How to Use the Apple Health Connector in Muse

1. The short answer

As of October 25, 2026, Apple Health is a live connector in Muse. It has been live since launch day, September 8, 2026, and it is one of the phone only connectors: it lives on your iPhone, and its access is managed in your device settings, not in the connector list on the web. That is why you will not find it in the October counts of the web app, which found 54 connectors on September 30, October 7, and October 15, 2026. Add the phone only connectors and the live total is closer to 58 to 60, with 18 more announced but not yet live. Our Muse connectors list keeps the dated count, including which connectors are phone only and which are announced but not live.

Connect it and Muse can read the health and activity data your iPhone already collects: steps, workouts, sleep, and other metrics from the Health app. Ask in plain words and you get plain word answers: how you slept this week, whether you moved more or less than last week, and what your workouts added up to. You do not open the Health app and dig through charts. You ask, Muse reads, and you get the summary.

Here is the honest version, and the limit of what we can verify. Meta's help centre names Apple Health as a connector whose access you manage in your device settings, and independent connector lists describe it as reading activity and health metrics. Meta has not published a detailed list of exactly which data types Muse can read, or whether it can write anything back to the Health app. This guide treats it as read only where the source is silent, and flags the rest as unverified rather than guessing. If a capability below matters to you, test it with a small question first and check the answer against the Health app itself.

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2. What you need

• Muse access. You need an account with access first, in the United States, Canada, or Japan, where Muse has launched.
• An iPhone with the Health app. Apple Health is iPhone only. There is no Android version of this connector, and no web version. If you use Android, the health connectors to look at are Withings and Peloton instead.
• Health data already flowing. Muse can only read what the Health app holds. If your iPhone has been counting steps and logging workouts, you are ready. If the Health app is empty, connect it after a week of normal use, when there is actually something to ask about.
• An Apple Watch, optional. The watch is not required. It makes the data richer, with heart rate and workout detail the phone alone cannot capture, but steps, sleep, and basic activity all work from the phone itself.
• Approvals set to ask me. Before you connect anything that touches health data, set approvals so nothing is shared or sent without your tap. This is the single most important step on this page.
• Google Calendar, optional but useful. Health plus calendar is the pairing that turns a workout summary into a plan: what you did, and when the next session fits. Our Google Calendar connector guide covers that half.

3. How to connect it, step by step

The connection itself takes a few minutes. The setup around it matters more, so run the steps in order and do not skip the approvals step at the end. One honest note first: Meta has not published a step by step connection flow for this connector, so the steps below follow the standard connector flow and the device settings note in the help centre. If a step looks different on your phone, your app version is newer than this guide, and the device settings screen is the place to check.

1. Open Muse on your iPhone. This connector does not exist on the web app, so do this on the phone that holds your health data. If you open Muse on the web and search the connector list, you will not find it there, and that is expected.
2. Go to Settings, then Connectors. Find Apple Health in the list. If you do not see it, check that your Muse app is current, then check again. The connector has been live since September 8, 2026, so an up to date app should show it.
3. Start the connection and grant access in iOS. Apple Health access is granted through your iPhone settings, not through a web login. Your phone will ask which data types Muse may read. Grant only what you plan to ask about. Steps and workouts are enough for most people to start. You can widen access later if a question needs more.
4. Set approvals to ask me. Do this before your first health question. Health data is the most personal data Muse can touch, so nothing about it should move without your tap. Keep this setting on while you learn what the connector does.
5. Ask a small first question. Try something easy to check, like how many steps you took yesterday. Open the Health app, compare the two numbers, and confirm they match. A small verified answer builds more trust than a big unverified one.
6. Build the weekly habit. Once the first answer checks out, ask for the weekly version: steps, sleep, and workouts for the past 7 days, and what changed against the week before. Same question, same day each week, and the trend becomes the useful part.

4. What it actually does

The value of this connector is not that Muse can read a step count. The Health app already shows you that. The value is that Muse can reason across your data and your week: what changed, what the pattern looks like, and what to do about it, in plain words instead of charts.

The weekly recap is the use most people will actually keep. Ask for steps, sleep, and workouts for the past 7 days, and how they compare with the week before. Muse turns three separate charts into one short summary: you moved less on weekdays, slept later on weekends, and your longest workout was Tuesday. That summary is something you can act on. A chart is something you glance at and forget.

Sleep questions work the same way. Ask how your sleep has changed over the past month, and whether late nights line up with anything else in your data. Muse can only answer from what the Health app holds, so the answer is only as good as your sleep logging, but the question itself is the point: it turns a pile of nights into a pattern you can see.

