Orbit's October update is here, and it's all about making Orbit smarter about the things you've already told it — your health records, your calendar, your recordings — and harder to lose anything.
Health Records
- Search finds your health records — medications, labs, appointments, conditions, and more show up in Search, and tapping a result opens that exact record
- Ask Orbit knows your health records — ask "when was my last A1C?" or "what should I ask my cardiologist?" and it answers from your own record
- Password-protect the PDF you share with your doctor — and generate a strong password in one tap, saved securely in your iCloud Keychain
- Turn every health metric on or off at once
- Labs, symptoms, vaccinations, and journal entries now read newest first, and vaccinations tidy up duplicate shots
Health Records organizes your information — it never diagnoses or gives medical advice.
A Notetaker that never loses a word
Record a meeting or a long thought and Orbit summarizes it on-device and pulls out the to-dos. It now saves continuously as you record, so a crash or an accidental tap can't wipe a long session — reopen and Orbit offers to recover it. A new Pause button lets you hold a recording and pick the same session back up later, and you can choose to keep the audio and export it.
Smarter Ask Orbit
- Ask Orbit now sees about 45 days ahead on your calendar, so "when's my next appointment?" works beyond this week
- Ask about a link, note, PDF, or recording the moment you add it — Orbit finishes reading it before it answers
Notifications that actually reach you
Routine, reminder, and weather alerts now come through reliably — Orbit sets up notifications on first launch so nothing slips past. Tap Connect in Settings to upgrade to full banners and sounds.
Apple Watch
New Temperature, Date, and Clock complications. Temperature shows a cold-to-hot range gauge with today's high and low, and the complication list is now alphabetical.
And more
- A new Retirement widget shows your target age and projected income on your Home or Lock Screen, with a toggle to hide the dollar amounts (an estimate only — not financial advice)
- App Store sales show by rank with app icons and trend percentages, with an option to hide the dollar amounts, plus a Sort control in the By-App list
- Every editor now opens full-height — no more half-sheet with dead space
- Sort your dashboard groups alphabetically, plus dozens of smaller fixes across Calendar, Mail, Health, and the Watch
A note on sharing health records with family
Sharing a person's Health Records with a link and a separate code, and the password-protected doctor PDF, work just as before. Live, auto-updating family sync is paused while I keep polishing it — I'd rather it be rock solid than rushed. It'll be back when it is.
Get it now
Update Orbit on the App Store today.
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