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They could just buy Peloton. "Apple Peloton".
They could, but if they have superior hardware I doubt they'd want to have to support the long tail of Peloton users with existing bikes.
I think Apple Fitness+ will be fine as a standalone product, but I believe this is a stepping off point for more fully fledged fitness products from Apple. Using their AR technology (iPad/iPhone/etc), they can replicate a lot of the same functionality a multi-thousand dollar product like the Tempo provides. They can automatically correct form, recognize weights, etc.
Should check out Gymaholic iPhone app. Really good use of AR and overall nice experience. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/gymaholic-workout-tracker/id64...
That is how I feel about most AR is in general. It just filters out the app background and makes whatever your camera is pointing at the background.. without really adding any value.
I'm sure AR will have some absolutely amazing applications in the future. I just haven't seen much of it yet.
Fitter, happier, more productive. Not drinking too much. Regular exercise at gym, 3 times a week. Sleeping well. No bad dreams. Less chance of illness.
... A pig In a cage On antibiotics
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wait... a $2,000 bike that only shows does bike workouts is fine, but a $150 device to stream entertainment and now fitness is too much? You can always just attach a HDMI cable to your phone or tablet (via converter) if you really want to.
No, I don't use the bike or tread, I just stream their exercise classes. I guess I could convert from my phone to HDMI, but Peloton works in the browser and that's a great deal easier. If I had bought a $2000 bike that only works with Peloton then I doubt I’d even be looking at Fitness+ :)
I wouldn't want to be Peleton, Mirror, or one of those similar companies. Is it worth the extra $1000+ up front and $30+ monthly for the Peleton and Mirror trainers to mention your name?
I'd be more worried about apple integrating into the hardware people want.
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They could, but if they have superior hardware I doubt they'd want to have to support the long tail of Peloton users with existing bikes.
Why not? If Apple buys Peloton, they also get all their staff and offices. The existing staff can continue working on their existing products just as before, while transitioning to Apple, no?
To put it another way: why should Apple buy Peloton? Apple itself is already a premium brand with huge awareness, so a buy for brand reasons isn't that persuasive. Peloton has a whole range of hardware but none of it is compatible with existing Apple hardware, so integration might be a drag.
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If I end up not buying a new Apple Watch, I will look into it! My Fitbit broke recently and I'm on the market. The EKG is ... really tempting, though - that's about the only thing that's pulling me toward the Apple Watch.
I’m curious, why is the EKG feature that tempting? I don’t really see what I’d do with it besides doing a reading once in a while
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I looked into it but watches, like phones, fall into the category of things that really do just need built by a company with tiny unsolderable-by-humans parts. When I checked maybe a year ago I found a fitness tracker that someone had found a way to upload new firmware to, but the hardware was no longer manufactured so you had to find second-hand parts on eBay, and there weren't many on sale in Europe. I gave up hopi…
Have you looked at the Pine64 PineTime devkits?
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It should work with AirPlay I'd imagine
I have no way to AirPlay to my TV as far as I know, because I don't have Apple TV. Are there other ways to?
RIP local fitness instructors. Already battered by the pandemic, a lot of them have been successfully transitioning to an online only business model. This will make it harder.
I don’t think this would affect personal, live fitness instructors. Although it looks the same on the surface, the value proposition is very different (as is the cost). You don’t make the same kind of human connection when the communication is one-way. Put it this way: if internet streaming was going to kill off fitness instructors, it would have happened already. Apple isn’t doing something new here, they’re just pu…