Surfing, dancing, other new Apple Watch Workouts tipped in latest iOS 11 beta
Files discovered in the latest iOS 11 beta release suggest Apple is planning to add a host of exercises to Apple Watch's Workout app this fall, including complex activities like kickboxing, fishing, equestrian sports and more.
Discovered by iHelp BR, Apple's latest iOS evaluation software includes icons and titles for what appears to be a new set of Workout routines. While not present in the most recent watchOS 4 beta, the iconography is likely incorporated in iOS 11 for reviewing Apple Watch-tracked activities on a paired iPhone.
The publication found icons and code strings for badminton, barre, baseball, bowling, boxing climbing, core training, cricket, curling, dance, equestrian sports, fencing, fishing, flexibility, functional training, golf, gymnastics, jump rope, kickboxing, lacrosse, paddle sports, pilates, "play," sailing, skating, skiing and other snow sports, step training, strength training and surfing.
Support for at least one exercise, skiing, was tipped in Apple's inadvertently leaked HomePod firmware earlier this month.
The iOS 11 beta release also includes graphics for new Workout routines available to Apple Watch users running watchOS 4 beta. Those assets include outdoor swimming, elliptical, high intensity interval training and more.
The discovery comes as rumors of an anticipated Apple Watch "Series 3" hardware refresh swirl. Expected to debut at Apple's annual iPhone event, which traditionally takes place in September, the next-generation wearable is rumored to boast an LTE modem for cellular data connectivity.
An LTE Apple Watch would be less dependent on iPhone's cellular capabilities than current models, but the updated device is not expected to be a smartphone replacement. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts Apple Watch "Series 3" will not support voice calls at launch, though such functionality might be activated in a subsequent software update.
Discovered by iHelp BR, Apple's latest iOS evaluation software includes icons and titles for what appears to be a new set of Workout routines. While not present in the most recent watchOS 4 beta, the iconography is likely incorporated in iOS 11 for reviewing Apple Watch-tracked activities on a paired iPhone.
The publication found icons and code strings for badminton, barre, baseball, bowling, boxing climbing, core training, cricket, curling, dance, equestrian sports, fencing, fishing, flexibility, functional training, golf, gymnastics, jump rope, kickboxing, lacrosse, paddle sports, pilates, "play," sailing, skating, skiing and other snow sports, step training, strength training and surfing.
Support for at least one exercise, skiing, was tipped in Apple's inadvertently leaked HomePod firmware earlier this month.
The iOS 11 beta release also includes graphics for new Workout routines available to Apple Watch users running watchOS 4 beta. Those assets include outdoor swimming, elliptical, high intensity interval training and more.
The discovery comes as rumors of an anticipated Apple Watch "Series 3" hardware refresh swirl. Expected to debut at Apple's annual iPhone event, which traditionally takes place in September, the next-generation wearable is rumored to boast an LTE modem for cellular data connectivity.
An LTE Apple Watch would be less dependent on iPhone's cellular capabilities than current models, but the updated device is not expected to be a smartphone replacement. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts Apple Watch "Series 3" will not support voice calls at launch, though such functionality might be activated in a subsequent software update.
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Two hours of sitting at the piano will complete the day's exercise, which seems...not correct.
The algorithm seems to be get general, even when selecting an exercise type. Even with backpacking there's no way to determine the weight of the pack, elevation, and terrain—all of which can make it a difficult journey that won't even register on my 30 minutes of activity because I'm not going fast enough (I assume). Perhaps if I'm wearing a 40lb pack I should increase my body weight by 40lb in the Health app on my iPhone. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That's an interesting result. I can't say I experience that from a computer keyboard. I'm not sure this will ever be great so long as the device gets all its data near the distal end of a single appendage.
Yet. I'm curious how this wearable tech develops.
I give 0 credence to any 'wearable' to even vaguely quantify calories burned let alone with any accuracy. That may be too extreme but there are just too many variables that aren't entered into the equation or allowed for in an algorithm. The best you can hope for is consistency or reliability in 'measuring' your exercise.
I use a Watch and calories is one of my selected metrics. But I use it just for comparison to a previous workout, and not for any intrinsic value.
When on the wave I'd say a shortboard rider would be be working hard but it depends on the rider/conditions.
A really skilled longboard who uses the whole board would be the same - not so much if they are just into trimming along the wave.
However just getting out on a big day on a longboard can be your exercise for the week if you time it wrong - as duckdiving can be problematic. If you find a good rip to take you out it's OK.
I am a motorcycle postie so all day everyday I ride a motorcycle delivering mail. I ride sun, rain, hail, windy ( being in Taranaki, New Zealand that's the weather in one day) and that affects a rider, especially the wind.
Riding a motorcycle is quite a bit of work, more so than most people realise. I'd love to measure that effort.
Currently, I use the workout app complication on my watch face. I pretty much do the same workout regimen everyday when I hit the gym. So there are a couple menus to still dive into before I began. Having the workout complication be "smart" by predicting what exercise I generally do first, or have me predetermine in settings app the specific first routine would simplify user input, making the experience more Apple-esque. Maybe introduce a workout regimen watch face with X amount of workout routines on the watch face waiting for you to begin. Food for thought.
Although my uncle got taken into Emergency after spending all day trying to land a big fish in the hot sun.
For most workouts (especially running or HIIT) that is almost worthless: in endurance sports, the heart rate tends to increase with distance as well as with pace and incline. In HIIT workouts those differences are even more pronounced. By simply reporting total time & distance and average heart rate and energy expended, the nuances of the workout are lost.
A good example is: I recently completed a "speed workout" at a track where we ran twenty 200 meter sprints with a 1 minute rest break between each: While my heart rate max'd out during the sprint, it returned to normal during the rest break -- and the average reported by the Activity app was actually lower than that of an easy, recovery run! That was worthless and misleading -- and the all important spikes were lost.
The information is all there and its all available -- Apple just needs to report it. How hard can that be? Come on Apple!