Customize your experience during a workout or meditation in Apple Fitness+
In Apple Fitness+, use the playback controls to play or pause a workout or meditation, change onscreen metrics, and more. You can set audio preferences like choosing to focus on either the trainer’s voice or the music during a workout, or turning on audio hints that provide spoken cues to describe what the trainer is doing. You can also change the audio language with dubbed audio and turn on standard captions and subtitles.
Some workouts display the Burn Bar, which shows how your metrics compare to others who’ve done the workout before. The more calories you burn, the higher you land on the Burn Bar. Your position on the Burn Bar is saved in your workout summary along with your other metrics.
If you have an Apple Watch, you can track your heart rate, calories burned, and the Burn Bar—and see all three Activity rings onscreen. If you’re wearing AirPods Pro 3, Powerbeats Pro 2, or a Bluetooth enabled third-party heart rate monitor, you can track your heart rate, calories burned, and the Burn Bar.
Use the playback controls
During a workout or meditation, do one of the following to show the playback controls:
On iPhone or iPad: Tap the screen. To hide playback controls, tap the screen again.
On Apple TV 4K: Rest your finger on the clickpad or touch surface, or press up on the clickpad ring. To hide playback controls, press
or 
.
Control | Description |
|---|---|
 | Play |
 | Pause |
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 | Stream the workout or meditation to other devices |
 | Start Picture in Picture—you can continue to watch the workout or meditation while you use another app |
 | Stop playback |
Change onscreen metrics
During your workout, you can track your progress onscreen for each of your rings, all shown in real time. You can also change the metrics from Apple Watch that you see on the screen during a workout. Metrics settings sync in the Fitness app on all your Apple devices where you’re signed in to your Apple Account.
Note: Apple Fitness+ subscribers who use AirPlay to see their workouts can get real-time personal metrics from their Apple Watch on compatible displays.
Go to the Fitness app
on iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV 4K, then (on iPhone) tap Fitness+.Start a workout or meditation on iPhone or iPad or Apple TV 4K.
During the workout or meditation, show playback controls, then select
.Do any of the following:
Turn off all metrics: Select Show Metrics.
Your metrics are still collected, but they aren’t displayed.
Change how time is displayed: Below Time, select Off, Show Time Elapsed, or Show Time Remaining.
Turning off Time still shows the timer for intervals.
Turn off the Burn Bar: Turn off Burn Bar.
If you turn off the Burn Bar, your workouts don’t contribute to the community burn bar and you won’t see your position at the end of your workout.
Adjust audio
Go to the Fitness app
on iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV 4K, then (on iPhone) tap Fitness+.Start a workout or meditation on iPhone or iPad or Apple TV 4K.
During the workout or meditation, show playback controls, select
, then do any of the following:Turn on audio hints: Select Audio Hints, then select On. To adjust the speed, select the speed you prefer.
Adjust audio focus: Select Audio Focus, then select Trainer or Music.
Note: Audio Focus isn’t available in Time to Walk and Time to Run workouts, or in audio and video meditations.
Change the audio language
During a workout or meditation, when you select an audio language other than English, you can get dubbed audio using a generated version of the trainer’s voice in that language (Available in Spanish, German, and Japanese with iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, tvOS 26.1, or later for select workouts and meditations).
Note: For select Time to Run episodes, audio dubbing is available in Spanish and German with iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, watchOS 26.2, or later. For select audio meditations on Apple Watch, audio dubbing is available in Spanish, German, and Japanese with watchOS 26.2 or later.
Go to the Fitness app
on iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV 4K, then (on iPhone) tap Fitness+.Start a workout or meditation on iPhone or iPad or Apple TV 4K.
During the workout or meditation, show playback controls, then select
.Select a language below Audio Track.
You can also change the audio language in Settings on iPhone or iPad. Go to the Fitness app , then (on iPhone) tap Summary. Tap your profile picture in the top-right corner, tap Fitness+, tap Audio Language, then choose a language.
Turn on captions and subtitles
All Apple Fitness+ workouts and meditations support standard captions, as well as subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Note: Subtitles are not available in all languages.
Go to the Fitness app
on iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV 4K, then (on iPhone) tap Fitness+.Start a workout or meditation on iPhone or iPad or Apple TV 4K.
During the workout or meditation, show playback controls, then select
.Select Subtitles, then choose an option.