Ant Afu APP: AI Health Assistant from Ant Group 101

On December 15, 2025, Ant Group renamed its original AI health app Ant AQ to "Ant Afu." Previously a standalone app called "AQ," it has now shifted its positioning from an "AI tool" to an "AI health friend," offering users a variety of health consultations. It can interpret images such as reports, medical records, prescriptions, and medicine boxes, manage personal and family health records, and also provide medical services like appointment booking and online consultation accompaniment.

Main Features of the Ant Afu App

Health Companion — An AI That Remembers Your Health Status

• Health Journal: Automatically connects with wearable or home devices from 9 brands (such as Apple Watch, Huawei, vivo, Omron, Yuwell, etc.), syncing data like heart rate, sleep, exercise, blood sugar, and blood pressure, and arranging them into a continuous timeline.

• Family Health Records: In some regions, you can directly import visit and checkup records from public hospitals, and link to electronic medical insurance records. You can create separate profiles for parents, children, or spouse to manage together.

• Health Goals & Reminders: Like a personal trainer, it automatically creates achievable plans based on your situation (such as BMI, underlying conditions, and daily routines) — for example, weight loss, muscle gain, or blood pressure and blood sugar control — and reminds you to check in daily.

Health Q&A — Personalized Answers for Everyone

• AI Clinic: Mimics how a doctor consults, asking questions before answering. For example, if you say "I've been feeling tired lately," it will follow up by asking how many days, whether you've felt down, how long you sleep, gradually getting to the root cause.

• Skin Scan: Take photos in incognito mode — they are automatically blurred — and it can recognize 50 common skin conditions and tell you how to care for them.

• Report Scan: Upload single or multiple PDFs/JPGs at once, and it interprets common reports such as blood routine, biochemistry, ultrasound, and CT scans with over 95% accuracy, also comparing indicator changes across different time periods.

• Medicine Box Scan: Instantly recognizes the drug name, what it treats, what not to take it with, and how to take it. You can also set a "next dose reminder" directly.

Health Services — Direct Connection to Real Doctors and Major Hospitals

• 300,000 Doctors Online: After describing your symptoms, you'll be matched with a relevant specialist within 60 seconds, and you can communicate via message or phone call.

• AI Appointment & Medical Insurance Code: Enter your symptoms, and it will automatically recommend the department and doctor. Pick a time and book. At the hospital, pull up your electronic medical insurance certificate in the app to scan and pay — no need to bring a physical card.

Common Use Cases for Ant Afu

Daily Health Management

For example, a 25-year-old office worker wants to lose fat. In "Health Goals," they enter "lose 6 kg in 3 months." Based on their previous sleep, step count, and heart rate data, Afu creates a plan to burn 300 kcal per week through exercise and keep daily carbs under 200 g, and reminds them at 10:30 PM: "Time to sleep."

Can't Understand a Checkup Report

For example, an annual company checkup with a 20-page report full of arrows. Tap "Scan Report" on the home page, upload 8 PDFs at once, and within 3 minutes, you get a trend chart showing "high total cholesterol, high LDL," along with the advice: "Up 0.8 from last year. Eat less oil, recheck in 30 days."

Helping Parents Manage Chronic Conditions

For example, parents have high blood pressure and can't keep track of data. Create a "Family Profile" for dad and connect an Omron blood pressure monitor. When parents measure daily, data syncs automatically. If Afu detects morning blood pressure above 140/90 for 5 consecutive days, it pushes "Recommend seeing a cardiologist again" along with appointment links to three nearby hospitals.

Skin Rash in the Middle of the Night

For example, a child develops red bumps on their arm at night and you're unsure how serious it is. Use "Skin Scan" in incognito mode, and within 30 seconds it says "Possibly acute urticaria. If itchy, take cetirizine drops; if eyelids or lips swell, go to the hospital immediately," and also provides a link to a 24-hour pediatric doctor.

Need Medication Quickly During Flu Season

For example, on a business trip with a low fever and sore throat. Say "headache, sore throat, fever 37.8°C" by voice. The AI Clinic asks 3 questions and says "Possibly the flu." Tap "Online Prescription," and within 5 minutes, a matching doctor from the pool of 300,000 issues an electronic prescription. Choose a nearby pharmacy in the app, and medication arrives in 30 minutes. You can even pay with your medical insurance code.

How to Use the Ant Afu App

Download and Register

Search "Ant Afu" in your phone's app store, register quickly with your phone number, or log in directly with Alipay.

Build Your Personal Health Profile

Open "Health Journal" on the home page, tap "Add Device," select your brand, and connect via Bluetooth or account login — data syncs automatically.

To import hospital records: Go to "Health Records" in "Settings," tap "Import Visit Data," select your region, verify your medical insurance identity via facial recognition, select previous records, and save with one click (currently available in Zhejiang, Shanghai, Sichuan, and Guangdong).

4 Ways to Ask Questions

Typing: Tap "Ask Afu" at the bottom and type.

Voice: Long-press the microphone icon — supports dialects.

Photo: Tap the camera icon and choose "Skin Scan," "Report Scan," or "Medicine Box Scan."

AI Clinic: Tap the "Clinic" icon to the right of the search bar for multi-turn Q&A.

Set Goals and Reminders

Go to "Health Goals" under "Health Companion," select "Weight Loss / Exercise / Early Sleep / Sugar Control / Pressure Control," fill in your target numbers, and the system will help you set a cycle. Once confirmed, you'll get daily reminders. You can make up or modify entries in the "Check-in Calendar."

Find a Real Doctor

At the bottom of any answer page there's an "Ask a Real Doctor" button. Choose message or phone call, and you'll be matched with a doctor within 60 seconds. After the consultation, an electronic medical record can be generated with one click, and you can use medical insurance to buy medication.

Share with Family

Go to "Family Health" under "Me," tap "Add Member," enter the name and ID number (photo recognition supported), and a profile is automatically created. Switch members to view their data and reminders.

Privacy and Boundaries

When using "Incognito Scan," uploaded images are automatically blurred.

Every answer ends with "For reference only and does not replace a doctor's diagnosis." If symptoms are urgent, a red "Call 120 Immediately" button pops up forcibly.

In short, Ant Afu is "a health record that tracks you continuously + proactive goal setting + multiple ways to ask questions + direct access to real doctors." Just connect your devices and reports once, and afterward, whenever you have a health concern, you can ask by photo, voice, or text. It first gives you personalized explanations, and when needed, helps you find a doctor, book appointments, get prescriptions, and pay with medical insurance. Managing daily health becomes worry-free, and seeing a doctor is no longer a hassle.

Things to keep in mind when using

Afu's answers are meant to help you understand and manage your health — they are not a doctor's diagnosis and cannot replace a real doctor. For matters like medication, tests, or surgery, follow your doctor's advice. If you continue to feel unwell, go to the hospital promptly. Also pay attention to privacy — use official platforms and don't casually authorize sensitive information.