Apple Stops Ignoring Women’s Health With iOS 9 HealthKit Update, Now Featuring Period Tracking | TechCrunch

Apple will at last address a glaring oversight with regard to its Health application and its usefulness to women: in iOS 9, the app will support the ability for women to track their reproductive health. Yes, finally: Apple is making period tracking a built-in feature for the iPhone. Announced briefly at yesterday's WWDC event in San Francisco, Apple's SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi mentioned the forthcoming feature among a series of updates to Apple's HealthKit platform, which will also now be able to store data related to UV exposure, water intake, and users' sedentary state.