{"id":172814,"date":"2025-10-01T12:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/172814\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T12:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:53:08","slug":"peloton-is-having-its-biggest-hardware-launch-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/172814\/","title":{"rendered":"Peloton Is Having Its Biggest Hardware Launch in Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you remember whatever became of your old Peloton bike or tread? The at-home fitness company was one of the most famous casualties of the postpandemic bust. After the company made huge bets on home gyms<\/a>, many of us returned to our in-person or outdoor workouts. Peloton floundered. The company\u2019s equipment was featured as the cause of death in multiple TV shows<\/a>. CEO and cofounder John Foley stepped down. Amazon, Apple, and Nike were all floated as possible acquirers.<\/p>\n

However, under the leadership of new CEO Peter Stern (formerly of Ford and Apple), Peloton\u2019s stock<\/a> has slowly risen over the past year. This year\u2019s Strength+ app<\/a> was an agile response to the fact that strength training has become one of Peloton\u2019s leading fitness categories. Today, the company has its biggest launch in years. Peloton debuts a new AI-powered service with computer vision, called Peloton IQ, and is revamping its entire hardware lineup as part of a new Cross Training series meant to help users switch easily between cardio, yoga, and strength.<\/p>\n

Together, the AI-enabled subscription service and new movement tracking capabilities purport to offer a dynamic, personalized workout experience, whenever and wherever you want.<\/p>\n

Body Tracking\"Peloton<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Peloton<\/p>\n

Before new Peloton converts can experience Peloton IQ\u2019s full range of offerings, it helps to have the updated hardware (of course). The new Bike, Tread, and Row all have a swivel screen to switch between floor and cardio exercises, as well as enhanced audio and upgraded processors, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.<\/p>\n

The upgraded Plus line in the Cross Training Series comes at a higher price point and includes the movement tracking camera, speakers with a woofer and Sonos tuning, hands-free control, and a fan. Both of the bikes have a new cushioned seat, and the Bike+ has a phone tray.<\/p>\n

Peloton gave me a virtual demo of the Peloton IQ, whose movement tracker has clearly taken a lot of learnings from 2022\u2019s ill-fated Peloton Guide<\/a>. While the Peloton IQ\u2019s movement camera can also correct your form, it has taken a lot of the features from the Peloton Strength+ app, which supports the concept of a self-directed workout plan (informed, of course, by Peloton\u2019s expert instructor-led classes).<\/p>\n

Peloton chief product officer Nick Caldwell pointed out in a Zoom interview with WIRED that movement tracking at this level of specificity is unique to Peloton. This is not precisely true; you can get a similar workout tracking experience with a Tonal<\/a>, and you can get in both cardio and weight lifting with something like a Speediance Gym Monster<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Do you remember whatever became of your old Peloton bike or tread? The at-home fitness company was one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[226,6647,102,1758,101,56,54,55,5824],"class_list":{"0":"post-172814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-apps","9":"tag-fitness","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-shopping","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom","16":"tag-wearables"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}