Apple’s AI overhaul is here. Kinda
In a bid to shove artificial intelligence into everything, Apple’s Health app could be the next of the Big Fruit Company’s apps to get the treatment. Known internally as Project Mulberry, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter (via Engadget), Apple has some major plans to make the Health experience a far more engaging one, embedding an AI agent into the mix that could “replicate” an actual doctor’s advice.
Meant to serve as a ‘health coach’, the revitalised Health app would make recommendations on how to improve users’ lifestyles based on their saved health data, as well as provide educational videos from real doctors. Now that’s something we can get behind. As Stuff’s Toby Shapshak puts it – what could go wrong?
It’ll go further, acting as a dietician with tips on how to improve your eating habits and if you give it access to your camera, it’ll even give you some pointers on improving your form while working out. The Health app will be rebranded as ‘Health+’ because of course it is, and is expected to arrive alongside iOS 19.4. That’s still a ways away, likely slowed by Apple’s AI plans not going exactly as envisioned.
Garmin’s Active Intelligence is about as stale as it gets
We’re detecting a bit of a theme here. Similar to Apple’s grand AI plans, Garmin announced Garmin Connect+ because of course it did, a subscription-based tier found inside the Garmin Connect app you already know. Coughing up the $7/m (or $70 for the year) fee will unlock a swathe of AI-powered features, though all the features and health insights currently provided will remain free.
“Developing a premium tier enables us to extend our investment in the Garmin Connect platform, both in terms of features that carry additional cost to provide and also in scaling out our engineering teams to build and maintain these features,” said Garmin spokesperson Natalie Miller.
Displaying a severe lack of creative thinking, the main AI feature will be dubbed ‘Active Intelligence’. It will provide “personalized insights and suggestions” throughout the day based on user health and activity data—though customers will first need to put up with the new service as part of a beta. This joins a couple of other features, such as a new performance dashboard and expanded LiveTrack abilities within the app.
Who said we can’t play with toys?
No longer will we have to watch on in suffering as PC, Xbox, and Nintendo gamers play Hypercharged: Unboxed. The game’s developers, Digital Cybercherries, announced the game’s arrival on PlayStation (PS4 and PS5) through a new trailer and invited players to wishlist the game. Unfortunately, there’s still no release date or price.
Hypercharged: Unboxed isn’t your typical shooter. It’s a first- and third-person PvP and PvE shooter where the player is an action figure battling against other such toys in many different bedrooms, garages, and toy stores. It’s a jumble of generic toys with some classic references meant to invoke nostalgia, with at least one more major update hitting the game alongside the release on PS4 and PS5. When that’ll be…
Nintendo just ‘announced’ the Zelda movie release date in the most Nintendo way imaginable
In addition to some new games (Metroid Prime 4: Beyond the biggest among them) and a digital loaning system, last week’s Nintendo Direct also introduced some new software for fans to mess around with. Nintendo Today! (Android/iOS) is a simple calendar app meant to help fans keep up with the constant stream of games coming out and, apparently, films.
We’ve known about the live-action Legend of Zelda film for quite some time now, though news about casting, story, and release date has so far been held close to Nintendo’s chest. Until now. After the release of the Nintendo Today! app, fans scouted out the release schedule and spotted the upcoming Zelda film slated for release on 26 March 2027.
That should leave you plenty of time to come up with a decent excuse to busy yourself on that date and skip the film, which has so far landed director Wes Ball and Derek Connolly as writer. That alone should tell you all you need to know, not to mention the film’s live action features, as well as the inclusion of Sony and, more specifically, Avi Arad’s involvement, known for his producing work on hits like Morbius.
