Apple Fitness+ arrives in Italy from today, accessible from the renewed Fitness application. Our country is in fact among the new 15 where you can train, meditate and take advantage of all the other options for physical and psychological well-being that characterize the experience of the Apple platform, which we had explained here in detail. Thus, the number of countries reached by the service rises to 21.
L’English remains the primary language: in new and existing markets, Fitness + will indeed be available with sottotitoli in French, English, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and German. And from today it will always support the rather hilarious sharing of SharePlay, to live shared experiences (precisely also training but not only) during a FaceTime call via iPhone, iPad or Mac.
How to subscribe to Fitness +
Fitness +, which is meant to be enjoyed by immersing yourself in the Apple ecosystem and above all paired with the Apple Watch – as is well known, Series 7 has just been available – it can be used in two modes. You can pay thesubscription to the single service at 9.99 euros per month or 79.99 per year, or find it included in the most expensive plan of the Apple One offer. Is called Premier, also debuts today and for € 28.95 per month includes Apple Music, Apple TV +, Apple Arcade and iCloud + with 2TB of storage to share with up to six family members. The contemporary launch is precisely designed to link training to the richest and most expensive formula.
Coaches, Time to Walk, customization
Apple Fitness + is the first fitness experience designed around the Apple Watch that brings professional workouts and guided meditations to iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. The clock serves a integrate the main parameters physical such as heart rate or calorie burn in workouts, to take advantage of inspiring features such as Time to Walk, a sort of mini audio podcast with some of the most fascinating personalities in the world who accompany us on a walk marked by anecdotes, photos and songs from their lives, and customize workouts. Which are taught by a diverse and inclusive team of trainers and calibrated for beginners as well as for experts – for each workout the trainer on the right does the same exercise but adapts it to a lower difficulty level, just like a teacher would do in presence, to allow anyone to participate. A remarkable and in fact unique foresight for this type of products. Often, as in the case of skiing, there are real Olympic champions on the other side of the display: this is the case of ?? Ted Ligety, two-time Olympic champion and 5-time world champion. Everything, in the sessions lasting from 5 to 45 minutes, accompanied by the musical hits of the moment – if you are subscribed to Apple Music you can also save the songs and listen to them later.
All disciplines included
Among the disciplines included in the thousands of workouts growing every week are HIIT, strengthening, yoga, dance, core training, biking, pilates, meditation, walking and running on a treadmill, rowing machine and conscious cool down, and a rather quick filter allows you to choose per coach (there are 26), duration and soundtrack. “We created Fitness + to offer everyone a place to feel inspired and motivated, regardless of their fitness journey. We are happy to bring the Fitness + experience to 15 new countries starting next week, so even more people can take advantage of this inclusive and welcoming service and meet our team of fantastic trainers, “he explained. Jay Blahnik, Apple’s crackling vice president of Fitness Technologies. “Fitness + also integrates key workout metrics that users already know and love from Apple Watch, plus motivational music that will help them find the right stimulus to stay fit and healthy, wherever and whenever they want.”
Specific workouts: pregnancy, old age, beginners
Among other countries, Fitness + now also lands in France, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. And in the workout menu there are also programs developed to help users achieve their desired goals during a specific stage of their life, such as those pregnant, the workouts for old age, those for beginners and the meditations for beginners. There’s even the Featured Artist series, where each workout has a playlist entirely dedicated to a music star.
SharePlay, in 32 su FaceTime
With SharePlay, as we said, you can instead start a group workout or meditation with up to 32 other people with FaceTime on iPhone or iPad: the selected Fitness + session will be played for all participants. It also works with Apple TV, so users can follow the training on the screen while staying in touch: they can talk to each other, see others, compete with the performance rings. Almost like a class in the gym, or maybe more.
The free months and the technical requirements
Anyone who purchases an Apple Watch Series 3 or later will receive three months of Apple Fitness +, while those who are already Apple Watch users will receive one month of Fitness + included to make him familiar and perhaps entice him. The new platform requires Apple Watch Series 3 and later models with watchOS 7.2 and is available when paired with iPhone 6s and later models with iOS 14.3. However, to take advantage of the latest features, you must use Fitness + with Apple Watch Series 3 and later models with watchOS 8.1, paired with iPhone 6s and later models with iOS 15.1; iPad with iPadOS 15.1; or Apple TV 4K or Apple TV HD with tvOS 15.1.
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