On the apple I watch message boards, TONS of people are still having this problem with the activity tracker not working with outdoor walks. Really disappointing for such a pricey watch that markets itself to help keep track of activity.
yup, we aren't the only ones. For whatever reason with this latest update it doesn't work. Like you said.. expensive watch, doesn't do what it's supposed to!
I did the calibration yesterday and my exercise ring finally moved/closed. Yay! Now this morning, it’s back to not moving after 30 minutes of exercise (still at the top, hasn’t moved a bit). Frustrating not to see results.
Really disappointed in my new watch. Wish I’d just bought a new Fitbit. Doesn’t track anything. Gone over these steps twice this week. Works for a short time then back to not working again. Total rip off🤬
I walked 6 miles & only got 1 minute exercise credit. 😡. I got home & filled made 3 or four trips to the freezer for ice to fill a jug & earned 3 minutes of exercise. The day before, I walked 7 miles & got 82 minutes exercise credit. So something is wrong with Apple
Thank You!!! totally fixed my Apple Watch workout time! Mine was not just a little off; it was horrible. I could walk for 30 min and it would only show anywhere from 3 to 10 min 😳 I was stumped! However I did have to take your advice on recalibrating the Apple Watch with my phone by first reseting the data on the iPhone then taking it with me in my pocket (which I hadn't done but once before) and Boom! started working perfect! HALLELUJAH!!! 🎉🙌🙏✝️🦅 Thank You so much! Oh, and by the way my "standing" tracking works MUCH BETTER now too!
This was very helpful. Thank you for making it so easy. I followed all of these directions and my watch is still not working as expected. The movement ring is tracking just fine. The exercise ring is only tracking exercise that I manually set. It is not tracking exercise throughout the day like it used to. Is there a way that I can fix that?
I find that periodically my Apple Watch keeps pausing during workouts, which is really frustrating especially when rowing! Doesn’t do it all the time , but when it plays up, it pauses every 10 seconds or so.
Does resetting the fitness calibration data erase all of your data, workouts, etc, or just recalibrates? Also, I find the apple watch and the heart app count the steps the same, without 100 give or take. But I also use my fitnesspal to track my calories and based on my step tracking before getting the watch, the myfitnesspal is more accurate at tracking my treadmill usage and I'm not sure if it's because 90% of the time, I'm holding on with both hands? There are days that there is a 1500 step difference, with the watch and heart app being less. Kinda frustrating considering the cost of the watch.
I got my first Apple watch two weeks ago. I am partialy handicaped so the excercise I do the most is outdoor walk. I start the workout manually, walk for more than 30 minutes, the summary even says so but the excercise ring closes only for 9 or 10 minutes. Idk what’s the problem because I don’t have time for much more workout and I close both red and blue rings and the green one is an eyesore.
The Green Ring is the exercise ring, and it closes with "brisk activity." It partially closes because part of your walk might be more intense than the other parts.
My story is exactly the same. I thought it’s because I’m walking with sticks but it didn’t make sense because like you said the summary tells the exact time. From the comment I now understand it’s because I don’t walk fast enough for my Apple Watch smh
Read my comment above. I believe if you do this it will fix it. mine was terribly off until I did what he said and also recalibrated the watch with my iPhone.
Works for my watch SE after resetting the motion calibration and distance, but will still have 1-2 min variance, you would need to swing your hand moderately to register the exercise to get the ring closing. Hope Apple can update the firmware to improve the sensitivity soon. Thanks
when u reset the calibration did it also reset the data on your fitness app? like did it lose previous workout data or reset it? because i want to reset the calibration, but not if i lose all my previous workout data.
My watch works perfectly fine EXCEPT that it doesn’t read or track when I’m standing. How the hell can it track my pace but not the fact that I’m standing?
Jayden Akehurst it’s literally broken. I have a job where I sit at a desk but get up constantly to go to the copier or do other tasks. My watch just doesn’t track it at all. But thanks
Thank you for this... I calibrated my watch but I did not did the 20 min walk... my 60 min HIIT workouts are only reading at 200-300 calories when I normally burn 400-600 calories!
