Senior healthcare app 'Kantan HELPO' rebranded as 'Oshiete Doctor,' focusing on 'Reading, Noticing, and Continuing'

Healthcare Technologies Corp., a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. specializing in healthcare, is rebranding its senior-focused healthcare app 'Kantan HELPO' to 'Oshiete Doctor,' emphasizing an experience of 'reading, noticing, and continuing.' As the first step of this renewal, it will be pre-installed on the Y!mobile smartphone 'Kantan Smartphone 5,' scheduled for release by SoftBank on June 4, 2026. In this renewal, the service design, which previously focused on chat-based health and medical consultations, has been revised to a 'reading-centric' app that allows users to continuously engage with health information while retaining the consultation function. Through this, the company aims to provide a service experience that encourages behavioral change, allowing users to engage with health information more securely through '1-minute care' supervised by medical professionals, health articles for seniors, and self-check functions. Healthcare Technologies plans to expand access to health information into various touchpoints in daily life, with a view to collaborating with companies and regional services that develop services for seniors.