Apple has added new health-related features to its iOS operating system for iPhone and Apple Watch, including the ability to share health data with doctors, a new tool to identify, measure and understand changes in a person’s health data, and the option to store records of immunisations and test results directly in the Health app.

Apple says that even if a vaccine provider or medical centre doesn’t currently support its Health Records feature, it can allow patients to download verifiable COVID-19 vaccination or test result records from an online browser or QR code.