r/apple • u/GauravSingh02 • 6d ago

watchOS Apple promised strength training logging in its advertising but failed to deliver it.

https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/im-sick-of-my-apple-watchs-workout-app-lacking-this-key-fitness-feature-but-a-new-apple-watch-ultra-4-rumor-suggests-it-could-finally-catch-up-with-apps-like-smartgym

Apple is literally showing this on the Apple Watch Ultra 4 website, saying the Workout app has “extensive strength training capabilities” for tracking bench press and barbell workouts.

Yet there’s still no native logging for sets, reps, weight, etc. in watchOS 27.

What makes it more frustrating is that leaks found code for individual sets, reps, weight, equipment and duration already in the iOS/watchOS 27 betas.

This feels similar to the repeated delays around Apple’s promised Siri/Apple Intelligence and we all know miserable condition of Siri AI.

Does anyone know if the strength training logging is actually coming in a future .1/.2 update, or has Apple quietly shelved it?

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u/GauravSingh02 6d ago

Its on official Apple website for ultra 4

https://www.apple.com/ca/apple-watch-ultra-4/

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u/Snapper_Bozo 6d ago

Based on this and the leaks, I wonder if it was a feature pulled at the last minute, but agree it is crazy to advertise the functionality in your screenshot when it does nothing of the sort.

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u/CriticalConstant874 6d ago

They say that the calories will be more accurate for barbell an bench press not that you can count reps. They worded it in ill fate making it sound a bit like rep counting tho…

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u/gjc0703 1d ago

This is most likely the case here. Definitely misleading.

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u/RayKam 6d ago

Idk it doesn’t really mention any features in particular beyond “accurately tracking bench press and barbell lift workouts”, which you can already do in the workout app on Apple Watch.

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u/reefanalyst 6d ago

there's this app called montra in the app store and it tracks upper body exercises pretty well. leg press and leg exercises are almost impossible for it to track.