In this case they kinda did it. On iphone, in the Fitness app, you can see your full history of all fitness+ workouts and any other workouts you’ve done on your own using just the apple watch. On iPad or Apple TV, although the Fitness app can use your Fitness+ workout history to proactively show you new workouts similar to what you’ve done before it won’t let you actually see your full history like the iphone app does.
Your daughter is right. The Fitness app on iphone lets you see the full history of all the workouts you’ve done before, both the ones using fitness+ and the ones done on your own using just the apple watch. The Fitness app on iPad and Apple TV can only use your Fitness+ workout history proactively to recommend new workouts similar to the ones you already did, but it won’t let you actually see your full workout history like it does on the iphone.
I did see one change on 14.4 beta 2 which is that I can use my iPad Pro wired via USB-C to my Pro Display XDR and it works (did not in 14.3 or 14.4 beta 1).
nope. It doesn’t fix anything. Judging by how casting to a tv fails selectively only to/from certain devices but not others and by Apple’s absolute silence on the matter despite all the grousing, I think this was done intentionally and is not a bug.
what confirms airplay disabling is deliberate is Apple’s silence despite the complaints, and the fact that they did it selectively: wireless airplay only works if you’re casting to a 4th or 5th gen apple tv (which is useless, since those apple tv boxes actually can run the Fitness app natively), but not to any other devices including earlier models of apple’s own apple tv, and casting with an HDMI adapter and cable only works from devices with a USB-C port (3rd and 4th gen ipad pro, 2020 ipad air), but not from devices with a lightning port (all other ipads and all iphones).
It reminds me of when Netflix had disabled AirPlay through the iOS app for “technical” reasons. So is Apple doing the same within the Fitness app or just putting DRM on the all the full workout videos?
Apple is worse. Netflix disabled wireless AirPlay, but they still let you cast their videos to a tv using an HDMI dongle and cable. Apple disabled both ways of casting (though they only did it specifically for the Fitness+ videos, not for everything else). It doesn’t seem to be related to DRM, if it were they’d have to disable airplay for everything, not just Fitness+.
Too bad 3rd gen and earlier Apple TV boxes are only compatible with AirPlay 1. They're still out of the question even with this update. However, the article posted about it here on Macrumors does clarify a bit the reason for this limitation: it is indeed related to the Apple Watch metrics overlay that's displayed during the workout videos (the article says smart tvs will now be able to get the video, but still won't get the Apple Watch metrics overlay).
At least now we know why: it must be because of the metrics overlay. According to macrumor's article today, the smart tvs will now get the workout video image, but still without the AW metrics overlay.
Not yet. The update that will fix that is iOS/iPadOS 14.5, but it hasn’t been released yet. It’s in beta (and only for developers right now, not even public beta yet).
With the watchOS 7.4 and iOS 14.5 betas, Apple is adding AirPlay 2 support to the Apple Fitness+ app, which is a feature that Apple Fitness+ users have been hoping for.
As noted by TechCrunch, Apple Fitness+ workouts will be able to be streamed to AirPlay 2-compatible television sets from an iPhone or iPad, allowing workouts to be viewed on a larger screen by those who do not have an Apple TV.
Audio and video will be able to be sent to an AirPlay 2-enabled TV or set-top box, but Apple Watch metrics will not be able to be displayed on the screen.
Activity rings, workout time remaining, calories burned, and burn bars will not show up on the television set over AirPlay 2 and will instead need to be viewed on the connected iPhone or iPad, but this should be a welcome change for those who want to be able to watch Apple Fitness+ workouts on a larger screen.
The optimal way to use Apple Fitness+ is with an Apple TV as the service is built into the Fitness app on the Apple TV, but there are many people out there with an AirPlay-compatible TV and no Apple TV set-top box to use with it.
Article Link: Apple Fitness+ Gaining AirPlay 2 Support in iOS 14.5
They will starting with iOS/iPadOS 14.5, which is still in beta for now.
Does that allow screen mirroring? I can’t work out if my tv has airplay or not, but I can mirror from the iPad to fire stick using a third party app on the stick
