New Year's Apple Watch Activity Challenge to Take Place on January 1

Apple's next Apple Watch Activity Challenge is set to kick off on Wednesday, January 1, with Apple Watch users able to earn an award by closing all three rings for seven days in a row in January.

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Let’s start 2025 off right. Earn this award by closing all three rings for seven days in a row in January.

Apple Watch owners will need to fulfill their stand, exercise, and move goals for seven days sequentially at any time during the month of January to get the New Year's award.

As with all of Apple's Activity Challenges, the New Year challenge will be accompanied by an award that can be viewed in the Fitness app as well as a series of animated stickers that can be used in the Messages app.

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Apple has hosted a New Year challenge for many years running now, and it is one of many Activity Challenges that the company offers throughout the year to encourage people to meet their Fitness goals.

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Top Rated Comments

icanhazmac Avatar
10 months ago
Good little push to start the year off right!
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
hortod1 Avatar
10 months ago
PSA! Try to be patient with all the new ppl at the gym come January. They’re prob gonna be lost, prob awkward, prob oblivious to any etiquette, and most will prob be gone by February
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
svish Avatar
10 months ago
Good to see the challenge for the new year! Nice animted stickers. Will be closing my rings with my new Series 10 that I got just two weeks ago
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Razorpit Avatar
10 months ago

no, I don't remember when we got those last time, if ever
Last one I got was 2020.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
victorvictoria Avatar
10 months ago
What kind of award is a message on a watch? Show me some money and I'll get on that bike right now!
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
10 months ago
The usual, I got them all since they were introduced
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