Apple 'planned Watch fitness service long before Covid hit' 

The Fitness+ service is Apple’s first subscription geared to make money directly from the sensor-packed device it has been selling since 2014. File Picture/PA

Apple's new paid online fitness class service, designed to work with its Apple Watch, was a long-planned extension of the watch's fitness features rather than a quick reaction to a pandemic that has closed many gyms, executives said in an interview.

The Fitness+ service is Apple’s first subscription geared to make money directly from the sensor-packed device it has been selling since 2014.