Apple launched Fitness+ in 2024 with a new meditation theme, a golfing yoga program, artist spotlights with Super Bowl Halftime Show artists, and new celebrity guests for its audio walking experience, “Time to Walk.”
Apple Fitness+ will introduce a meditation theme called “Sound” on January 8 with soothing sounds like a gong or singing bowl. Launching with seven sounds, more meditations will be released weekly. Five, 10, or 20-minute sound meditations.
Golfers benefit from yoga’s swing improvement. Professional golfer Rose Zhang created “Strength, Core, and Yoga for Golfers,” a new Apple Fitness+ routine to increase strength, flexibility, and mobility. Kyle Ardill leads four sessions in the Fitness+ program.
Usher, Rihanna, Britney Spears, and U2 will be featured on the service on February 5 in honor of the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Rihanna gets the inaugural Fitness+ exercise playlist on January 8 with 10 new routines. The playlist honors the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show from last year, which featured Apple Music as a sponsor for the first time and broke internet records with over 113 million views, making Rihanna’s performance the most watched ever according to Nielsen.
On January 15, Apple will release Britney Spears-inspired workouts, and on January 22, U2-inspired ones.
Finally, Apple is adding episodes to Time to Walk, a 2021 audio experience that inspires listeners with celebrity stories. The new episodes will include “Today Show” co-host Al Roker, drag queen Trixie Mattel, YouTuber and comedian Lilly Singh, Common, and “Euphoria” star Colman Domingo.
For the first time, Apple Podcasts is offering 10 Time to Walk episodes for free, including talks featuring Prince William, Patti LaBelle, Jason Segel, Camila Cabello, Dolly Parton, and Shawn Mendes.
Fitness+ costs $9.99 per month, or $32.95 with Apple One Premier. Apple has teamed with Anytime Fitness, a U.S. gym chain, to give three months of Fitness+ for free.
