Apple is broadening its health research ambitions to use its devices, including iPhones, Apple Watch and AirPods, for a longitudinal, virtual study to monitor changes in participants’ health.

Apple says the study, conducted with Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will help it design devices that are better for physical and mental health. Apple is launching its first major holistic health study in five years to determine how Apple products,

The study will analyze how data from devices like iPhones, AirPods and Apple Watches can monitor, manage and predict changes in users' health. It will also explore connections bet