The next Apple Watch workout challenge in the Activity app has been created to help you kick off 2021 in style, by performing workouts that will get you in shape.
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Apple Fitness+ is now available with various workouts for $9.99 per month
Back in September of this year, Apple introduced a new service: Fitness+. Now, months later, it's finally available.
Apple Fitness+ instructors are hyping their workouts ahead of launch before the end of 2020
Apple unveiled Fitness+ earlier this year, and said it would launch before the end of 2020. That date is rapidly approaching, and now the instructors are hyping things up.
How to change Move, Exercise, and Stand Goals on Apple Watch
Learn how to increase or decrease your daily Move goal calories, Exercise goal minutes, and daily Stand goal hours in the Activity and Fitness apps on your Apple Watch and iPhone so it's more suitable for your current activity level.
Restoring your iPhone and Apple Watch may fix missing GPS workout data, excess battery drain
Some Apple Watch customers recently reported missing GPS mapping data when capturing their workouts in the Workout app on watchOS 7. Others have complained about excess battery drain after updating to the latest watchOS software. Apple has now released a new support document to acknowledge these and other issues, proposing a fix.
Some Apple Watch users plagued with missing GPS mapping data in watchOS 7 workouts
Apple released the watchOS 7 software update last week and some Apple Watch owners are now reporting problems such as missing GPS mapping data when using the built-in Workout app to record specific workouts that track distance covered.
Jeff Williams says Fitness+ is a ‘natural extension of the goal of Apple Watch’
Earlier this week, Apple unveiled a brand new subscription service called Fitness+. As the name suggests, it's all about health and fitness, and it launches later this fall.
Video: Everything new in terms of health, sleep and fitness features on iOS 14
iOS 14 brings several new iPhone features that let you better track and manage your physical activity. It also adds new sleep-related features. In this hands-on video, we walk you through all the new health, sleep and fitness features that are available to iPhone customers with iOS 14.
Parks-themed Activity challenge for Apple Watch owners scheduled for August 30
Apple will be inviting Apple Watch owners to celebrate the natural wonder of national parks with a new challenge in the Activity app scheduled for this coming Sunday, August 30.
iOS 14: new Apple fitness app code-named “Seymour” will include guided workout videos
Newly discovered icons in iOS 14 code apparently indicate that Apple might be working on a brand new fitness app that will permit users to download guided workout videos.
LiveRings updated for iOS 13, animates the Activity app icon’s rings
If you take advantage of the standard fitness features that ship with your iPhone and Apple Watch, then you might use the native Activity app to view daily progress. As you proceed, the rings inside the app slowly complete a 360–degree circle, an achievement commonly known as ‘closing rings.’ My only gripe with this is that you have to open the app to see any details.
Thankfully, a jailbreak tweak called LiveRings by iOS developer CPDigitalDarkroom lets you view a summary of your activity directly from the Home screen without even launching the Activity app. That’s because the tweak animates the Activity app icon itself to depict ring-closing progress.
How to use Apple Watch with gym equipment
Your Apple Watch and cardio machines inside gyms can talk to each other. Using your Apple Watch with gym equipment like treadmills, ellipticals and indoor bikes gives you a better, more complete set of metrics such as heart rate, distance, speed, elevation and so forth. iDB lays out ways to use Apple Watch with gym equipment, including how to pair your Apple Watch with cardio machines and how to start and end a workout on the gym equipment.