After numerous leaks, Microsoft has made its Xbox Fitness app official. For its next-generation Xbox One console, Microsoft will offer a service called Xbox Fitness which is essentially a built-in personal trainer that will take advantage of the new Kinect. Top talent has been recruited for Xbox Fitness including Jillian Michaels and Tony Horton and will feature intense workouts such as P90X and Insanity.
As was leaked before, an Xbox Live Gold membership will be required to access Xbox Fitness, which will be free to Gold members through December 2014. After that, Xbox Fitness will cost a separate subscription fee (on top of Xbox Live Gold), but pricing has not yet been announced.
According to the Xbox Fitness official website, which is now live, the app will deliver personalized program recommendations based on your workout history and past performance, highlight the most popular workouts among Xbox Fitness users and offer a variety of workouts ranging from 10 to 60 minutes in length.
“What makes Xbox Fitness so innovative is the feedback it gives you,” said Insanity’s Shaun T. “The Kinect sensor can evaluate your form, tell how high you’re jumping, how hard you’re punching and even read your heart rate. It’s that little missing piece of validation that hasn’t been possible for home fitness products before. Xbox Fitness completes the puzzle.”
