Health

In a 2019 interview with Mad Money’s Jim Cramer, Apple CEO Tim Cook said: “If you zoomed out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, ‘What was Apple’s greatest contribution to mankind?’” After a short pause, he answered his own question: “It will be about health.” Two years on, his vision is already becoming a reality for the company.

AN INCREASING FOCUS ON HEALTH

As is often the case with Apple, the company wasn’t the first technology giant to enter into the healthcare space but its contributions have so far been more important than its rivals, with Apple Health now installed on billions of users’ iPhones, offering a great deal of data on . In fact, the Apple Watch is so successful that the company has overtaken established brands like Rolex to become the world’s biggest watch manufacturer, and as new iterations of the wearable are released every year, it’s clear that Apple is showing no signs of slowing down or giving competitors a chance to catch up.