Workout summaries are the third solid use. Ask what your workouts added up to this week, which days you trained, and how long the sessions ran. If you wear an Apple Watch, the detail is richer, with heart rate and workout types the phone alone cannot capture. Pair it with Google Calendar and Muse can also tell you when the next session fits, which is the step that turns a summary into a plan.

It also pairs well with the other health connectors. Withings adds weight and vitals from its devices, Peloton adds classes and training plans, and Function Health adds lab results. Apple Health is the base layer underneath them: the daily movement and sleep that everything else sits on. If you connect more than one, tell Muse which source to trust when two of them report the same thing, or you will get answers that argue with themselves.

5. What it cannot do

Muse is not a doctor, and this connector does not make it one. It can summarize your data and spot patterns in it. It cannot diagnose anything, cannot tell you whether a reading is safe, and cannot replace a clinician. If a number worries you, take it to a doctor, not to a chatbot. That line matters more here than on any other connector page, because health data invites health questions, and confident sounding answers about health are the most dangerous kind of wrong.

It cannot write data back to the Health app, as far as anything published shows. Meta has not said Muse can log a workout, record a weight, or add a health record. Treat it as read only until Meta says otherwise. If you ask Muse to log something and it says it did, check the Health app before you believe it.

It cannot see data you did not grant. If you gave access to steps but not sleep, Muse cannot answer sleep questions, and it should say so rather than guessing. If it answers a question about data you never granted, that is a reason to stop and check your permissions, not a reason to trust the answer.

It cannot reach data from devices that never sync to Apple Health. A tracker that keeps its data in its own app, a gym machine that never exports, and a paper logbook are all invisible to this connector. The fix is to get that data into the Health app first, then ask Muse about it.

It cannot share your health data with anyone on its own. It will not send your data to your doctor, your trainer, or your family unless you explicitly ask it to, and even then your approvals should make you confirm first. Health data leaves your phone only when you tell it to, and that is how it should stay.

6. What to watch for

Check the first answers against the Health app. This is the same rule as every connector, and it matters most here, because a wrong health number is worse than a wrong email count. Ask a question you can verify, compare the two numbers, and only then start trusting the summaries. If an answer surprises you, assume the read is wrong until the Health app confirms it.

Grant the narrowest access that works. When iOS asks which data types Muse may read, start with steps, sleep, and workouts, and add more only when a question needs it. Every data type you grant is a data type Muse can read. There is no prize for granting everything on day one.

Check your data controls. In Muse settings, open Data controls and look at the switch for helping improve the models. If you do not want your chats used for training, turn it off before you start asking Muse about your health. That switch controls whether Meta may use your chats to train future models, and health questions are the last chats you want feeding a training set.

Remember this is a phone connector, not a web connector. Disconnecting on the web does nothing, because the access lives in your iPhone settings. To remove it, manage it on the device that granted it. If you switch phones, expect to grant access again on the new one, and check that the old phone no longer holds a live connection.

Finally, remember the October context. The iPad app arrived October 7, 2026, along with an expanded connector list, but Apple Health is still an iPhone thing: the Health app and its data live on your phone. And Muse itself is available in the United States, Canada, and Japan only. Outside those three countries, the waitlist is the way in, and this connector waits with everything else until launch day in your country.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Apple Health available on Android?

No. Apple Health is iPhone only, and its access is managed in your iPhone settings. On Android, the health connectors to look at are Withings and Peloton, and Android SMS is the Android device connector.

What health data can Muse read?

Activity and health metrics from the Health app, limited to the data types you approve in your iPhone settings. Meta has not published an exact list of which data types Muse can read, so grant the ones you plan to ask about and test with a small question first.

Can Muse give me medical advice?

No. Muse can summarize your data and spot patterns in it, but it cannot diagnose anything or tell you whether a reading is safe. Take any health worry to a clinician, not to a chatbot.

Why can I not find Apple Health in the web app connector list?

Because it is a phone only connector. Its access is managed in your device settings, so it does not appear in the web app count of 54 connectors. That count covers the web app only, and the live total including phone only connectors is closer to 58 to 60.

Can I use the Apple Health connector outside the United States, Canada, and Japan?

Not yet. Muse itself has launched in the United States, Canada, and Japan only. Join the waitlist and we will send you a fresh code on launch day in your country.

What happens if I disconnect Apple Health?

Muse loses access to your health data. Your data stays in the Health app on your iPhone, and nothing is deleted from Apple Health. Manage the connection in your iPhone settings, where the access was granted.

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