Apple recently announced at a new product launch that its fitness subscription service “Apple Fitness+” will be expanded to 15 other countries, including Malaysia, sometime this year.
The company has earlier launched this service in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand.
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Apple Fitness+ is Apple’s first fitness service built entirely around Apple Watch. It is a subscription service that provides users with fitness videos and audios. It can also achieve real-time synchronization and fitness tracking through Apple Watch.
There is also a watch that can monitor the user’s heart rate, all health information will be displayed on the iPhone, iPad or Apple TV, allowing the user to stay motivated throughout the exercise, and without having to stare at the wrist all the time.
Previously, it has provided HIIT, strength training (Strength), yoga and walking and other projects. Apple is expected to launch new guided meditation and Pilates (Pilates), and equipped with SharePlay group exercise function, users can join up to 32 people Exercise simultaneously.
This means that users can start group exercises through thread groups or FaceTime on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV equipped with AirPlay.
Jay Blahnik, Apple’s senior director of fitness technology, pointed out: “We are very pleased to introduce new exercise methods to bring more choices for Fitness+ users to maintain vitality and motivation, as well as guided meditation. Experience is very friendly to everyone and easier to integrate into your life.”
He also said: “This new method of collective or individual training will be opened to more countries later this year. We can’t wait to let more people experience Fitnes+.”
This guided meditation aims to help users reduce stress and provide “Mindful Cooldowns” courses. Users can use nine guided meditation topics such as purpose, harmony, gratitude, awareness, creativity, wisdom, and calm. , Concentration and resilience, find the best way to meditate for you, and also have a video experience. You meditate with the Fitness+ instructor. Each exercise lasts from 5 to 20 minutes.
Another new feature is Pilates, which is a low-impact exercise type, mainly to maintain and improve strength and flexibility, but you need to prepare mats and resistance bands, each exercise time is 10 minutes to 30 minutes.
Other new features include exercises to prepare for the winter, which is not practical for those close to the equator. There are also “Artist Spotlight series” and “Time To Walk series”.
The artist’s focus series will include music by Billie Eilish, Calvin Harris, Imagine Dragons and Nicki Minaj in cycling, rowing, HIIT, strength training, yoga, dance and treadmill projects.
The Walking Time series provides user audio experiences, including singer-songwriters Bebe Rexha and Camila Cabello, country musician and actor Reba McEntire, social activist and founder of the Me Too event Tarana Burke, American professional basketball player Carmelo Anthony and American actors, Activist and writer Gabrielle Union.
Apple wrote: “Regardless of personal life or fitness, Fitness+ has targeted exercise programs, such as pregnant women, the elderly, beginners, and even winter exercises.”
Apple Fitness+ is expected to be available to Malaysian users in the near future, but we have not yet grasped the exact date, and the price is still uncertain, but the price in the United States is 9.99 US dollars per month (approximately 41 ringgits and 56 sen) or 79.99 US dollars per year (approximately 332 ringgits 80 sen).
It will also be open to users in Australia, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland and the UAE.
Fitness+ can be shared with up to 6 family members. The price remains the same, but it must be an Apple Watch Series 3 or higher with watchOS 7.2, iPhone 6s or iOS 14.3 or higher, although this service is included in the Apple One premium plan , But it has not yet been launched in the Malaysian market.
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