Apple Fitness Plus adds first outdoor-ready workout Apple Fitness Plus today announced Time to Walk, an audio experience using the Apple Watch.

Previously, sweating through Apple's new workout service required a stationary screen; with Time to Walk, the Apple Fitness Plus experience can be taken outside. Watch users can listen to each time-limited episode using their Apple AirPods or other Bluetooth headphones

, or they can listen to the entire episode on a fixed screen.

Selecting a Time to Walk episode on the Apple Watch launches the Walk workout, allowing users to walk on the sidewalk or treadmill at their preferred pace Unlike the Peloton app's outdoor running coach, which guides movements for an optimal workout unlike Apple's attempt is more focused on entertainment.

In addition to audio content, complementary images appear on the Apple Watch throughout each episode. In other words, instead of just listening to a free podcast, you get additional media to enhance the story of each episode's special guest. [They are musicians Dolly Parton and Shawn Mendes, NBA star Draymond Green, and Emmy Award winner Uzo Aduba. Apple did not say how often new episodes will be released in the future. [According to a Time to Walk press release, episodes will be automatically downloaded to Apple Watches tied to Apple Fitness Plus subscriptions, so users can start an episode from the Workout app. New episodes will be 25 to 40 minutes in length and will appear in the Workout app on the Apple Watch when available.

Also, in a great inclusive move, Apple Watch owners who use wheelchairs can get Time to Push. These users can listen to episodes during their outdoor wheelchair walk pace workouts.

Time to Walk and Time to Push require an Apple Fitness Plus subscription of $9.99 per month or $79.99 per year. It is also included in the Premium tier of the Apple One bundle, which provides access to all Apple services for $29.95 per month. Also, if you purchase the Apple Watch 6 with the Apple Watch deals, you get three months of Apple Fitness Plus for free.