With iOS 16.1, iPhone owners can use Apple Fitness+ without an Apple Watch - ZDNet

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Apple has said that with its large iOS 16.1 update it's making the Apple Fitness+ work disposable to each iPhone users – adjacent if they don't person an Apple Watch. 

Apple Fitness+ subscriptions diagnostic implicit 3,000 workouts and meditations astatine a outgo of $9.99 per period oregon $79.99 per year. The subscription is disposable successful 21 countries. 

Launched successful precocious 2020, Fitness+ has go different cardinal portion of Apple's astir $19 cardinal services business, which includes Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, and Apple Music. A JP Morgan expert reckons Fitness+ could make $3.6 cardinal successful gross by 2025, up from $300 cardinal successful 2021.

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Apple is offering 3 escaped months of Fitness+ for customers buying a caller iPhone, iPad oregon Apple TV. Also, determination volition beryllium peculiar offers disposable done SilverSneakers, Target, UnitedHealthcare, and Mobile Health. 

From Monday, iPhone owners tin subscribe to Fitness+. In iOS 16.1, Fitness+ is integrated with the Fitness app via a mediate tab. Also, users without an Apple TV tin watercourse contented via AirPlay to compatible third-party devices arsenic good arsenic each AirPlay-enabled Roku devices. 

To sweeten the offer, Apple is bringing euphony by Taylor Swift to Fitness+ arsenic portion of an Artist Spotlight bid featuring Swift's recently released "Midnights" album.     

iOs 16.1 volition besides allows users to power Matter-compatible astute location accessories successful the Home app. Matter is supported by Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, and Google Home. Via MacRumors, this update besides brings Stage Manager multitasking to older iPad Pros arsenic good arsenic Clean Energy Charging for US-based iPhone owners. 

The update volition besides fto users stock car, edifice room, and different keys successful Apple Wallet utilizing messaging apps specified arsenic Messages and WhatsApp. 

The Fitness+ peculiar offers see SilverSneakers' connection of a escaped subscription from January 2023 done prime Medicare Advantage plans. Target volition connection a four-month escaped proceedings of Fitness+ for members of its loyalty program.