I had the iPhone 5s with iOS 8 and used the built in Nike Plus app but now that I just purchased the iPhone 6 the built in app is gone. Does anyone know if this was something removed completely.
iPhone 6, iOS 8
WWell I sent an email to Nike and they said they discontinued that app but looked at my account and suggested I let them forward it as a concern so that maybe the sensor technology will be brought back. Here's the response.
"Currently, there are no plans to make Nike+ iPod available on the iPhone 6 or 6+. Regarding the Running Sensor, it of course can still be used with iPhones older than the 6 and 6+, as well as iPod Touches and iPod Nanos that feature the Nike+ iPod App.
The Running App, which is available for the iPhone 6 and 6+, is designed to use a GPS signal when running outdoors, negating the need for a Running Sensor. When you run indoors with the Running App and disable the GPS feature, the app will rely solely on your iPhone's built-in accelerometer. No sensors required.
I see you’ve logged nearly 600 runs with Nike+ over the last 4 years, and that many of those have been recorded with Nike+ iPod. With that being said, I would be more than happy to take any feedback regarding the app and it not being available on the iPhone 6 and 6+, and ensure that the feedback reaches the appropriate department here at Nike. We take our consumers’ feedback very seriously, so please feel free to share it with us, because that feedback is what has lead to so many changes and innovations here at Nike over the years."
He's referring to the Nike + iPod app which has always been an integrated app within the iPhone. It was never available as an app for download. It was ideal for treadmill use where you simply start it and place in on the tray while you run. I used it 3 times a week. I just received my iPhone 6 plus yesterday and discovered the missing app. I researched the current available Nike fit apps for download and none are compatible with the shoe sensor. Most are just compatible to fuel band. It's unfortunate that Apple chose to remove certain apps to force future iPhone buyers to use proprietary features which they feel will be lucrative in the future without taking in consideration what consumers may want to select as a preference. Right to choose is not part of their business model.
It's hard to imagine whether Nike or Apple considered Nike+iPod obsolete. Because it's not only Nike's app, but their collaboration. That feature had been built in iOS until 7 version not downloadable from App Store. Nike couldn't decide to preinstall app on Apple's device without permission so that mean they had special relationship and it's expired, preinstalled app has been removed maybe I guess.
Went to apple store this afternoon and none of the 6 or 6 plus there has nike+iPod
chicagokevo wrote:
In any event, I would just like to continue having my runs auto-sync with Nike's Fuel points server.
Just use the -> Nike+ Running app.
Nike+ Running is a download. The Nike+ (or Nike+ iPod) app has been built-into iOS since the iPhone 3G.
codychandler wrote:
It no longer appears in settings on the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus,
Though it never did appear on the iPhone 6.
New device, new apps.
iOS 8 makes provisions for apps to use extensions, have you looked at the nike+ app in the App Store?
Possibly since apple has pulled back several HealthKit apps from the store because of a bug discovered at the last minute, nike+ has been disabled if ot hasn't been pulled.
Who told you it was a built in app in iOS 8 on an iPhone 6?
according to this page:http://store.apple.com/us/buy-iphone/iphone6
its not.
Is is also still available on the 5 in iOS 8, but evidently not for the iPhone 6 and Plus.
Yes î got an iphone 6 plus and its doesnt have this app
It was Nike's decision to stop the support. Asking to bring it back on a forum that is not read by Apple or Nike won't do any good.
Yes but the only app that will use the small Nike sensor that goes in your shoe was the built in nike+ app. That's what we all need otherwise it was a wasted 20 dollars on that sensor. The pedometer is built into the health app but I don't like holding my phone while running.
just found this thread, also use nike + iPod at the gym and have done for a number of years with various different iphones... Applecare suggests logging this with the feedback dept. if enough people complain they will need to look at it... With the health app I'm sure the ides is more functionality not less?! www.apple.com/feedback/
The only hardware involved is a Bluetooth radio. The only limitation of the iPhone 6 is that they simply left the code out of the iOS build for it. The reason? That's debately. Some say it's Nike, some believe it's Apple. I for one don't care who is responsible, I just want it fixed / working again.
Perhaps it was inevitable with Nike getting out of the wearable hardware arena, old news by now:
http://9to5mac.com/2014/04/18/fuelband-and-other-hardware-discontinued-developme nt-team-fired-as-nike-seeks-to-exit-wearable-tech-market/
Was the built in Nike Plus app removed from the iPhone 6?