My Ultra 2 has been very accurate with tracking. The only problem I have is the Pausing when I rest for a minute or two on long hikes. If I don't check and dismiss it then I lose tracking and heart rate etc as I continue my walk. . I have Auto Pause turned off but that doesn't help. Super Frustrating
Will resetting the calibration data delete all of my workout history and awards? Has anyone tried this? Or does it just like relearn my movements? Please help. I’m scared. Until then, I’m having to log my workouts manually for though the health app to get exercise ring credit.
Karla Diaz I walked for 30 minutes and my heartbeat was pretty fast. Yet it still put my exercise time as 15 minutes. 15 minutes still beats the hell out of 4 😂
My watch has stopped recording the map route of my walks/runs and I have no idea why. I've done everything in this video and it still doesn't seem to be working.. Does anyone have any advice?
Problem is, it doesn’t auto-update on your watch face. You have to manually click it to update it to correct steps. A cheap Fitbit does this and not a Apple Watch. Blows my mind
So I’m wondering if the reason my workout didn’t show up on the exercise ring is because I didn’t have my phone with me? The location, hr, distance, calories, etc all show up in my phone but they don’t give me the credit on the exercise ring
can you please do a video to help with the stand reminder, Mine goes off at 12:05 am and drives me nuts, Is there a way to reset that one, I'm sleeping then, thanks
Ohhh I have mine set at the same 😅😂 Maybe that’s why it wasn’t tracking my calories. Everything is fine except calories. I gotta check that shit right now 😂😂
I cycled today, and at one point i noticed my watch was "asking" if I wanted to lock, end or pause my workout. I wanted to keep going and wanted none of those options. What may have happened to cause it to show that screen?
Well what I did to fix it was reset the watch to like when it's out of the box and re did everything and now it works fine. I guess that we may have switched a setting somewhere and it stopped recording things.
My issue is not that accuracy of tracking but the fact that when I close my rings I often do not see the animation "celebrating" it. I get a standard notification saying I closed the Move ring etc. Some goes for the three rings being closed. No idea why this is as it happens sometimes. Latest Watch OS7 and OS14 running all ok.
cheers, that works. Do you know why when I walk I get a time for each kilometre and then it repeats exactly the same number as an average. Surely it should calculate an average of all the k's which just doesn't seem to work. Very annoying.
Thanks! The app stopped counting my walks as exercise after the last iOS update. So aggravating to walk for an hour and only get credit for 10 mins. Apple support said I was walking too slow. As a senior, this was very disappointing. I didn’t know I needed to calibrate. I just finished my 20 minute walk after resetting the calibration. I hope it works. Do I need to bring my phone with me for a few walks?
Has anyone had an issue with the move ring... I hit my move mark and it shows up that I completed it.. but later it drops by way more than half... I hope I’m making sense So let’s say I have 450 at 11 am then later on in the day my move ring drops to only 130
My phone health app has steps off 8k and on the activity app it says 600 how can I sync my health steps to the activity as my move ring should be closed now
Well done video. A recent update stopped my watch from recognizing my aerobic sessions. My "Motion and Distance calibration" was somehow turned off (presumably after my last OS update). Haven't tested yet, but surely this is the fix. Thanks!
Also, since my company tracks my fitness and rewards me for it, this is costing me $$. Solution. Track outdoor activity as 'other' and it only tracks the minutes.
How do I sync my apple watch fitness app with my actual sleep and awake schedule? I go to bed really late and sleep late due to my work schedule. It's very frustrating for me when all of my stats such as calories burned, steps and workout goals for my day are split between two days. The watch starts over at midnight every night. Is there a fix for this? Thanks
I have reset mine so many times and it always drifts. The distance accuracy is so bad I dont even bother using it anymore. I can run the same route everyday for a week and get significantly different distances each time. Pretty disappointing for $429.
I have been having a recurring problem with the workout app on Apple Watch. I am also running Cyclemeter app simultaneously which seems to track fine. However, the workout app when I said it to outdoor cycling, it stops tracking only a few minutes after starting, however the Cyclemeter app continues running just fine.
