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  1. sterumbelow

    Your V02 Max (Cardio Fitness) experience

    Hi, everyone. What’s your experience like with the Apple Watch and Health’s reporting of your V02 Max (Cardio Fitness)? Im on the latest version of WatchOS and iOS, and I’m using an Apple Watch S6. My values seem incredibly low, usually around 43, for my fitness level. I cycle 4-5 times per...
  2. Saturn007

    How accurate is the Apple Watch's pedometer?

    I'm on the verge of buying my first Apple Watch. The major thing I'd use it for is fitness tracking, especially miles walked and steps taken. How accurate —and how reliable — is the Watch in those departments? I've recently compared two iPhone SEs (both the original model) and an iPod touch...
  3. U

    iPhone X Wifi must be enabled for GPS location

    Why do I need wifi turned on to find my location? I have concluded that on my iPhone X, while located in certain states/cities, my GPS location shows far away from my actual location unless I have wifi enabled. I have tested this in many locations around the country and find it most puzzling...
  4. daveh0

    Activity tracker for users of wheelchairs and/or crutches

    Greetings - I am physically disabled (c5/6 incomplete quadriplegic for anyone curious). I spend part of my time in a wheelchair and part of my time on forearm crutches, with my current goal being to increase the latter while obviously decreasing the former... and on a broader spectrum, to...
  5. J

    Took the AW Series 2 on its first run & swim today with disappointing results

    Just thought i'd share this to see if people have had better luck with their GPS or have had similar problems to me. Running I run a 5k every week and know the route extremely well. I usually take my phone and use Runkeeper, with it giving me audio cues every 500m. Because of this, i know...
  6. J

    iPhone frequent location accuracy

    Hey.. does anyone know how accurate (or inaccurate) iPhones frequent locations are? There is a situation where someone's location is being tagged elsewhere: Under frequent locations, the location visited was listed under 'Town A', but when you click on 'Town A' to see the establishment they...
  7. Jakoma

    Universal Accu - our new game [FREE CODES]

    Welcome everyone! I've just finished my new game! Check out Accu. I think that you will really like it :). Accu was inspired by the curling. I hope that game will be in top charts of iOS games in USA. It's available for iOS and Android. Free promo codes for no ads version: LN77X7PTJMFK...
  8. HansumKingtut

    News app 'For You' Algorithms

    So in IOS 9.3, the 'For You' tab in the News app has been updated to have algorithms that better tailor articles to your taste. I like many of you other beta testers have probably been putting this to the test. In previous versions of IOS 9 I was reluctant to put channels and topics into my...