Apple Fitness + finally arrives in France this month

Apple Fitness + is one of Apple’s flagship health services. Available only in the United States for the moment, it will soon arrive in 15 new countries, including France. To benefit from it, you must have an Apple Watch and pay a subscription.

During its September 14 keynote, Apple lingered on Fitness + for a long time. This service was launched in 2020 but only in the United States. The Cupertino company has announced that it will arrive in fifteen new countries, including France, from the end of September.

As a reminder, Apple Fitness + is a service that allows you to follow a video workout among several to choose from. To benefit from it, you must have an Apple Watch (Series 3 at least) in order to analyze your performance. The coaches explain the movements to you in video and once you have reached your goal, you are entitled to a small reward in the form of a luminous circle on your screen. With its release in France, the videos will still be in English, but with subtitles.

Apple Fitness + welcomes new workouts

In addition to this international arrival, Apple Fitness + will offer new features on its service. Thus, Apple is adding programs for meditation, in order to help you refocus on yourself around specific themes (kindness, gratitude, creativity, that sort of thing…). Videos will be available, but also audio-only sessions, so you can meditate with your eyes closed. Again, everything will be in English. New exercises, such as pilates, will be on the program. To access all this, he will have to pay 10 euros per month. Three months will be offered with the purchase of an Apple Watch.

An appreciable application for those who like to practice sport with their connected watch Moreover, the new Watch model, the Series 7, was also announced during this Keynote. On the menu of innovations, a larger, curved and dust-resistant screen.

Apple’s keynote was also an opportunity for the Cupertino company to announce its new iPads, but especially its iPhone 13. If the latter do not change the formula compared to the iPhone 12, they bring some innovations such as the mode director for video or a 120 Hz screen for Pro models.