### Strava’s Revamped Apple Watch Application: Unveiling Live Segments
For Strava enthusiasts, this moment has arrived after considerable anticipation. The company has undertaken a thorough redesign of its Apple Watch application, featuring the introduction of Live Segments. Here’s how it operates.
Whenever Tim Cook mentions the Apple Watch during Apple’s quarterly earnings call, he stresses that “more than half of Apple Watch sales were to new customers,” underscoring the continual expansion of its user demographic. Strava is witnessing similar growth. In a blog entry outlining this week’s update, the organization reported an almost 20% year-over-year rise in the percentage of athletes uploading data via an Apple Watch, with Apple capturing the top two positions for favorite devices among runners in Strava’s 2024 Year in Sport report.
Strava claims that this surging interest led them to reconsider and overhaul its Apple Watch application to deliver “a sleeker, more user-friendly experience for athletes at every level of their fitness path.”
#### Here’s What’s Fresh with Strava’s Newest Apple Watch App Update
The update’s standout feature is **Live Segments**, enabling users to compete against themselves or the Strava community on starred or popular segments—sections of road or trail—globally. As users near a segment, the watch face will show a banner with the segment name and a circle that updates in real time to indicate their progress, showing whether they are ahead or behind their personal best. Haptic signals will also alert users upon entering a starred segment.
Subscribers will benefit from additional features, including:
– **Progress updates:** A countdown displaying the exact remaining distance in the segment.
– **Instant results:** Athletes instantly see how their completed segment time measures up against their personal best.
In addition to Live Segments and the performance-centric redesign, the update also brings:
– **Stats at a glance:** Easy visibility of pace, distance, time, and heart rate while on the move.
– **Streamlined syncing:** Automatic and dependable syncing ability directly to Strava.
Strava is offered for free, with an optional subscription that grants access to extra features.
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