Ant Group updates AQ health app with AI companion, health Q&A, and integrated services
Ant Group's AI health companion service AQ, now known as Ant A-Fu in China, has grown to 15 million monthly active users since launching in June 2025.
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Ant Group's AI health companion service AQ, now known as Ant A-Fu in China, has grown to 15 million monthly active users since launching in June 2025.
The company signed partnerships aimed at accelerating innovation and improving patient access to integrated digital healthcare services.
Chinese authorities have called for the greater use of use AI technologies in areas such as medical imaging, clinical decision support, and patient-facing services.
The increasingly popular AQ app has launched new features to help older adults track daily health indicators more easily and build better long-term habits with AI support.
Ant Group announced new features for its AQ healthcare app, with around 60% of its users based in third-tier Chinese cities and below.
China’s Ant Group, owner of Alipay, is expanding into healthcare with its AQ app, aiming to be a trusted digital health manager and advance inclusive healthcare for all.
A new study funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China will examine how human–AI collaboration models affect consumer adoption of healthcare products and services.
Healthcare app AQ from Ant Group includes a new feature that can spot fraudulent medical adverts and misleading health claims.
Chinese healthtech Ping An Good Doctor rolled out its “7+N+1” AI medical product system with healthcare AI services during the first six months of the year.