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Apple Fitness+ Comes With 3 Month Free Trial When Purchasing Apple Watch, But Best Buy Customers Get 6 Months

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Apple today announced a new Fitness+ service which is set to launch later this year. Fitness+ is a fitness experience that was designed with the Apple Watch in mind, and it pairs fitness videos watched on the iPad, iPhone, or Apple TV with Apple Watch fitness measuring metrics.

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Fitness+, accessible in the Fitness app on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, provides studio-style workouts across several workout categories including Cycling, Treadmill, Rowing, HIIT, Strength, Yoga, Dance, Core, and Mindful Cooldown. Users will be able to choose workout type, trainer, duration, and music, plus Apple will offer up custom recommendations.

All Apple Customers are eligible for a free one-month trial of Fitness+ when it launches, but those who purchase an Apple Watch Series 3 or later from Apple will get a free three-month trial.

Apple has an even sweeter deal in collaboration with Best Buy. Anyone who purchases an Apple Watch Series 3 or later from Best Buy will get six months of Fitness+ for free. My Best Buy members who already own an Apple Watch Series 3 or later can get two months of Fitness+ for free, with details available on Best Buy's website.

CVS Health is also offering access to Fitness+ for Aetna commercial and Caremark members, CVS Pharmacy ExtraCare retail customers, and CVS Health employees. Fitness+ is also included in Apple's Premier Apple One bundle plan, priced at $29.95 per month.

After the free trial, Fitness+ is priced at $9.99 per month or $79.99 per year. Purchasing the yearly plan offers savings of $40, dropping the price to $6.67 per month. Fitness+ is eligible for family sharing, so for the monthly price, up to six family members can access the guided workout options.

When it launches later this year, Fitness+ will be available in the United States, UK, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, and Ireland. Fitness+ requires an Apple Watch Series 3 or later paired with an iPhone 6s/iPhone SE or later.

Article Link: Apple Fitness+ Comes With 3 Month Free Trial When Purchasing Apple Watch, But Best Buy Customers Get 6 Months
 
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dragoon2745 said:
How is Fitness+ different than just watching YouTube videos of workout classes?
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I think we're seeing the dawn of a new era in virtually-delivered fitness to be honest.
Fitness+ will integrate your wearable. Right now it's for stats, but I think that pretty soon we'll see workouts being adjusted in real time based on actual performance.
 
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dragoon2745 said:
How is Fitness+ different than just watching YouTube videos of workout classes?
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Outside of the interactive components and watch integration my guess is they will be of a higher quality as well. Yes I know there is high quality content on YouTube as well, but it is a mixed bag. It won't be for everyone, but considering what they have done with Apple Watch health, I am betting they will have a hit on their hands.
 
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dragoon2745 said:
How is Fitness+ different than just watching YouTube videos of workout classes?
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I mean...doesn't this apply to anything? Why is Udemy better than YouTube? Because you get well built courses with reviews to let you know if it's good, and a curriculum. Why do cooking classes when you have YouTube? Why go to college to learn how to be a joiner (talking UK college here, not US), when you can watch YouTube?

How is Fitness+ better than YouTube? It integrates into the Apple Watch/Fitness ecosystem, which gives you all your stats in relation to the video. The video production quality is guaranteed (which it isn't on YouTube), and it's easily searchable, knowing you won't get ads for products in your search results. You can filter it by your equipment level too, so you know you won't get videos telling you to use equipment X when you don't own it.

You can do fitness stuff on YouTube if you want - just like you can do anything with YouTube videos. But if you want an easier, more integrated experience, then you sign up to specialised services. It's up to you to find where the balance of price vs quality/convince falls for you.
 
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I'd just like to say: Peloton is f@$d.

Peloton is $30/month plus the cost of a very expensive, overpriced treadmill whose only price is justified by the display mounted to it and the associated classes.

Fitness+ is only $9.99 and works with an iPad or any existing TV with tv and also works with dozens of other workouts, not just running — and it's included in Apple One for even less than that (essentially free with other services).

Peloton has a head start by the installed base of treadmill owners but anybody thinking of getting into smart fitness at home will think twice about spending thousands of dollars on this premium treadmill when they can instead use their Apple Watch.

I think we'll see a community build up around Fitness+ as it gets going. You'll be able to challenge your friends and join classes simultaneously.
 
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ipedro said:
I'd just like to say: Peloton is f#$d.

Peloton is $30/month plus the cost of a very expensive, overpriced treadmill whose only price is justified by the display mounted to it and the associated classes.

Fitness+ is only $9.99 and works with an iPad or any existing TV with tv and also works with dozens of other workouts, not just running.
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This. Not only is Pelaton $$$, but it’s not a family membership last time I checked. This service is very affordable especially if you are already paying for Apple Music, iCloud Storage or any other services. And it works for the family.
 
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I am certainly capable of exercise, despite being over 50, out of shape and having a bad knee, but I want to go with programs curated by experts for certain categories of experience and fitness levels. Apple seems to be offering this.

I’ll find out soon enough.

Going out trying to cobble together something from YouTube was a disaster.
 
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I think this is great. It shows Apples dedication to fitness and can only drive more features into the watch. Not to mention with gyms closed during lockdown and everyone in Australia anyway purchasing up all the fitness equipment this is a no brainer. I have gym equipment in my garage but if you wanted a quick workout because you were time poor that you can display on a big or smaller screen without ads then this is perfect. With some people talking about YouTube this people wants clicks and fair enough in some cases it is their job. But if you do not know what you are wanting to achieve or what exercises to do it can be a pain to get a fitness regime in place. Just waiting for Samsung and Google to release versions of this now. Google YouTube Fitness and Samsung Fitness+ because Samsung.
 
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I can see Fitness+ being quite popular, especially as similar Services like Peloton digital cost more, as do more specialis services like Zwift. The free trial, especially 6 months through Best Buy, gives plenty of time to see whether it works too. Also for families the Premier Apple One package effectively throws in Fitness+ if you already subscribe to a few packages like Apple Music and 2TB iCloud.
 
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MacRumors said:
CVS Health is also offering access to Fitness+ for Aetna commercial and Caremark members, CVS Pharmacy ExtraCare retail customers, and CVS Health employees.
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This makes it seem like CVS is offering free access to Fitness+, but it sounds like it might be a discounted 1-year subscription through CVS.
“CVS Health is developing a one-year subscription offer for Aetna commercial and CVS Caremark members and will share details soon.”
cvshealth.com

CVS Health Introduces Special Access to Apple Fitness+ | CVS Health

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I think we'll see a community build up around Fitness+ as it gets going. You'll be able to challenge your friends and join classes simultaneously.
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Would be cool if you can take the same class as your friends and have a FaceTime call at the same time so your virtually together taking a gym class..would be cool especially in this covid era
 
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dragoon2745 said:
How is Fitness+ different than just watching YouTube videos of workout classes?
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For one thing, you won’t hear “click that subscribe button”.

Integration with Apple Watch, ability to customize music and workouts, professional quality — what they are offering is a steal for the price. With minimal or no equipment, you could skip the gym and get a great workout at home (depending on your fitness goals).
 
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