealthKit:

   • Mental Wellbeing APIs: New APIs to support mental health, including the State of Mind API for logging emotions and mental states.
   • Standardized Questionnaires: Tools for users to take standardized mental health questionnaires.

   For more details, you can check out the session Explore wellbeing APIs in HealthKit.

These updates provide new opportunities for developers to enhance their health and fitness apps across various Apple platforms.