With the launch of iOS 26, Apple has added a bunch of new features to the Fitness app—features that it has been sorely missing. Finally, you can track a workout from your phone without an Apple Watch, and you can pair a bluetooth heart rate monitor to your phone to get heart rate data. And though it seems like a small change, Apple Watch users will love the fact that you can now create and edit custom workouts on your phone.
Once you've, you’ll find that the Fitness app has a new tab at the bottom, labeled Workout. This is where you’ll find the fun stuff.
How to track a workout from the Apple Fitness app (with or without a watch)
Credit: Beth Skwarecki(The idea seems to be that the app needs some kind of data to track. If you run outdoors, GPS data tells the app how far and how fast you’re running. If you’re on a treadmill, it’s got nothing to go on—unless it has a device telling it your heart rate.)
An Apple Watch (of course)
A third-party Bluetooth heart rate monitor (specifically my trusty Coospo)
To be clear, the three workouts I did without the Apple Watch did not require the watch at all. I left it behind in my car, and was able to track these workouts just fine.
How to mirror your workouts from Apple Watch on your phone
Apple Watch screenshot on left, iPhone screenshot on right. (I did my best to take these at the same time...I was close, OK?) Credit: Beth SkwareckiThis can be handy for cardio machines especially—set your phone in front of you, and look at that instead of having to take your hand off the handlebars and turn your wrist to see how many seconds you have left in your interval.
If you don’t see the workout view on your phone, swipe right from the workout screen on your watch and select View to enable it.
How to create custom Apple Watch workouts on your phone
Credit: Beth SkwareckiTo find it, go to the Workout tab of the Fitness app. instead of hitting the triangle play button on your phone to start a workout, tap the timer icon. This takes you to the screen with routes, goals, and custom workouts.
In total, these new features make the Apple Fitness app a lot more useful. You no longer need a third-party app to use a Bluetooth heart rate monitor or to track a simple run around the neighborhood. It's now a real workout app, rather than just something you open to check how many times you’ve closed your rings.
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