Why does the Apple watch never recognise when you're exercising? Then when you set it to the gym or a walk, it never stops interrupting you asking whether "finished workout?". Clearly it's not been perfected yet
I have a problem that when I have sleep mode enabled and I sleep with it I wake up and it says I have 5 hours of standing today but I was asleep the entire time
Have you found a permanent fix? I calibrated yesterday and it worked beautifully and closed my exercise ring. Now this morning, after 33 minutes of exercise, the exercise ring is still in the first position, hasn’t moved a bit.
I do not have a problem with the motion and fitness tracking. I suppose it works just fine. However, I updated my weight details on both health app on the phone and the apple watch app. Do I need to re calibrate? Thanks
Same problem in the newest ios 7.6.1 Kinda suk I collecting badges and didn't get my National forest eprissiaion day badge ,28 of august I did the 1,6 km challenge..really wanted that..
Quick question I can’t find an answer so I figured I would ask her why is it that my activity is tracking fine but with my friends look at me it shows I have zero steps and it’s showing that I don’t even have my watch on yet I’m at 15,000 steps. And the other day I had 11,000 steps and it only counted as 1000 for my friends watch.
On the apple I watch message boards, TONS of people are still having this problem with the activity tracker not working with outdoor walks. Really disappointing for such a pricey watch that markets itself to help keep track of activity.
yup, we aren't the only ones. For whatever reason with this latest update it doesn't work. Like you said.. expensive watch, doesn't do what it's supposed to!
I did the calibration yesterday and my exercise ring finally moved/closed. Yay! Now this morning, it’s back to not moving after 30 minutes of exercise (still at the top, hasn’t moved a bit). Frustrating not to see results.
@@tkdematteo apple needs to fix this.
Inexcusable for the price, I’m close to done with Apple.
Really disappointed in my new watch. Wish I’d just bought a new Fitbit. Doesn’t track anything. Gone over these steps twice this week. Works for a short time then back to not working again. Total rip off🤬
Thank you! My issue is fixed from watching your video 😊
I walked 6 miles & only got 1 minute exercise credit. 😡. I got home & filled made 3 or four trips to the freezer for ice to fill a jug & earned 3 minutes of exercise. The day before, I walked 7 miles & got 82 minutes exercise credit. So something is wrong with Apple
Just the exercise for me 😊
Bro what r u doing walking 6 miles
@@everydayepicchill4731burning calories. it’s quite affective
Mine says I went up 69 flights of step in my sleep. 😂
It also gave me 300 workout minutes for just randomly going about my day. It started with the latest watch iOS update. This sucks!
My problem is it’s tracking my time but not my steps calories or mileage which pisses me off hopefully this will do the job
Thank You!!! totally fixed my Apple Watch workout time! Mine was not just a little off; it was horrible. I could walk for 30 min and it would only show anywhere from 3 to 10 min 😳 I was stumped! However I did have to take your advice on recalibrating the Apple Watch with my phone by first reseting the data on the iPhone then taking it with me in my pocket (which I hadn't done but once before) and Boom! started working perfect! HALLELUJAH!!! 🎉🙌🙏✝️🦅 Thank You so much! Oh, and by the way my "standing" tracking works MUCH BETTER now too!
If you bought an expensive watch to track your movements but forgot to carry your phone, no logs found. Ah genius
This was very helpful. Thank you for making it so easy. I followed all of these directions and my watch is still not working as expected. The movement ring is tracking just fine. The exercise ring is only tracking exercise that I manually set. It is not tracking exercise throughout the day like it used to. Is there a way that I can fix that?
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Did you end up finding a solution? bc same
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Thank You. The exercise rings are working after reset and calibration.
POS is too pricey for this to be a constant problem. I sometimes get it working but NEVER works with Apple ear pods when listening to music.
Thank you” for explaining it so we” can understand it.”
I find that periodically my Apple Watch keeps pausing during workouts, which is really frustrating especially when rowing! Doesn’t do it all the time , but when it plays up, it pauses every 10 seconds or so.
Does resetting the fitness calibration data erase all of your data, workouts, etc, or just recalibrates?
Also, I find the apple watch and the heart app count the steps the same, without 100 give or take. But I also use my fitnesspal to track my calories and based on my step tracking before getting the watch, the myfitnesspal is more accurate at tracking my treadmill usage and I'm not sure if it's because 90% of the time, I'm holding on with both hands? There are days that there is a 1500 step difference, with the watch and heart app being less. Kinda frustrating considering the cost of the watch.
