Odd the only other thing I can think of is updates needed or perhaps you have installed another fitness related app at some point and it is doing something that the watch is recording. For example, I use Nike Run club, anything it records gets added to the fitness app. Something maybe running in the background that you are not aware of.
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Nope. Everything is up to date and I didn’t download any fitness apps. I’m not into fitness (obviously). I got the award and knew something was wrong. The Apple Health app on my phone says I took over 1,000 steps between 3 and 4am this morning when I was in bed... strange.
I just tested it- and it is counting any movement with my arm as a step- petting my dog, rubbing my head, etc. I really don’t want to reset the watch if that requires erasing it or having to redo settings, etc. How do I recalibrate it- is that another procedure?
I'm only aware of this and I doubt it will "fix" your situation:
Calibrate your Apple Watch for improved Workout and Activity accuracy - Apple Support
You can calibrate your Apple Watch to improve the accuracy of your distance, pace, and calorie measurements. Calibrating your watch can also help it learn your fitness level and stride, which improves accuracy when GPS is limited or unavailable.
I can't exercise like that right now to calibrate the watch, but I did unpair the Apple Watch and restored from backup... and the watch stopped tracking my steps altogether. The number in the Activity app stayed stagnant after I took 20 steps. Now I am unpairing it and re-pairing it again. If that doesn't work I may have to erase and reset the watch and just set it up as a new watch and see what happens. Oh well. I appreciate the suggestions by you and others here.I'm only aware of this and I doubt it will "fix" your situation:
Calibrate your Apple Watch for improved Workout and Activity accuracy - Apple Support
You can calibrate your Apple Watch to improve the accuracy of your distance, pace, and calorie measurements. Calibrating your watch can also help it learn your fitness level and stride, which improves accuracy when GPS is limited or unavailable.support.apple.com
Interestingly, it seems the steps are updating on the Health app on the iPhone and not in the Fitness app on either the iPhone or the Watch. The steps adding to the total in the Health app are from my Watch since my phone has been laying down on my bed.
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So, I had to restore my Apple Watch and set it up as a new Watch to get it to count my steps again. But, it's still taking any significant movement of my arm and counting it as a step. Is this normal behavior for an Apple Watch and would it be corrected by calibrating it with the remedy linked to earlier in this thread? Has anyone else experienced this - where the Watch registers any significant arm movement as a step? I'd hate this to be a hardware issue of my watch since I bought it new and am past my return window.
that's just the way it works, not a HW failure with your watch
got this yesterday. Looks surprisingly similar to everyone else’s.
I double-checked. You are correct. I'm filing a grievance with Apple! Take that, Tim Cook!
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Look mine was clearly bigger than yours!
Today I really didn’t move from my desk all day. Just as well I did my cross trainer session first thing. Had to do another one tonight to hit my 10,000 steps in.
Today I really didn’t move from my desk all day. Just as well I did my cross trainer session first thing. Had to do another one tonight to hit my 10,000 steps in.
Second ring in the new year challenge done!! Still working on the January one.
I got it too, but is anyone else having their move ring advance hours after the exercise ring does? It's gotten worse recently too. I had one day that the ring didn't update until the next morning, and the 'move'ment was finished at 3:30-ish PM!
Weird...
Exercise you either have to have an exercise complication running, or else get your heart rate high enough. The move ring will advance just because you are breathing, etc. Or, are you saying that you'll have no Move at all even during an exercise and then it will fill later? I've seen maybe a 5-10 minute delay.
The later. Sometimes taking hours, YET the exercise I did, on a bike trainer, will be credited in the Exercise ring. Seriously. I will do a 90 minute ride, get the credit as soon as I'm done, or shotly after, and the Move ring won't advance for, like I said, HOURS. Sometimes, not getting credit until the next day. Weird. Exercise credit, and no Move credit? Something is wrong...
And thanks for responding. Appreciated it...
