Apple announced on Wednesday that iPhone users can subscribe to its premium Fitness Plus workout subscription service, even if they don’t have an Apple Watch.
Previously, you couldn’t join the service without owning one of Apple’s smartwatches, making signing up an expensive proposition. Since you need an iPhone to set up an Apple Watch, you must have two Apple devices to join Fitness Plus. But now that Apple is bringing the Fitness app to the iPhone with iOS 16, no Apple Watch required, it makes sense that Apple would also make Fitness Plus easier to access.
The update that removes the Apple Watch requirement for Fitness Plus logins will be available later this fall. Apple says. I’m a happy subscriber to the service — I especially love the Fitness Plus yoga workouts, which are great for a beginner like me — and I’m happy to see Apple working to make Fitness Plus easier to get started with. Fitness Plus costs $9.99 per month and you can also get it as part of the Apple One Premier subscription of $29.95 per month.
On Wednesday, Apple also announced new content for the Fitness Plus service and a new yoga trainer, Dice Iida-Klein, who will replace trainer Dustin Brown after his announced departure. earlier this week. (Dustin, if you’re reading this, thanks for the workouts.)