{"id":38602,"date":"2020-04-21T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=38602"},"modified":"2020-04-23T14:42:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T18:42:59","slug":"samsung-partners-with-leading-personal-fitness-brands-to-launch-wellness-apps-on-its-smart-tv-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/samsung-partners-personal-fitness-brands-to-launch-health-wellness-apps-smart-tv-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Partners with Leading Personal Fitness Brands to Launch Wellness Apps on Its Smart TV Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080\">With apps from barre3, Calm, Echelon, Fitplan, Jillian Michaels Fitness and ob\u00e9 Fitness, Samsung offers exclusive fitness content today on your Samsung Smart TV<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38671 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/UI_Eden_TV-Device_02-1-e1587473551425.jpg\" alt=\"Samsung Partners with Leading Personal Fitness Brands to Launch Wellness Apps on Its Smart TV Platform\" width=\"3990\" height=\"2623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21085052\/UI_Eden_TV-Device_02-1-e1587473551425.jpg 3990w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21085052\/UI_Eden_TV-Device_02-1-e1587473551425-600x394.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21085052\/UI_Eden_TV-Device_02-1-e1587473551425-950x625.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3990px) 100vw, 3990px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced that starting today, <strong>Samsung Smart TVs<\/strong> in a variety of regions around the world will have access to six new health and wellness apps in partnership with leading fitness brands &#8211; <strong>barre3, Calm, Echelon, Fitplan, Jillian Michaels Fitness <\/strong>and <strong>ob\u00e9 Fitness<\/strong>. Later this year, these apps will be part of Samsung Health, a comprehensive fitness platform for Samsung Smart TVs announced at this year\u2019s Consumer Electronics Show. But with homebound consumers needing fitness solutions, Samsung and its partners are bringing consumers early access to over 5,000 hours of free at-home wellness content right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs our community grapples with unprecedented disruptions to their daily routines, it is important for homebound consumers to have access to free high-quality health and wellness offerings,\u201d<strong> said Salek Brodsky, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development for Samsung Electronics<\/strong>. \u201cOur partnership with these premium brands redefines the boundaries of what free streaming services can provide, and we look forward to enhancing these offerings by bringing a full Samsung Health experience to our TVs later this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over 250 instructive videos are available now \u2013 from barre classes and guided meditations, to celebrity-led personal training sessions \u2013\u00a0 for Samsung Smart TV consumers to access from home.<\/p>\n<p>These premium health and wellness apps will be fully integrated into Samsung Health, which will launch soon on 2020 Samsung Smart TVs, and will expand upon the suite of apps available today. Samsung Health will provide consumers with more alternatives to traditional exercise options, like gyms and group classes, and adapt to each consumer\u2019s unique schedule \u2013 allowing it to become a crucial pillar of our consumers\u2019 daily routines for years to come.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38668\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/yoga-e1587667366806.jpg\" alt=\"Samsung Partners with Leading Personal Fitness Brands to Launch Wellness Apps on Its Smart TV Platform\" width=\"8192\" height=\"4526\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #808080\">Our Partners\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>barre3<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">Our mission at barre3 is to teach people to be balanced in body and empowered from within, and we're so grateful for the opportunity to share it with the entire Samsung community. With workouts ranging from 10 to 60 minutes, plus bonus content to complement your practice, barre3 has everything you need to support your health goals, both body and mind. With this partnership, we invite the Samsung community to share in the barre3 movement, founded on body positivity, authentic connection, and celebrating inherent strength.<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Sadie Lincoln<\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- CEO and Co-Founder of barre3<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>About the App: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nBuild strength and discover remarkable results with free full-body <a href=\"https:\/\/barre3.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">barre3<\/a> workouts, taught by world-class instructors. Stream barre3 workouts combining strength conditioning, cardio, and mindfulness, and enjoy restorative B3 Foam Rolling videos to help you feel balanced in body and empowered from within. <strong>Samsung Smart TV consumers can take care of both their bodies and minds with 50 free pieces of content<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>Availability:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Available now on all 2018 and 2019 Samsung Smart TV models in the United States and Canada<\/li>\n<li>Available this summer on all 2020 Samsung Smart TV models in the United States and Canada as part of Samsung Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #808080\">Fitplan<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">Being able to train millions of people from the comfort of their own home on the Samsung TV, gets me one step closer to my mission of helping millions of people live a better life through health and fitness. Thank you Samsung.<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Cam Speck<\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- co-founder and president of Fitplan Technologies<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>About the App:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitplanapp.com\/\">Fitplan<\/a> brings the world\u2019s best fitness trainers together on one platform and provides members with the exact training methods of those who inspire them. Fitplan offers high quality video and audio tips, progress tracking and in app community features bringing members an elite personal training experience at an affordable price. <strong>Samsung Smart TV consumers can work out to 6 &#8220;plans&#8221; and 50 classes, with access to 5 trainers &#8211; all for free.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>Availability:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Available now on all 2019 Samsung Smart TV models in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia.<\/li>\n<li>Available this summer on all 2020 Samsung Smart TV models in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom as part of Samsung Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>Echelon FitPass<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">Truly an at-home fitness brand, Echelon has always focused on inclusivity and accessibility. Our commitment to connection through workouts is about to go one step further. Through a partnership with Samsung, the number one brand in television, and available on Samsung Smart TVs, we are now able to make our offerings even more widely available through just the push of a button. There\u2019s never been a more vital time for connectivity and Echelon is honored to have been hand-selected by Samsung to help keep people across the country connected, active, and well in trying times.