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A little over a week after\u00a0Apple delayed the launch<\/a>\u00a0of its much-buzzed HealthKit platform due to a bug, the first batch of HealthKit-enabled app are now available.<\/p>\n

FitPort ($1.99) \u2014 which monitors health information and tracks steps taken, calories burned and other data\u2014 is among the first HealthKit-compatible apps listed in the Apple App Store, as first spotted by\u00a09to5Mac<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other HealthKit-integrated apps include WebMD, Yummly (for recipes and grocery shopping), MyFitnessPal and\u00a0Carrot Fit<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 all of which require iOS 8.0.2 to access.<\/p>\n

“Users of WebMD\u2019s Healthy Target platform can connect directly with Apple\u2019s Health app, sync biometric data (steps, weight, sleep, blood glucose, blood pressure) and receive contextually relevant content that helps them make sense of the data so that they can take steps toward their health and wellness goals,” a WebMD spokesperson told\u00a0Mashable<\/em>, adding the company just got the “greenlight to launch” on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The arrival is a part of the\u00a0rollout of iOS 8.0.2.<\/a>\u00a0which fixed a series of issues found its first two versions.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest new features of iOS 8 in general is HealthKit, marking the company’s first major step into the health and fitness space.\u00a0While the company spent months calling on developers to connect their apps and its data to its hub, HealthKit-enabled apps weren’t in the Apple App Store until now. iOS 8 officially launched last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In fact, the\u00a0Health app had been sitting empty on iOS 8 users Home screens<\/a>\u00a0without much information on what it was and how to use it. Now, users will be able to bring the platform to life by downloading apps that work alongside it.<\/p>\n

The concept is similar to Apple’s Passbook app, the iPhone’s virtual pocket for things like airline boarding passes, movie tickets and coupons. It can pull in data from other third-party apps such as Nike to keep all your health-related information in one hub.<\/p>\n

In addition to relying on developers to build apps for HealthKit, the company is\u00a0reportedly<\/a>working with healthcare providers at Mount Sinai Hospital, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins University and electronics health records provider AllScripts, too.<\/p>\n

It announced in June it would be\u00a0partnering with major organizations like the Mayo Clinic<\/a>, allowing users to log information like blood pressure within the app.<\/p>\n

More HealthKit-integrated apps are expected to launch in the near future, the report said.<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0mashable.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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