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Spotify adds Fitness hub with video workouts that you can use on more devices than Fitbit

Spotify – yes, the music app – is expanding into video workouts in a new partnership with Peloton, and there’s a pretty big advantage over Fitbit here already.

Available starting today, the Spotify app has a range of video workouts from Peloton, all available at no added cost for Premium subscribers. There are more than 1,400 workout classes, and there’s no special equipment needed.

Spotify explains:

Through our new partnership with Peloton, Premium users in supported markets will also gain access to a continually growing catalog of more than 1,400 ad-free, on-demand classes as part of their existing subscription. The catalog includes everything from outdoor runs to structured mat-class options across strength, cardio, yoga, and meditation from fan-favorite instructors like Rebecca KennedyAlly Love, and Rad Lopez—no specialized equipment required.

The most useful thing here, though, might just be that this works across all of your devices. Spotify workout videos are available on your phone, through the desktop app on your computer/laptop, and on your TV too. Just search “fitness” to access the hub.

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9to5Google’s Take

On seeing this, I couldn’t help but draw a comparison to Google’s Fitbit.

Fitbit video workouts are readily available and super useful, especially as snippets are used within the AI-powered Fitbit Coach experience. But these workouts aren’t available on nearly as many devices. Basically, they’re available solely on your smartphone. You can’t view them on a computer and, outside of Google Cast, it’s not easy to bring them to the TV either. Google TV integration was supposedly in the works, but it’s never actually happened.

Spotify’s workouts may not be as integrated with your fitness tracker, a big advantage of Fitbit’s offering, but if workouts are something you’re trying to work into your daily routine, accessibility is arguably a huge factor, and Spotify just beat Google on its first try in that department, and they really make a great pitch here:

Fitness on Spotify is designed to be flexible and seamless: start a video workout on your TV, switch to audio on your phone for a run, and wind down with guided recovery on your smart speaker. It’s one experience across devices, with no friction or app-switching.

Google, please, can we get some of this action in Fitbit? Or I guess “Google Health” as it may soon be called.

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