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title: Settings — Coach Persona description: Pick the coach, tune speech speed and verbosity, and control announcements.

Settings — Coach Persona

Reached from Settings → Sound. The Voice Coach section tunes how much and how fast the coach talks; the Coach section picks who is talking.

The bigger conceptual picture lives in Customizing the coach voice. This page is the field-by-field reference.

Voice Coach fields

  1. Voice Coach

    Master toggle. When off, the metronome and timer run but the coach says nothing — no pre-block notes, no in-block reminders, no countdown read, no completion. Use for silent running, racing, or when you just want the beat. All fields below only appear while this is on.

  2. Verbosity

    Picker controlling how much the coach says — from essential-only cueing to full commentary.

  3. Speech Speed

    Slider 0.5× to 1.5×, default 1.0×. Lower = calmer / slower; higher = faster / more urgent.

  4. Speech Volume

    Slider 0–100%. Voice level relative to the metronome and music.

  5. Announcement Beep

    Toggle + beep-sound picker. When on, a soft chime plays before status announcements (phase names, milestones) — like the Apple Fitness pace beep.

  6. Cardio Splits

    How often the coach announces distance and pace during running and cycling workouts.

Coach (persona picker)

Five rows. Free users see all of them but only System is selectable; the three Pro personas show a lock and open the paywall.

  • Auto (default) — matches the coach to each workout type: Max for HIIT and strength, Luna for yoga and breathwork, Kai for runs.
  • System — the best default system voice on your device. Free.
  • Max — energetic, confident male. HIIT / strength. Pro.
  • Luna — warm, calm female. Yoga / meditation / breathwork. Pro.
  • Kai — steady, friendly male. Runs / cycling / pacing. Pro.

Tap the info button on any row for a description and a sample line.

Each Pro persona maps to a matching iOS system voice installed on your device (walking a premium → enhanced → compact candidate list). Everything is generated on-device — personas work offline with zero lag. For the best sound, download premium voices in iOS Settings → Accessibility → Read & Speak → Voices → English (called Spoken Content on older iOS versions).

Behavior across the app

The persona choice applies to:

  • The workout coach (pre-block notes, in-block reminders, countdown, completion).
  • The breathing view phase calls.

It doesn't apply to:

  • Siri responses (Siri uses its own voice).
  • App Intent confirmations (system voice).

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