Healthify, a health-tech startup backed by Khosla Ventures, has introduced a major upgrade to its AI assistant Ria  transforming it into a real-time conversational wellness coach. The updated Ria allows users to speak naturally via voice and use a camera to analyze food and log nutritional data directly into the app. This multimodal interaction reduces friction in tracking health behaviors and makes the experience more intuitive for users.

The new Ria leverages OpenAI’s conversational AI technologies to support multilingual voice interactions including support for several Indian languages and mixed inputs like Hinglish  giving users the ability to have smooth, natural dialogue with the assistant. Beyond simple conversation, Ria aggregates and interprets data from fitness trackers, sleep monitors and glucose devices to deliver insights on activity patterns, sleep quality, readiness and glucose fluctuations, offering recommendations tailored to individual health goals.

One standout feature is Ria’s camera-based food logging: users can point their phone camera at meals or food labels to instantly get nutritional information and log meals without manual entry. Healthify even demonstrated real-time interaction via smart glasses, showing how the assistant can be used hands-free. The company believes this enhanced AI interaction will boost user engagement and make logging and habit formation significantly easier  enabling users to ask for daily, weekly or monthly health overviews in natural spoken languages.

This upgrade reflects a broader trend in digital health, where AI assistants aim to provide proactive, personalized support across lifestyle and wellness domains  expanding beyond text and manual entry into richer voice and visual experiences.