Apple’s Fitness Plus quickly gained’t require an Apple Watch for signups

Apple introduced on Wednesday that iPhone customers will have the ability to subscribe to its premium Fitness Plus exercise subscription service even when they don’t have an Apple Watch.

Previously, you couldn’t be part of the service with out proudly owning one among Apple’s smartwatches, which made signing up an costly proposition. Since you want an iPhone to arrange an Apple Watch, you’d must personal two Apple units to hitch Fitness Plus. But with Apple bringing the Fitness app to the iPhone with iOS 16, no Apple Watch required, it is smart that Apple would make Fitness Plus extra simply accessible as effectively.

The replace eradicating the Apple Watch requirement for Fitness Plus signups shall be accessible later this fall, Apple says. I’m a contented subscriber to the service — I significantly just like the Fitness Plus yoga exercises, that are nice for a newbie like me — and I’m glad to see Apple is working to make Fitness Plus simpler to get began with. Fitness Plus prices $9.99 per 30 days, and you can even get it as a part of the $29.95 per 30 days Apple One Premier plan.

On Wednesday, Apple additionally introduced some new content material coming to the Fitness Plus service and a brand new yoga coach, Dice Iida-Klein, who will substitute coach Dustin Brown following his departure introduced earlier this week. (Dustin, when you’re studying this, thanks for the exercises.)