{"id":860667,"date":"2026-08-19T09:48:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/860667\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T09:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:48:30","slug":"next-apple-watch-activity-challenge-supports-national-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/860667\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Apple Watch activity challenge supports national parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/watch-challenge-parks.webp\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple Watch users can mark their calendars for the next activity challenge. The 2026 National Parks Challenge is set for this Sunday, August 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s the description for the upcoming Apple Watch activity challenge:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earning this award is a walk in the park. Or a run. Or a hike. Or a wheelchair push. Just record one of these workouts for 20 minutes or more on August 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This particular challenge supports any workout type, as long as the duration is at least 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As ever, completing the challenge will unlock a virtual trophy as well as animated stickers that can be used in Messages, FaceTime, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stickers will include an animated version of the virtual trophy, a bird flying, someone hiking, and someone setting up a tent. Expect the alert to go out to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4mQ1fj8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Watch<\/a>\u00a0users closer to the event this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780222299_384_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple Watch users can mark their calendars for the next activity challenge. The 2026 National Parks Challenge is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[64,63,213,105],"class_list":["post-860667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-gadgets","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}