Microsoft has introduced Copilot Health, a new feature inside its Copilot app that lets users ask health questions in a dedicated workspace and, with permission, connect medical records, lab results and wearable-device data.
The company said the product is designed to help people understand their health information, prepare for appointments and search for providers, rather than replace a doctor or deliver formal diagnoses. Microsoft is rolling it out in phases in the U.S. and said users can join a waitlist for access.
Copilot Health can pull records from more than 50,000 hospitals and healthcare organizations through HealthEx, import lab data through Function and connect with more than 50 wearable devices, including products from Apple, Oura and Fitbit. Microsoft said health chats are kept separate from general Copilot conversations, encrypted and excluded from model training, while users can delete data or disconnect sources.
The launch pushes Microsoft deeper into a fast-growing contest among major tech companies to build consumer health assistants powered by AI. The company said its broader products already handle tens of millions of health-related queries a day, but the new service also arrives amid ongoing scrutiny over privacy, accuracy and whether chatbots can safely offer guidance when users are dealing with serious medical issues.