Rehabilitation PT 

Kaia Health 

Targeted at those with muscular skeletal issues – from shin splints to bad back or knee pain – this app uses AI-assisted motion-tracking phone technology to assess movement. Kaia Health’s smartphone camera-based AI “computer vision” assesses a person’s movement, and in coordination with a live human coach, designs a 10-25 minute daily program of rehabilitation exercises – giving real time audio feedback to ensure you do the exercises correctly. Golf pro Rory McIlroy is an investor. POA, kaiahealth.com

Air quality

AirPop Halo Sensor

AirPop Halo Sensor, £149.99
AirPop Halo Sensor, £149.99

Developed pre-pandemic after co-founder Chris Hosmer discovered that his two-year-old and newborn were both suffering from acute respiratory illnesses because of their local air quality, the AirPop mask holds a kitemark for its ability to block both virus particles and also pollution. A new dome-shaped iteration with an app-linked Halo Sensor now tracks the levels of pollution you encounter (helping you avoid the more smoggy places), your breathing rate, and how many particles it has removed from your in-breaths. £99.99, airpophealth.com

Dermatology 

GetHarley 

GetHarley, from £30 for a 30-minute consultation
GetHarley, from £30 for a 30-minute consultation

Most of your day-to-day dermatological quandaries can be dealt with virtually here. Upload images of your face, and the skin concierge matches your needs to beauty and medical specialists you’d otherwise wait months to see in clinic, for example super-facialist Nichola Joss and celebrated oculoplastic surgeon Dr Maryam Zamani. Thirty-minute consultations determine a skin regime, including prescription-only, medical-grade products – from a range of brands such as NeoStrata and Skinbetter Science – and have them biked to you within 48 hours. Slick and stylish, it’s a bit like Net-A-Porter for cosmeceuticals. £30 for a 30-minute consultation plus cost of products, getharley.com

Nutrition

Abbott Libre Sense Biosensor

Abbott Libre Sense, from €65
Abbott Libre Sense, from €65

The possibilities of this bottle top-sized biosensor – which sits on the back of the arm, painlessly reading glucose levels from the interstitial fluid beneath the skin – feel limitless, but for now, its focus is competitive sport. “People confuse lack of fitness with a lack of fuel,” says Todd Furneaux, co-founder of the Supersapiens app that collects data from the biosensor and uses it to give insights on nutritional strategies (such as what to eat when) to reach peak performance. €65 for a starter pack, libresense.abbott

Yoga

Zenia

Natalia Vodianova x Zenia
Natalia Vodianova x Zenia

A downside of home yoga is the lack of posture correction. Zenia – backed by supermodel turned tech investor Natalia Vodianova – seeks to solve this using AI motion-tracking technology on your phone’s camera. Beginners can choose simple sequences, and there is live audio feedback about how to adjust your poses. More experienced yogis can follow classes, and lights on the screen as well as sounds will convey when your form is good, or needs attention. $9.99 a month, zenia.app

Health and ageing

Humanity 

For those interested in the quantified self, there’s a lot of data to mull. Humanity combines a range of available data (such as sleep, heart rate, walking speed, glucose fluctuations) to calculate your rate of ageing – and advise on the most effective interventions to slow it down (for example swap your HIIT sessions for endurance, or eat earlier/later at night). At its most basic, it collects biomarkers via sensors in your smartphone and wearables and compares them with a mass of biobank data. In September it will start to look at the impact of nutritional changes, as well as launching more specific personalised guidance. Basic membership free, Premium £29.99 a year, humanity.health

Dermatology

Renude 

Renude, membership £20 every quarter
Renude, membership £20 every quarter

This app uses a computer skin diagnostic algorithm to assess photographs of your complexion, and combines this with a second algorithm to recommend the best skincare products from an expert-vetted edit of brands including those by award-winning vegan label Harborist and K-beauty brand By Wishtrend. The AI is coupled with an interview with an in-house skin specialist, and membership includes a quarterly check-in with both expert and algorithm – redeemable on purchases. Membership £20 every quarter, renude.co

Running

Nurvv

Nurvv insoles, £249.99
Nurvv insoles, £249.99

Jonathan Margolis introduced us to Nurvv Run’s smart insoles late last year. They capture metrics on everything, from your speed to step length, cadence and pronation, and use this data to tailor live coaching for your next run. Now, the brand has launched a Footstrike Coach programme which uses your data to prescribe tailored strength training, and a plan to adjust your running style over time, again with live coaching. £249.99, nurvv.com

This article was amended on July 27 to reflect that Kaia Health uses AI “computer vision” to assess a person’s movement and does so in co-ordination with a human coach

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