Apple has spent years building one of the most comprehensive health tracking platforms on any consumer device, and at WWDC 2026 it added something that millions of women have been quietly waiting for. The company announced that its Health app will now support perimenopause and menopause tracking, extending the cycle-tracking feature that Apple first introduced in 2019 into territory that digital health tools have largely avoided despite the scale of the audience.

A New Layer Of Women’s Health Tracking

The update means that women can now receive notifications when their cycle patterns are showing signs suggestive of perimenopause, the transitional phase that can begin years before menopause itself and that is often dismissed, misdiagnosed, or simply unrecognised by the women experiencing it. Apple's Vice President of OS Product Management, Stacey Ford, described the feature as designed to give women the kind of language and framing they need to have better conversations with their doctors. Users will be able to log symptoms alongside cycle data and access educational content that explains what is happening to their bodies in plain terms rather than clinical language.



A Growing Market For Menopause Tech

The cultural backdrop matters here. Perimenopause has gone from a topic that barely registered in mainstream conversation to something that shows up on TikTok, daytime television, and bestseller lists. Women are demanding clearer information and better tools, and the market has taken notice. Research published in the journal Menopause estimated that 1.1 billion women worldwide were postmenopausal as of last year, making the demographic one of the most significant underserved markets in digital health. In February, menopause-focused healthcare platform Midi Health raised 100 million dollars in a Series D round, reaching a one billion dollar valuation. Apple's decision to build this functionality directly into its Health app sits squarely within that wave.

For Nigerian women using iPhones, the feature is a meaningful addition to a device that many already use for step tracking, sleep monitoring, and heart rate data. The update arrives with iOS 27 in September.