Just one day after the new Apple Watch Nike + was officially put on sale, the Nike + Run Club application for iPhone and Apple Watch received an important update yesterday that brings it up to version 5.1.
The new version of Nike + Run Club, in addition to including the typical bug fixes and performance improvements, also offers some new features such as the Apple Music integration and GPS support found in the Apple Watch Series 2, of which the special Nike model that has just gone on sale is part.
Apple Watch Series 2 GPS integration
As we can read in the app's update file itself, “Nike + Run Club takes advantage of the most recent Apple Watch features across all generations of hardware. Apple Watch Series 2 and Apple Watch Nike + watches will perform a full tracking of your route using GPS, whether you run with your mobile or without it. "
Thus, for users who usually practice running with the support of their Apple Watch, the new version of Nike + Run Club includes full support for watchOS 3.1 (released earlier this week) and take advantage of the built-in GPS in Apple Watch Series 2. Before, the application was more basic and could not show the course of a race on the map when it was run without the iPhone nearby.
New benefits for Apple Watch OS3 users:
- Quick access to your running metrics through the eye-catching display
- Audio playback from your watch
- Smart invitations to run personalized for you
- Scheduling reminders of your races to stay motivated
- Start, pause, resume and end your run with Siri
Integration with Apple Music
And for those users who are also subscribers to the streaming music service Apple Music, now Nike + Run Club is fully compatible with streaming playlists from Nike's own iPhone app:
- Now supports Apple Music. Now you can play your Apple Music and Nike + Run Club custom playlists right from the app.
Any Apple Music subscriber can find Nike playlists here, and select one to sync with the Apple Watch so that you can play it offline during your workouts, without it being necessary to carry your iPhone with you either.
Nike also notes that all races will now be reliably synced to the Health app on the iPhone.
Other new features in version 5.1.0 are:
- fix for pause and resume options when returning to the app
- fix option to pause the race while loading music
- races will now sync with Apple's Health app
- preferences will be kept after update
- we have fixed a bug that prevented saving finished races on Apple Watch
- we have corrected an error so that you can mark the Nike + Coach races in your program
- we have fixed a bug that stopped racing on the clock when the mobile crashed
- the race summary screen has a new design that allows you to view the map and the race metrics with greater comfort
- we have revised the flow of information you share after the race to make sharing through your favorite social networks easier
From 9to5Mac they point out that There still seem to be differences between this version of Nike + Run Club available in the App Store and the version included in the Apple Watch Nike +.
Nike recommends updating your Apple Watch to the latest watchOS 3.1 update before using the new version of Nike + Run Club.
Nike + Run Club version 5.1 requires iOS 10. For best results on Apple Watch, we recommend using watchOS 3.1 or later.