What’s next for Apple Fitness+?
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🗓️ 31 December 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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- Apple Fitness+ drops cryptic teaser: ‘Something big is coming’
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- iPhone 17 Pro issue causing speaker hiss for some users when charging
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 95 Mac Daily for Wednesday, December 31st, 2025. |
| 0:07.5 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.6 | We are sponsored this week by Robo Rock. |
| 0:12.7 | Leading off today, Apple has published a teaser on the Apple Fitness Plus Instagram account, |
| 0:17.9 | promising what it says will be something big coming to the fitness service next year. |
| 0:23.9 | In the teaser, multiple Apple Fitness Plus trainers are seen reading a newspaper called Apple Fitness |
| 0:29.5 | Plus Times, with multiple flashy headlines saying things like sources hint at major moves for |
| 0:35.2 | 2026. The countdown begins. Experts predict January will be one to watch. |
| 0:41.9 | The newspapers also feature scenes from Apple Fitness Plus training sessions, while the description of the Instagram post says, quote, |
| 0:49.3 | word on the street is that Apple Fitness Plus has big plans for 2026. Stay tuned. End quote. |
| 0:56.2 | There are no real details about what this big news could be, but the timing is interesting. |
| 1:01.5 | Bloomberg's Mark German recently reported that the future of Apple Fitness Plus was under review. |
| 1:06.8 | That report described it as one of the least popular Apple services, which is also affected by a high turn rate. |
| 1:14.0 | Apple also recently announced a major expansion of Apple Fitness Plus with AI-powered voice dubbing that allowed it to launch in 28 new markets. |
| 1:23.8 | So if one thing's clear, it's that the expansion to 28 new markets, plus this teaser of something big coming next year, Apple Fitness Plus is here to stay. |
| 1:33.6 | Next up today, it's not uncommon for new iPhone models to introduce issues for small subsets of users. |
| 1:40.5 | With iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max, it seems a number of users have encountered a hissing sound when their iPhone is charging. |
| 1:49.0 | Shortly after the iPhone 17 Pro launched, some users grew concerned about the product's durability due to scratches observed at Apple stores. |
| 1:58.2 | This turned out to largely be a non-issue, with Apple tweaking its display setups to |
| 2:03.1 | mitigate the transfer of materials from MagSafe stands to the backs of iPhones. But this new report |
| 2:09.1 | details a, quote, static or hissing noise that occurs when the iPhone is charging. There are multiple |
| 2:14.7 | discussions about the issue on Reddit and Apple's support community. |
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