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Spotify today launched a new Fitness hub, bringing over 1,400 on-demand Peloton workout classes to Premium subscribers alongside a range of free content from independent wellness creators.

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The Peloton classes span strength, cardio, yoga, pilates, barre, meditation, stretching, and outdoor run and walk, and require no specialist equipment. Peloton's bike workouts are not included. The catalog is available in the U.S., UK, Australia, Germany, Austria, Canada, Mexico, Sweden, and Spain, with Spotify saying it will expand to more countries over time.

Both free and Premium subscribers can access curated playlists and content from a range of established wellness creators, including Yoga With Kassandra, Caitlin K'eli Yoga, Sweaty Studio, Chloe Ting, Pilates Body by Raven, Abi Mills Wellness, and Sophiereidfit. The Peloton partnership content, featuring instructors such as Rebecca Kennedy, Ally Love, and Rad Lopez, is available to Premium subscribers only, ad-free.

The Fitness hub includes an onboarding questionnaire that asks users what type of movement they want, how hard they want to push, and their experience level, then generates a personalized starter pack. Classes are primarily in English, with select options in Spanish and German. Offline downloads are supported, and users can switch between watching a class on TV and listening on a phone or smart speaker in audio-only mode.

Nearly 70% of Premium subscribers apparently work out monthly, and there are more than 150 million fitness playlists active on the platform. Fitness and workout content also ranks among the top use cases for the company's recently launched AI-powered Prompted Playlist feature.

The Fitness hub is accessible by searching "fitness" in the Spotify app's Search tab, or via the "Browse all" menu.

Article Link: Spotify Launches Fitness Hub With 1,400+ Peloton Workouts
 
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I’m not sure I would ever watch a lesson on Spotify of all places. Not that I’d sacrifice music during a workout in general anyway.
 
I'm assuming this benefits Peloton to bring more eyes to their classes? They aren't usually one to give away what makes them unique to another company.

Personally, I love my Peloton (I have a bike and the Guide camera from before they discontinued it.)
 
That’s one other way they can justify subscription fee increases. Like when they added Audio books and podcasts. Sucks for the people who didn’t ask or would use these features. They’re paying for them now!
 
So Spotify now have music, podcasts, audiobooks and … fitness classes? I mean, trying to own audio sort of makes sense, but now the message is getting muddy. what next, are they going to acquire Substack?
 
Do we have AirPlay 2 support yet? Or is Spotify still sitting there with their head up their ass claiming that Apple won't "play fair"?

How much more will Spotify jack up their prices for all this extraneous garbage on top of what was supposed to be a music service?

Ek is a gd idiot.
 
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Do we have AirPlay 2 support yet? Or is Spotify still sitting there with their head up their ass claiming that Apple won't "play fair"?

How much more will Spotify jack up their prices for all this extraneous garbage on top of what was supposed to be a music service?

Ek is a gd idiot.
For those unhappy with that there are other options like Apple Music or Tidal…
 
I'm assuming this benefits Peloton to bring more eyes to their classes? They aren't usually one to give away what makes them unique to another company.
Peloton desperately needs to generate revenue; this is a low-cost approach. I'd guess the deal is tied with how many people actually view those classes on Spotify.

Clearly Peloton doesn't view that subset of their classes as something that uniquely defines their offering.
 
Yes because Apple fitness is so popular lol
I tried Apple fitness+ this winter as it finally came to my country (Belgium).
I think the lessons are quite good, albeit very American: a lot of talk and no substance.

But I’m especially disappointed in the app. It’s a horrible experience to manage everything on one tab. And it’s such a convoluted interface. Hard pass in the current iteration.
 
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I'd probably try the Apple workouts, but my house was built in the 1800s, and let's just say I don't ever try to do any jumping jacks on my ancient floors.
 
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