My activity doesn’t work at all and I’ve had a series 1 for Christmas 2018 and it worked fine. Any suggestions on what to do
I got my first Apple watch two weeks ago. I am partialy handicaped so the excercise I do the most is outdoor walk. I start the workout manually, walk for more than 30 minutes, the summary even says so but the excercise ring closes only for 9 or 10 minutes. Idk what’s the problem because I don’t have time for much more workout and I close both red and blue rings and the green one is an eyesore.
The Green Ring is the exercise ring, and it closes with "brisk activity." It partially closes because part of your walk might be more intense than the other parts.
My story is exactly the same. I thought it’s because I’m walking with sticks but it didn’t make sense because like you said the summary tells the exact time. From the comment I now understand it’s because I don’t walk fast enough for my Apple Watch smh
Read my comment above. I believe if you do this it will fix it. mine was terribly off until I did what he said and also recalibrated the watch with my iPhone.
Did all of your suggestions. Works for a day. Why do I have to reset this every other day. This watch cost too much money . Apple fix it
Works for my watch SE after resetting the motion calibration and distance, but will still have 1-2 min variance, you would need to swing your hand moderately to register the exercise to get the ring closing. Hope Apple can update the firmware to improve the sensitivity soon. Thanks
I’m at the end of my Apple Watch rope right now. Hope this fix works. Thanks!
Resetting the Fitness calibration worked like a charm and my work out appeared out of nowhere, yay! thank you so much for your help!!
when u reset the calibration did it also reset the data on your fitness app? like did it lose previous workout data or reset it? because i want to reset the calibration, but not if i lose all my previous workout data.
My watch works perfectly fine EXCEPT that it doesn’t read or track when I’m standing. How the hell can it track my pace but not the fact that I’m standing?
Same. I will literally get a reminder to stand while I'm standing.
You have to sit first then stand- basically it’s a stand on the hour tracker
When it says stand, it actually means stand up and move. It is quite confusing
Jayden Akehurst it’s literally broken. I have a job where I sit at a desk but get up constantly to go to the copier or do other tasks. My watch just doesn’t track it at all. But thanks
Nice video. I made a video as well please check it out. ua-cam.com/video/YvVAzK8-yLw/v-deo.html
Thank you ☺️ 😊 🙏 this help me fix my Apple 🍎 Watch thanks very much!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for this... I calibrated my watch but I did not did the 20 min walk... my 60 min HIIT workouts are only reading at 200-300 calories when I normally burn 400-600 calories!
same! How did you fix this?
did you ever get a fix for this as mine is now doing the same
How do you fix this?
My Ultra 2 has been very accurate with tracking. The only problem I have is the Pausing when I rest for a minute or two on long hikes. If I don't check and dismiss it then I lose tracking and heart rate etc as I continue my walk. . I have Auto Pause turned off but that doesn't help. Super Frustrating
Will resetting the calibration data delete all of my workout history and awards? Has anyone tried this? Or does it just like relearn my movements? Please help. I’m scared. Until then, I’m having to log my workouts manually for though the health app to get exercise ring credit.
Yes! It worked. My watch is tracking my exercise again. Thanks so much for this video!
If we reset, does it mean all our past walk data, badges etc date will be wiped out?
Does it have to be exactly 20 minutes to calibrate or just a relatively significant amount of time?
My 20-30 minute walk to fix it was only counted as 4 minutes so YAY IT STILL DOESN’T WORK
I just walked an hour in two 30 min walks and it gave me a total of 10 min. When I reset it the second walk it gave me 3 minutes
Maybe you are just walking to slowly to the point that your heart rate doesn’t rise and your watch doesn’t think you are exercising at all
Karla Diaz I walked for 30 minutes and my heartbeat was pretty fast. Yet it still put my exercise time as 15 minutes. 15 minutes still beats the hell out of 4 😂
My watch has stopped recording the map route of my walks/runs and I have no idea why. I've done everything in this video and it still doesn't seem to be working.. Does anyone have any advice?
Same. Posting in case anyone knows! 🙊
kate000a hey!! Mine seems to have been sorted out by resetting my phone x
Grace Thompson ty ty!! I’m going to try that!
