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Apple’s Fitness Exec Gives Rare Interview About the Watch

August 18, 2015 By Dan Rosenbaum

apple-watch-selling-pointsOutside.com has a pretty good longish interview with Jay Blahnik, the Nike exec that Apple lured away to help build the Apple Watch’s fitness apps. The interviewer is a skeptic — an exercise enthusiast who likes the Watch but is underwhelmed with its fitness components. This makes for a good and challenging interview, as Blahnik explains Apple’s short-term and long-term goals regarding fitness.

The thing to remember is that Blahnik is a believer in community and in data, so keep an eye out in the upcoming versions of WatchOS for social networking and connectivity to a range of other fitness devices. Apple doesn’t make its execs at this level available very often, so this entry is well worth reading.

 

Last updated by Dan Rosenbaum on February 1, 2017.

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