<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Lou Lentine<\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- Echelon CEO<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>About the App:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/echelonfit.com\/products\/echelon-fitpass\">Echelon FitPass app<\/a> delivers the most immersive and diverse experience in connected fitness. Powered by world-class coaches, a full schedule of live daily studio classes &amp; a library of thousands of on-demand workouts, the Echelon FitPass features boutique cycling &amp; rowing classes, strength training, boxing, yoga, pilates, stretching, Zumba and much more. With new classes and workouts filmed every day, the Echelon FitPass can help people of any fitness level get in the best shape of their lives. All with one membership. And all from the convenience of your home\u2019s Samsung Smart TV. <strong>Samsung Smart TV consumers can enjoy 20 free trial classes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>Availability:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Available now on all 2018 and 2019 Samsung Smart TV models in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia.<\/li>\n<li>Available this summer on all 2020 Samsung Smart TV models in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom as part of Samsung Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>Jillian Michaels Fitness<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">While families are home, I hope access to my app with Samsung will be another useful tool to stay fit, healthy, and strong.<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Jillian Michaels<\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- Founder of Jillian Michaels Fitness<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>About the App:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jillianmichaels.com\/\">Jillian Michaels Fitness App<\/a> provides an infinite variety of free interactive daily workouts and paid premium customized exercise programs in multiple modalities for individuals of all fitness levels. <strong>An exclusive 28-day workout plan curated for Samsung Smart TV consumers is available now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>Availability:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Available now on all 2018 and 2019 Samsung Smart TV models in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand<\/li>\n<li>Available this summer on all 2020 Samsung Smart TV models in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom as part of Samsung Health<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>obe\u0301<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"article-quote\"><div class=\"inner\"><p class=\"quote-text\">Our workouts offer a fun, effective way to get a premium fitness experience without leaving your home, and our digital community allows members to build connectivity while physically apart. It's our priority to continue to keep our community fit, connected, and occupied now and always. We're excited to grow our audience further through our partnership with Samsung, and look forward to bringing ob\u00e9 into new homes across the country.<\/p><div class=\"quote-footer\"><span class=\"quote-author\">Mark Mullett and Ashley Mills<\/span><span class=\"quote-role\">- Co-Founders of ob\u00e9.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><div class=\"article-content\"><div class=\"article-body\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>About the App:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.obefitness.com\/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI59nMqvbU6AIVSF8NCh1QLAdJEAAYASAAEgItXPD_BwE\">obe\u0301<\/a> is a premium fitness platform, offering immersive, live workouts, with more than 14 live classes per day and a library of 4,000+ workouts taught by the most sought-after instructors. obe\u0301\u2019s signature 28-minute complete-body workouts include Strength, Sculpt, Circuit, Dance, HIIT, Dance-HIIT, Pilates, Yoga, Barre, Bounce, Boxing, prenatal and holiday\/event themed classes. <strong>Samsung Smart TV consumers can enjoy 20 classes, refreshed every 2 weeks, for free.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>Availability:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Available now on all 2018 and 2019 Samsung Smart TV models in the United States and Canada<\/li>\n<li>Available this summer on all 2020 Samsung Smart TV models in the United States and Canada as part of Samsung Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>Calm<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>About the App:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<u>Calm <\/u>is a leading global health and wellness brand with the #1 app for mental fitness, with a robust library of mindfulness, meditation and sleep content, on a mission to make the world happier and healthier. <strong>Samsung Smart TV consumers can access all content, 100% free.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>Availability:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Available now on all 2019 Samsung Smart TV models in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, Portugal, UAE, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Morocco<\/li>\n<li>Available this summer on all 2020 Samsung Smart TV models in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Korea as part of Samsung Health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Samsung is proud to work with leading brands to help consumers stay active and healthy at home. Stay tuned as we launch the Samsung Health platform early this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With apps from barre3, Calm, Echelon, Fitplan, Jillian Michaels Fitness and ob\u00e9 Fitness, Samsung offers exclusive fitness content today on your Samsung Smart TV Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced that starting today, Samsung Smart TVs in a variety of regions around the world will have access to six new health and wellness apps in partnership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17560,29727,29720,29718,17548,29728],"tags":[5829,451,125],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-38602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-mobile-apps-services","category-product-home-entertainment","category-product-mobile","category-product","category-tv-and-audio-samsung-innovation","category-product-home-entertainment-tv-home-theaters","tag-samsung-health","tag-smart-tv","tag-television-tv"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21084924\/yoga-e1587667366806.jpg","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21084924\/yoga-e1587667366806.jpg","primary_category":{"term_id":17560,"name":"Apps &amp; Services","slug":"product-mobile-apps-services","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17560,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":29720,"count":194,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/category\/product\/product-mobile\/product-mobile-apps-services\/","term_path":"product\/product-mobile\/product-mobile-apps-services"},"badge":"Press Release","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38602"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=38602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}