Fitness

Apple challenges U.S. Apple Watch owners to bag a special Thanksgiving Day Activity achievement

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 21, 2016

Apple has issued a special challenge to U.S.-based owners of the Apple Watch on Monday, inviting them to walk, run or wheelchair a workout distance of at least 3.1 miles, or 5 kilometers, this Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, November 24. Those who successfully complete the challenge shall be awarded a special Thanksgiving-themed Activity achievement.

And to let you brag about your completed challenge and earned achievement, Apple will also unlock a special iMessage sticker which you can send to friends via Messages.

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Nike+ Run Club gains new features ahead of tomorrow’s launch of Apple Watch Nike+

Christian Zibreg ∙ October 27, 2016

The Apple Watch Nike+ is arriving tomorrow in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and a number of other countries. The Series 2 comes with exclusive Nike-branded bands, watch faces and complications, plus the Nike+ Run Club app is built-in. Ahead of tomorrow's launch, Nike+ Run Club for iOS was refreshed this morning with new features on the Apple Watch Series 2.

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Apple Watch Nike+ arrives Friday, October 28

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated May 26, 2017

Confirming earlier hints, Apple this morning announced that the Apple Watch Nike+, a special version of the Apple Watch Series 2 it's created in partnership with Nike, is going on sale this coming Friday, October 28. The $369 device has the same industrial design, price and hardware features as the Apple Watch Series 2.

It also packs in exclusive perks like special fluoroelastomer Nike Sport Bands available in a choice of four colors with perforations to reduce weight and improve ventilation, Nike-branded watch faces and complications and more.

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Bloomberg: Apple Watch to gain new sleep tracking and fitness apps & more

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 26, 2016

In an effort to advance its HealthKit framework, Apple has reportedly been developing a pair of new apps for the Apple Watch.

One will help users track and analyze their sleep and the other will their track fitness levels by measuring the time taken for the heart rate to fall from its peak to resting level, Bloomberg reports.

The company has hired “scores of healthcare experts” to develop improved electronic health record software and help turn the Apple Watch into a tool that diagnoses disease.

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How to customize workout metrics on Apple Watch

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated April 25, 2023

If you'll be using your Apple Watch's fitness features, you'll want to become acquainted with the Workout app, which helps you to keep track of your progress.

Starting with watchOS 3, you can customize your workout metrics, and in this tutorial, we'll talk about all the ways you can do that.

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How to have Apple Watch automatically pause and resume your runs

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated July 31, 2019

Among a myriad of varied health and fitness focused features, watchOS makes pausing and resuming your runs in the stock Workout app a frictionless experience, based on the inclusion of a new feature which taps into built-in sensors to determine when you start and stop moving. This new feature doesn't require a dedicated GPS so it'll work on every Apple Watch model.

Even better, you can enable it with just one tap, here's how.

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Apple and Nike partner to make Apple Watch Nike+

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 7, 2016

Trevor Edwards, president of the Nike brand, went on stage at Apple's event today to announce a collaboration with Apple regarding the Apple Watch. Called Apple Watch Nike+, it's not just the watch, it's your “perfect running partner” that delivers an elevated running experience.

But wait, is it a separate Apple Watch model or an app?

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Apple’s boss talks Watch potential at European startup conference

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 24, 2016

Tim Cook is at the Startup Fest Europe conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands today. In an on-stage interview with Nellie Kroes, who is a retired European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Cook waved off any suggestion that the Cupertino firm might enter the telecommunications business by becoming an MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator).

The CEO also spent some time talking about future potential of the Apple Watch as a health-monitoring device, hinting that it'll soon be possible to outfit wearable devices with additional sensors to help monitor more and more of what’s going on in your body.

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How to stop your iPhone from counting your steps and tracking fitness activity

Sébastien Page ∙ May 18, 2016

Newer iPhones come with a chip called a motion coprocessor which gathers data from the accelerometers, gyroscopes and compasses of the device to precisely measure motion and fitness data such as body motion, step count, stairs climbed, and more. Most people, including yours truly, do appreciate the data collected as it's particularly helpful if you want to use your iPhone as a step counter and pedometer, for instance. Others are creeped out by this feature.

If you belong to the latter group of people, then I will show you a quick and easy way to stop your iPhone from tracking your steps and other fitness activity.

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Nokia is buying French health tracking company Withings for a reported $192 million

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 28, 2019

Nokia said this morning that it's buying French health tracking company Withings for a reported €170 million, or about $192 million, as it looks to gain a foothold in the competitive digital health market.

Withings, which designs, builds and sells wearables with health and fitness tracking features, as well as devices for the connected home such as smart weighing scales, thermometers, blood pressure monitors, home and baby monitors and so forth, will become part of Nokia's Technologies business.

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