A new Apple Watch activity challenge for the Chinese

You have to explain the title well. Not that Apple now begins to discriminate against its users by race, far from it. It's simply that August 8 is National Fitness Day in China, and Apple wants to celebrate it with a special challenge for all those Apple Watch users residing in this country.

We already know that Apple looks for any excuse to create activity challenges. A fun way to encourage Apple Watch users to exercise. He periodically launches small challenges associated with training, and if you achieve them, you win digital "badges" that you can share with your friends. The next one is dedicated to Chinese athletes.

China celebrates every year National Fitness Day since the 2008 Beijing Olympics. For the third year in a row, Apple is celebrating the event with an Apple Watch Activity Challenge. This is a rare case where Activity Challenges are geo-locked. You will only access this challenge if you reside in China.

This special and exclusive challenge will only be available on 8 August. Chinese resident Apple Watch users will be able to unlock a special activity award by completing at least 30 minutes of exercise.

Apple will reward users who complete it with exclusive badges in the Activity app, as well as animated stickers for use in Messages and FaceTime. The achievement can be achieved by recording any training of 30 minutes or more, from any application that records data to Apple Health.

Apple usually launches these types of challenges regularly to encourage Apple Watch users to complete them in a fun way. They are usually small gymkhanas for activity exercises. If you complete those rings, you get rewards in the form of digital badges and stickers so you can show your friends that you have achieved the challenge. But it is very unusual for the company to launch a challenge restricted to a specific area of ​​the planet, as in this case.