nope, not just you. The long lead-ins to start a session are what turn me off. Youtube trainers get right to it without the pressure of Apple's messaging.
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Future of Apple Fitness+ 'Under Review'
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You might want to check out the Down Dog app; it's popular in the yoga subreddit. It offers different skill levels, different styles of yoga (e.g. Yin, Hatha, Vinyasa,) and you can choose "boosts" which lets you choose an area you want to focus on.
I get it as part of Apple One. I’ve used the meditation bit a few times and it’s ok (once you’ve got past the icky “here in the Fitness + LA studio”) but I wouldn’t pay for it separately, it’s not as good as Calm
i've done quite a lot of the 'Time To Walk' ones and they're okay, but it would nice if they started introducing some new topics. You don't need motivational stories on every walk.
Maybe just have two famous people talking to each other as they're walking along, reminiscing about stuff.
Or have a famous musician talking about an album, explaining the background to the songs before playing them.
Or have some expert guides walking around big cities, talking about the buildings as they're passing by, giving you directions and pictures on your watch. It might be quite interesting following along with a guide like that for an hour, if they could do it for enough cities.
Maybe just have two famous people talking to each other as they're walking along, reminiscing about stuff.
Or have a famous musician talking about an album, explaining the background to the songs before playing them.
Or have some expert guides walking around big cities, talking about the buildings as they're passing by, giving you directions and pictures on your watch. It might be quite interesting following along with a guide like that for an hour, if they could do it for enough cities.
The future of Apple Fitness+ is "under review" amid a reorganization of the service, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
In the latest edition of his "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said that Apple Fitness+ remains one of the company's "weakest digital offerings." The service apparently suffers from high churn and little revenue.
Nevertheless, Fitness+ has a small, loyal fanbase that makes it difficult for Apple to shut it down "without a backlash." The service is sufficiently inexpensive to operate that negative headlines would not be worth the saving.
Nevertheless, Gurman says the "future of Fitness+ is under review." He revealed that the service is to receive new management, with Apple health vice president Sumbul Desai taking control of the service. The health division, now including Apple Fitness+, will report directly to services chief Eddy Cue. The reorganization is likely to lead to added pressure to improve results.
Apple Fitness+ launched in 2020 as an ad-free video on demand guided workout streaming service. It costs $9.99 per month and is available as part of the Apple One Premier bundle.
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The future of Apple Fitness+ is "under review" amid a reorganization of the service, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
In the latest edition of his "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said that Apple Fitness+ remains one of the company's "weakest digital offerings." The service apparently suffers from high churn and little revenue.
Nevertheless, Fitness+ has a small, loyal fanbase that makes it difficult for Apple to shut it down "without a backlash." The service is sufficiently inexpensive to operate that negative headlines would not be worth the saving.
Nevertheless, Gurman says the "future of Fitness+ is under review." He revealed that the service is to receive new management, with Apple health vice president Sumbul Desai taking control of the service. The health division, now including Apple Fitness+, will report directly to services chief Eddy Cue. The reorganization is likely to lead to added pressure to improve results.
Apple Fitness+ launched in 2020 as an ad-free video on demand guided workout streaming service. It costs $9.99 per month and is available as part of the Apple One Premier bundle.
Article Link: Future of Apple Fitness+ 'Under Review'
I use it every single day.
I have listened to every single Time To Walk. 99% of them are great.
As much as I like them, Emily, Kym & Bakari are ball-busters. I hate their guts.
And all the couch-potatoes will hate blast me, but if you have to get rid of something, get rid of Arcade. At least Fitness+ is good for your health.
Maybe if you advertised it more? I can't tell you how many people at the gym see me trying to keep up with with one of the aforementioned ball-busters, and ask if that is the Peloton app that I am using.
Apple Fitness has been genuinely life changing for me. I would be really disappointed if they shut it down. I use it more than I use my Apple TV subscription.
Count me in the love it category. If I’m wanting to hard-core track weights or runs, I would probably use something else. And I’ve done all that, but I just liked to casually track my stuff. And I love Time to Run for a casual run.
I feel like most people don’t know this (the variety of fitness workouts) exists, especially Time to Run. And it’s just getting easier for iPhone only owners. I prefer it to other running and fitness style apps, and I love the variety of workout styles.
I feel like most people don’t know this (the variety of fitness workouts) exists, especially Time to Run. And it’s just getting easier for iPhone only owners. I prefer it to other running and fitness style apps, and I love the variety of workout styles.
I'm a regular since the beginning. I like the idea of a refresh, though. The format is stale, and there is too much focus on cross-promoting Apple Music. The buzz words are stale. Honestly, I like Sam, but if I hear her say "Mi Gente" one more time... or Kyle and his "Like a beast, like a boss". I get the feeling they are told to keep to a very tight format: Welcome... Honoring _____ month... Today's playlist... Stay active, close your rings, see you next tiiiiime (dance off with ridiculous goofy smile).
Yes if we fork out money for an Apple Watch at least a couple of years worth of Fitness+ should be included - after 2 years you can pay the fee if you use it or get it again when buying a new watch
Another proof they market this poorly: you haven’t been needing an apple watch to subscribe and use it for over 3 years now, and people don’t know it
Any Airplay 2 tv work. But if you have some samsung/lg/don’t know which other brands models or even a very cheap roku stick you can even have heart rate, burner bar, rings and all graphics on screen.
Something that would bring me in would be “virtual runs” or “virtual bike rides”: video of scenic runs, bike rides, hikes, or other activities that one could watch while on cardio equipment. Perhaps some even with tour guides, as much as instructors. While there are already Apps like Kinomaps, Apple Fitness+ could display activity information from the watch or phone screen.
In fact, it would be pretty useful if the Apple Ecosystem could display activity data like this in an overlay while watching content from any app. However, since it would be a baked-in feature of the software, rather than an ongoing service, it would not make sense from a consumer perspective to put it behind the Fitness+ paywall.
In fact, it would be pretty useful if the Apple Ecosystem could display activity data like this in an overlay while watching content from any app. However, since it would be a baked-in feature of the software, rather than an ongoing service, it would not make sense from a consumer perspective to put it behind the Fitness+ paywall.
Indeed. Looks like the option of signing in with iPhone is a bit buried in the process on my AppleTV and I never noticed it. But you are correct. Never knew they made the switch. They should really just open it up like Apple Music and Apple TV if they want to increase user base.
Millions of people cannot use this because is it not available in their countries. I don’t understand why.
I want to use it since day one, but I can’t. I’m not allowed.
I want to use it since day one, but I can’t. I’m not allowed.
Why not make it free for a while and draw people in. They can afford it. Take the time to make it competitive. Then if the retention rate is poor when they start charging again, kill it.
I cannot understand how iFit is able to charge 40 bucks a month for their service. I got a used ifit bike for $50 bucks in a neighborhood garage sale, it is practically brand new. I wanted to try it out the full iFit experience and signed up for a month. It was fine, just hard to justify the cost. But I can do manual workouts and also bring up an Apple+ workout, so there are work arounds. I already owned a treadmill with iFit but just do manual workouts. It's just too bad Apple couldn't somehow be directly supported on iFit equipment. I like that iFit workouts can change the resistance automatically.