The future of technology is to have all our teams connected to each other. Be able to share information; continue tasks in the team we want and from where we want, is a plea for freedom. Apple knows this and what better way to get ahead of the competition in a sector where the use of connected devices is more and more frequent. Exactly, we are referring to gyms.
En WatchOS 4.1 version added Gymkit, a platform with which to connect your Apple smart watch with the gym machines. This platform was launched in Australia and the United Kingdom. And now it's New York's turn.
At the moment it has only been adapted by a single sports center, the Life Time Athletic at Sky, a luxury gym in the very center of Manhattan that adapts - for the first time - this Apple platform with all the vision of the world and with which it will surely get more customers - it is the good thing about betting on Apple from the beginning and its marketing team.
From the portal Cnet They have been able to test the different machines offered at the center. And the result has been satisfactory. And above all, easy to handle. And it is that for something to work it must be quick to start up. As explained from the portal, all you have to do is touch to match. From this moment on, lThe gym machine starts displaying the information you'd see on your Apple Watch, as well as giving you more detailed information - It has more surface for information.
Also, one of the highlights of Gymkit is the possibility of being able to save your sessions on the Apple Watch as well as on the iPhone. On the other hand, Apple is reportedly working with major gym machine vendors so that your Gymkit can be on as many equipment as possible.
At the moment, the training platform is not found in many gymnasiums. Moreover, its expansion is not being very large, but Apple's intentions is to make the trend grow in 2018 and more sports centers are joining the initiative.