Problem is, it doesn’t auto-update on your watch face. You have to manually click it to update it to correct steps. A cheap Fitbit does this and not a Apple Watch. Blows my mind
Very helpful...just wish I didn't have to take that 20 minute walk again....I just got back from a 30 minute walk! ;)
So I’m wondering if the reason my workout didn’t show up on the exercise ring is because I didn’t have my phone with me? The location, hr, distance, calories, etc all show up in my phone but they don’t give me the credit on the exercise ring
Does resetting the calibration delete all of my workout data in the past?
That’s what I wanna know
Please help ASAP. My watch will count my exercise and my stand but not my calories.
i cant open my fitness app at all, it just loads forever. My health app is also empty with no data in it. My isn't my watch syncing any data
When you reset it through the watched does your history and awards delete?
can you please do a video to help with the stand reminder, Mine goes off at 12:05 am and drives me nuts, Is there a way to reset that one, I'm sleeping then, thanks
stand more often during the day, turn off coaching, set a smaller goal, or mute ur watch
If you reset the data calibration in the Apple Watch, does it reset all of your achievements and clear the rings?
Thank you so much!!! I tried everything and the exercise tracker fixed it.
I’m about to throw my watch out the window at this point.
Edit: my weight was accidentally entered at 1lb on the health app...and that was my issue. 😂
Omfg your comment is everything!! Glad you found the problem😭😂😭😂
Ohhh I have mine set at the same 😅😂
Maybe that’s why it wasn’t tracking my calories. Everything is fine except calories. I gotta check that shit right now 😂😂
You help a lot thank you
Do I have to start a workout every time I’m going to move, or will the activity app track calories and steps effectively on its own?
why isn't my activity tracker not showing as a circle
Hey my swimming is way off, it completely doubles. If I swim 50m it says 100m. Any way to fix this?
What's more accurate Fitbit or Apple Watch?
I cycled today, and at one point i noticed my watch was "asking" if I wanted to lock, end or pause my workout. I wanted to keep going and wanted none of those options. What may have happened to cause it to show that screen?
Probably very helpful but you explain things much to fast for someone who doesn’t have a clue of what they’re doing.
I did these things and my series 3 won’t record my standing time
Dragon Sin I have the same problem lol
Well what I did to fix it was reset the watch to like when it's out of the box and re did everything and now it works fine. I guess that we may have switched a setting somewhere and it stopped recording things.
How about tracking sleep?? My S4 isn’t tracking my sleep and even 2hrs in the Apple Store no one could figure it out 😢
great job
My issue is not that accuracy of tracking but the fact that when I close my rings I often do not see the animation "celebrating" it. I get a standard notification saying I closed the Move ring etc. Some goes for the three rings being closed. No idea why this is as it happens sometimes. Latest Watch OS7 and OS14 running all ok.
Thank you!!! It’s was the location thing!! Ups 🙊
cheers, that works. Do you know why when I walk I get a time for each kilometre and then it repeats exactly the same number as an average. Surely it should calculate an average of all the k's which just doesn't seem to work. Very annoying.
Thanks, I'll take it for a walk tomorrow. LOL
Thanks! The app stopped counting my walks as exercise after the last iOS update. So aggravating to walk for an hour and only get credit for 10 mins. Apple support said I was walking too slow. As a senior, this was very disappointing. I didn’t know I needed to calibrate. I just finished my 20 minute walk after resetting the calibration. I hope it works. Do I need to bring my phone with me for a few walks?
michele Phelps this is still happening currently.
Has anyone had an issue with the move ring... I hit my move mark and it shows up that I completed it.. but later it drops by way more than half... I hope I’m making sense
So let’s say I have 450 at 11 am then later on in the day my move ring drops to only 130
When I first got my watch I burned 400 calories doing a workout. But about a week later, doing the same workout, it’s at only 200.
I don't think the cal. counter is accurate. I seem to "burn" same during yoga and for bike for identical time.
How can I track just using my Apple Watch?
did everything you said - still doesn't work, since the latest update my activity, heart rate and oxygen dont work anymore, any ideas anyone?
Upgraded iPhone now Apple Watch 4 is not syncing correctly
I don’t see system services???
