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Apple Fitness+ Expands to India With Custom Plans, K Pop Workouts, and Free Trial Offer

Sudhanshu — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:32:25 +0000

Apple is bringing Apple Fitness+ to India starting December 15 as part of its largest global expansion to date. The service is launching in 28 new markets, including India, Chile, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and the Netherlands. Japan will join early next year. With this rollout, Apple Fitness+ will be available in 49 countries and regions worldwide.

Apple Fitness+ offers guided workouts and meditations across 12 categories, including Strength, Yoga, HIIT, Pilates, Dance, Cycling, Kickboxing, and Meditation. Workout sessions range from five to 45 minutes and can be streamed on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. When used with Apple Watch, users can view real time metrics on screen such as heart rate, calories burned, Activity ring progress, and the Burn Bar, which shows how their effort compares with others who completed the same workout. These metrics can also be viewed on screen while using AirPods Pro 3.

The service focuses on personalization through Custom Plans, which automatically create workout schedules based on user preferences like workout types, duration, trainers, and music. Apple also offers preset plans. Get Started is designed for new users. Stay Consistent helps users follow a regular routine. Push Further increases workout time or frequency for those looking for more challenge.

As part of the expansion, Apple is adding digitally dubbed workouts and meditations in Spanish and German, with Japanese dubbing planned for early next year along with the launch in Japan. These dubbed sessions use a generated voice based on the real voice of each Fitness+ trainer. New dubbed episodes will be added every week. Users can choose their audio language during a workout or set Spanish, German, or Japanese as the default language in the Fitness app, where available.

Apple Fitness+ is also adding K Pop as a new music genre across all workout types. It joins existing music options such as Hip Hop and R and B, Latin Grooves, Upbeat Anthems, and Latest Hits. Other features include Artist Spotlight workouts focused on one artist, Time to Walk audio episodes with public figures, curated workout Collections, and 12 guided meditation themes.

Pricing & availability

In India, Apple Fitness+ will be priced at INR 149 per month or INR 999 per year. The subscription can be shared with up to five other family members using Family Sharing. Apple is also offering three months of Fitness+ for free with the purchase of eligible new devices, including Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, AirPods Pro 3, and Powerbeats Pro 2.

To use the service, users need an iPhone 8 or later running iOS 16.1 or newer. Alternatively, Fitness+ can be used with an Apple Watch Series 3 or later running watchOS 7.2 or newer, paired with an iPhone 6s or later.

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AirPods may soon detect when you skimp out on workouts with Apple Fitness+

Sean — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 08:46:16 +0000

Apple is apparently working on a new technology that would help it detect the users’ body movement and positioning. This technology is being made for future AirPods and will work in tandem with the Fitness+ workouts.

The new system will also be used to assist the Spatial Audio feature, but when paired with the Cupertino based giant’s Fitness+, things get a bit more interesting. For those unaware, Fitness+ is an Apple service that basically helps assists users with their physical exercises. However, this service doesn’t offer a dedicated instructor, so there was no way for the company to know that users actually completed the workout or even if they did it properly.

At the moment, the only reliable method of finding out if you’re working out is through Apple Watch. But now, the iPhone maker has recently patented a “Wireless Ear Bud System With Pose Detection” (Via AppleInsider). As the name suggests, it is a system that can detect the user’s body positions. The patent application describes it as a “host electronic device may communicate wirelessly with the ear buds and may form part of an ear bud system that supplies the user with coaching and feedback while evaluating user performance of a head movement routine or other exercise routine.”

The patent says that the ear buds will gather acceleromete data and may also “use a rotation matrix.” It further adds that “The data in the neutral reference frame may be analyzed using a user head pose look up table to categorize measured user head positions as corresponding to respective user head poses.” Meaning, Apple might be able to track fine movements as well, to detect when, say, an arm is being raised over your head.

Apple might soon acquire fitness brand Peloton

Sudhanshu — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 18:51:50 +0000

Peloton, the American exercise equipment, and media company is currently facing financial trouble which has led it to cut costs, product prices and is even rumored to soon lay off 41% of its sales and marketing staff.

This situation has arisen due to giants like Apple entering the health and fitness business rivaling Peloton’s business model by providing digital classes under Apple Fitness+ at cheaper prices with the Apple One bundle. Peloton has also told employees that products such as the Bike, Bike+, and Tread will be out of production for between six weeks and six months.

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In a recent press release, Peloton CEO John Foley said that the company is now “taking significant corrective actions to improve our profitability outlook and optimize our costs.” Following this statement, the company’s stock has plummeted by 24 percent and now floating around 85 percent below where it was trading this time last year.

These recent unfavorable events for Peloton look like a prelude to an acquisition by a bigger company like Apple, on which The Information has reported that “If Peloton is to have a future, it would be better off as part of a bigger, more diversified company. Apple is an ideal candidate to take on that project. It has the Fitness+ subscription service for classes and it markets the Apple Watch as a device that can help with jogging and other exercise activities. It could close Peloton’s stores and sell the equipment through its own stores. And hey, after today, Peloton’s market capitalization is down to $7.9 billion. Cook could pay for that by dipping into the change jar in his kitchen.”

The idea of Apple acquiring Peloton is now making the rounds on investing forums and even being picked by financial adviser websites like The Motley Fool. For now, it remains just an idea as no news of the companies actually being interested in this course of action has surfaced. However, we will keep a close eye on the matter for any notable developments.

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Apple Fitness+ subscription service is now available in 15 more countries

Jeet — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:39:44 +0000

Apple Fitness+, a new service from the Cupertino-based technology giant that offers a home-based workout program through Apple Watch, has been available in the United States for about nine months.

Now, the company has confirmed that it is expanding the service by making it available in 15 more countries. These new countries include Austria, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates.

Prior to this expansion, along with the US, the service was also available in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand.

The service features 11 different exercises with dozens of classes and many instructors to help everyone. The classes range from 5 minutes to 45 minutes. Every week, there are new workouts and videos, which means that the catalog keeps growing, allowing users more options to choose from.

Apple Fitness+ also includes Time to Walk, Guided Meditations, and more. With the launch of iOS and iPadOS 15.1, tvOS 15.1, and watchOS 8.1, the service can also be used with SharePlay, letting friends and family workout together over FaceTime.

Do note that to use this service, users need Apple Watch Series 3 or later. The service costs around $10 per month but users can also opt for the Apple One Premier subscription that already includes access to Apple Fitness+ along with a few other services from Apple which can also be shared with up to six family members.