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Apple Celebrates 10 Years of Activity Rings With Limited-Edition Award and Pin

To celebrate 10 years of the Apple Watch's Activity ring feature this month, Apple today revealed a limited-edition "Global Close Your Rings Day" award.

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Apple wants users to "do something they love, push themselves further, or try something new" with an Apple Watch workout, and share what they did using the hashtag #CloseYourRings.

The original Apple Watch launched on April 24, 2015; Activity rings were a feature from day one. Apple's press release today highlights the impact of the Apple Watch on health and fitness over the past decade. Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams said:

Apple Watch has changed the way people think about, monitor, and engage with their fitness and health. A decade ago, we introduced Activity rings — and since then, Apple Watch has grown to offer an extensive set of features designed to empower every user. People write to us almost every day sharing how Apple Watch has made a difference in their life, from motivating them to move more throughout the day, to changing the trajectory of their health.

To obtain the exclusive digital award, users must close all three of their Activity rings on April 24. 10 animated stickers for the Messages app will also become available.

Customers can also obtain a special physical pin inspired by the award at Apple Stores around the world starting April 24, while supplies last.

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twinlight Avatar
17 months ago
Just passed 3500 closed Move rings. Wish I could go to an Apple store for the pin.
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DocMultimedia Avatar
17 months ago
The physical pin would make for a nice collectors item. Wonder how many they'll make.
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17 months ago
I'm more likely to close my rings on a weekday than a weekend.

April 24th is a Thursday. Most people close their rings on weekends…
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Regbial Avatar
17 months ago

I feel like they could do a lot more with those rings. Also: Did Apple really remove the fireworks animation when you close all 3 rings?
I haven't updated yet... did they really? did they tone down the animations?? ... that would suck, the were my favorite part of the whole thing... although, triggering some would be kind of a hassle.. a new calorie record animation or the animation of closing all three rings (or all of one ring 7 days of the week) at the end of the week, you'd need to like, end your workout, quickly open the Activity app so one animation would pop, followed by the other.. instead of all at the same time with no animation. You'd think they'd prioritize the rarer animations over the common ones but attention to detail has seemingly been lost to Apple over the past few years.
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17 months ago
I feel like they could do a lot more with those rings. Also: Did Apple really remove the fireworks animation when you close all 3 rings?
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17 months ago

Mate, it seems too early it’s Wednesday.
Will ring the Apple Store on Friday or Saturday to ask about it. Thursday I’m quite busy
I wanted to check before going in today, but was no bother, just asked someone and they got one out of the store cupboard. Nice pin, glad I hopped in there in between work calls. Now to decide what to do with it…

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