My phone health app has steps off 8k and on the activity app it says 600 how can I sync my health steps to the activity as my move ring should be closed now
I changed the date on my phone and now I think it’s messed up
Do I have to have both my watch & phone to work? & log my activity?
My watch tracks properly, but the fitness app on my phone doesn’t track anything at all
Well done video. A recent update stopped my watch from recognizing my aerobic sessions. My "Motion and Distance calibration" was somehow turned off (presumably after my last OS update). Haven't tested yet, but surely this is the fix. Thanks!
Thx so much I was worried 😟 but now got relief thx thx so much
Is it worth it to have a smartwatch?
My blue ring no matter what stays saying I’m standing up when I’m laying down
My rings are still dark but watch is working how do I fix that?
Also, since my company tracks my fitness and rewards me for it, this is costing me $$. Solution. Track outdoor activity as 'other' and it only tracks the minutes.
How do I sync my apple watch fitness app with my actual sleep and awake schedule? I go to bed really late and sleep late due to my work schedule. It's very frustrating for me when all of my stats such as calories burned, steps and workout goals for my day are split between two days. The watch starts over at midnight every night. Is there a fix for this? Thanks
I have reset mine so many times and it always drifts. The distance accuracy is so bad I dont even bother using it anymore. I can run the same route everyday for a week and get significantly different distances each time. Pretty disappointing for $429.
why heart rate is grey out in workout in apple watch
I have been having a recurring problem with the workout app on Apple Watch. I am also running Cyclemeter app simultaneously which seems to track fine. However, the workout app when I said it to outdoor cycling, it stops tracking only a few minutes after starting, however the Cyclemeter app continues running just fine.
Does it have to be a 20 minute walk can it be a run or just doing the stair stepper or something or is it important to do a walk outside
My green sensor stopped flashing .
If this doesn’t work what else can I do?
Why does the Apple watch never recognise when you're exercising? Then when you set it to the gym or a walk, it never stops interrupting you asking whether "finished workout?".
Clearly it's not been perfected yet
Never happens to me, yours must be defective
Thank you
Love your watch band ! Where did you get it?
New watch update now movement and calorie tracker not counting at all. Very disappointing!
I have a problem that when I have sleep mode enabled and I sleep with it I wake up and it says I have 5 hours of standing today but I was asleep the entire time
Mines just a blank screan idk what to do
mine thinks I am standing all day... I am sitting at work lol
Why does my iwatch “steps” still working even if I’m driving, please help.
Wondering if you can help me. In regards to sharing activity on the Apple Watch, can you share with friends in other countries?
Thanks for the great tips!!
If I reset the calibration data, will it delete my data in the activity app, or is that data still stored?😊
That’s what I was wondering too
@@sheritaaaa i did it a few months ago and it doesn't delete your data :) It didn't fix the problem though.
TennaH oh oka
Have you found a permanent fix? I calibrated yesterday and it worked beautifully and closed my exercise ring. Now this morning, after 33 minutes of exercise, the exercise ring is still in the first position, hasn’t moved a bit.
Does this reset your Trophies??
Nope
Year later🤣
When i am riding motorcycle it detects as i am waking 😢
Samsung was good at detecting
If I forgot to start a walk does my Apple Watch not automatically record it for me and recognize Ive been walking awhile?
I do not have a problem with the motion and fitness tracking. I suppose it works just fine. However, I updated my weight details on both health app on the phone and the apple watch app. Do I need to re calibrate? Thanks
Same problem in the newest ios 7.6.1
Kinda suk I collecting badges and didn't get my National forest eprissiaion day badge ,28 of august I did the 1,6 km challenge..really wanted that..
Thank you so much! 🤗
Would it erase all of my tracking stuff that I did before my Series 3 stop tracking Thursday or Wednesday on my phone?
that really sucks
why every time i go in the car adds steps
Quick question I can’t find an answer so I figured I would ask her why is it that my activity is tracking fine but with my friends look at me it shows I have zero steps and it’s showing that I don’t even have my watch on yet I’m at 15,000 steps.
And the other day I had 11,000 steps and it only counted as 1000 for my friends watch.
Can it be a good idea to do the calibration reset before those other steps?!
Mine didn’t work after reset & 23 min walk😢
Thank you bud