Peloton is notifying members that beginning Friday, November 6, they will expand how data from connected third-party apps and devices (such as Garmin, WHOOP, Apple Health, Fitbit, and more) is used to personalize insights, recommendations, and workouts.
Peloton sent the notice by email with the subject line “An exciting update to your personalized Peloton experience, effective Nov 6.”
The email says:
“We’re writing to let you know about an exciting change: Peloton will soon use data from your connected third-party apps and devices (like Garmin, Apple Health, or Fitbit) to bring you better insights and personalized recommendations.”
Beginning November 6, Peloton says “wellness metrics and data” members have chosen to share can be used to personalize their insights, recommendations, and workouts.
Two things must both be enabled before Peloton will use a particular category of data this way:
- The relevant data category from the connected app or device
- Personalized Experience in the member’s Peloton settings
Members who do not want their connected data used for personalization can turn off an individual data category, disable Personalized Experience, or disconnect the third-party app or device entirely.
Turning off a category will stop new data in that category from being brought into the member’s Peloton profile. Peloton directs members to their Privacy Policy for information about data that has already synced and deletion rights.
Members who take no action will have the expanded personalization begin automatically on November 6 for data categories they have already chosen to share.
Peloton’s current third-party integration FAQ says imported workouts already contribute to Personalized Plans, customized insights and class recommendations, along with Streaks, activity metrics, the Performance Dashboard, and other parts of the Peloton experience and Peloton IQ.
Peloton expanded the role of imported workouts earlier this year, including allowing activities synced from services like Garmin, Apple Health, and Fitbit to count toward Daily and Weekly Streaks.
The difference in the November notice is the reference to broader “wellness metrics and data” rather than simply completed workout activity.
As we saw with the launch of Peloton’s two-way WHOOP integration in September, connecting WHOOP gives Peloton permission to request more than workout information. The authorization also includes sleep data, recovery information such as recovery score, heart rate variability and resting heart rate, and strain data.
Peloton has not said that those specific WHOOP metrics will begin affecting recommendations on November 6. However, the new update would provide a mechanism for Peloton to use those types of wellness metrics for personalization when a member has chosen to share them.
It also lines up with plans Peloton has discussed before.
In 2025 then-CFO Liz Coddington said they were investing in third-party integrations involving sleep and recovery data, with the goal of using information members choose to share to recommend better workouts.
The November 6 update appears to move Peloton closer to that vision, though the company has not detailed which individual data categories will influence recommendations or exactly how they will be used.
Peloton also says this is only “the first of several updates” to their personalized experience, with additional changes to be announced as they roll out.
Would you want Peloton to use sleep, recovery, and strain information from WHOOP or another wearable when recommending your next workout?
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