Yeah updated on both phone and Watch.Have you made sure you have updated the app?
I cannot see the guides on the iPhone app either. Tried logging out and uninstalled app. I get the cheers and can cheer others fine.
Yeah updated on both phone and Watch.Have you made sure you have updated the app?
Got a chance to test out the latest version of the Strava app yesterday.
Everything worked as advertised .. got voice feedback each mile that included time, distance, and the last mile pace. In addition, you get voice prompts for Start/Stop/Pause/Resume.
GPS was right on the money, but I never had an issue with that with Strava. No problems with syncing, and the data was written to Health, including data for HR recovery.
Also, one thing that I did notice is that it will now use a HR chest strap instead of the optical sensor if you are wearing one. I think that is probably true of all running apps in WatchOS 4.
I think for now I am going to stick with the Strava app as it now seems stable and has an adequate feature set.
Pretty great feature and the music controls is not bad at all as well!One of the other big pluses is that it has a ‘do not disturb’ while exercising which is a must for the cellular watch. I didn’t have it on initially and I had to keep dismissing email notifications.
Yea I really think the built in Workouts app is the way to go for Apple Watch and then using RunGap to send it to your preferred network if you want the data outside of the Health/Activity apps.God damn’it Nike !! Why can’t you just fix the damn basics! Ran 25,5 km this afternoon split between a 8,5 km run to a lake to meet a friend - started the run on the watch so left the iPhone in his car *First crash* and ran 10k with him around a lake, changed shirt *Second crash* and began the run home from there. Because of some red lights I had a few stop/starts *At least 10 more crashes* before coming home. The watch app crashes again every time I opened it and tried to end the workout.
To expect the damn thing to be able to follow me on a 2,5 hour run five or take, isn’t a massive request
Back to the build in app and manually entering the runs in Nike system - this is just so unacceptable on a run like this. Hate it
Yea I really think the built in Workouts app is the way to go for Apple Watch and then using RunGap to send it to your preferred network if you want the data outside of the Health/Activity apps.
Sadly Nike is the sole network that is so locked up you can’t get data in or out. RunGap works with Strava, RunKeeper, Garmin, MapMyRun, FitBit and a couple others.Stupid question probably but does run gap work with Nike run club? (Can I use the Apple workouts app on the watch, then load the runs into Nike run club?)
Thanks,
Tried almost everyone - Nike, apple workout, Runkeeper, ismooth etc and so far the only one that hasn’t crashed once is Strava, you get voice prompts and can transfer in RunGap.
I've been using the Strava app on the watch for the last few weeks now and I've not had single crash. It still seems a bit random about when the activity actually uploads - I'm still not sure how/when that happens, but its been very reliable which is the main thing.
I take it the app on the watch won't work with a HRM unless you have already setup the app on the phone to use one and have the phone on you?
Nah it’s much more straightforward than that. Just pair the HRM with your watch and then go. I usually quickly use the in built heart app for a few seconds before launching my running app...just to make sure the Bluetooth connection has triggered.
Tried almost everyone - Nike, apple workout, Runkeeper, ismooth etc and so far the only one that hasn’t crashed once is Strava, you get voice prompts and can transfer in RunGap.
I’ve never had GPS issues with the Workout app (no grey areas etc.) - but really excited to try Strava now that I know how good it is, always assumed the 3rd party apps were 2nd class citizens as far as being able to create something as solid if not more so than Apple’s app.Agreed .. Strava is the best right now. I have all sorts of GPS related problems with the builtin Workout app. I often end up with large areas without a GPS plot (just grey dots), the first few GPS points are often about 500m away from where I actually started, slow transfers from the watch to the phone, etc.
I have none of these issues with the Strava app. Voice feedback works great, as does the auto pause. And the best part is that the run transfers from the watch to the phone and directly to Strava in seconds.
The other thing I really like about the Strava watch app is that you can actually read everything on the watch app screen while running. Unlike NRC that tries to hide the HR reading in the smallest font possible.
Question for those using the built in app: Does it record your cadence?
It figures that Nike would be the ONE app that doesn't work with the others. I've been using them since the launch of the Nike+ system back in 2006 (actually I used the Nike mp3 Plus Run system or whatever it was called prior to Nike +), and I'm reluctant to give up on the system at this point. The new app has been a little unreliable since it launched. Not sure if it's because I'm on a Series 2 watch, but it takes a long time to load and sometimes the app will crash before it loads. I had two instances where it recorded my run, but the screen was blank the entire time, and one instance where I got the three second countdown, but the un never started. Fortunately, I caught it after 1/4 mile. I've only lost that 1/4 mile of running, and with Nike's history, they put out a buggy new version, and then fix the issues with several relatively quick software updates. I hope that's the case here. If not, I may have to move to the built in app. Thanks for the reply on rungap.Sadly Nike is the sole network that is so locked up you can’t get data in or out. RunGap works with Strava, RunKeeper, Garmin, MapMyRun, FitBit and a couple others.
Yea I think for the moment RunGap will let you pull data out of Nike, but that support may be ending soon it sounds like based on Nike’s API (I once swore by RunKeeper used it for 2 years as my only service and then when I moved to the watch as my running device I decided its time to just embrace Apple’s app and export data to other places to keep track of PRs and stuff like that).It figures that Nike would be the ONE app that doesn't work with the others. I've been using them since the launch of the Nike+ system back in 2006 (actually I used the Nike mp3 Plus Run system or whatever it was called prior to Nike +), and I'm reluctant to give up on the system at this point. The new app has been a little unreliable since it launched. Not sure if it's because I'm on a Series 2 watch, but it takes a long time to load and sometimes the app will crash before it loads. I had two instances where it recorded my run, but the screen was blank the entire time, and one instance where I got the three second countdown, but the un never started. Fortunately, I caught it after 1/4 mile. I've only lost that 1/4 mile of running, and with Nike's history, they put out a buggy new version, and then fix the issues with several relatively quick software updates. I hope that's the case here. If not, I may have to move to the built in app. Thanks for the reply on rungap.
I’ve never had GPS issues with the Workout app (no grey areas etc.) - but really excited to try Strava now that I know how good it is, always assumed the 3rd party apps were 2nd class citizens as far as being able to create something as solid if not more so than Apple’s app.
I don’t believe the watch by itself can record cadence, am I wrong?
It figures that Nike would be the ONE app that doesn't work with the others. I've been using them since the launch of the Nike+ system back in 2006 (actually I used the Nike mp3 Plus Run system or whatever it was called prior to Nike +), and I'm reluctant to give up on the system at this point. The new app has been a little unreliable since it launched. Not sure if it's because I'm on a Series 2 watch, but it takes a long time to load and sometimes the app will crash before it loads. I had two instances where it recorded my run, but the screen was blank the entire time, and one instance where I got the three second countdown, but the un never started. Fortunately, I caught it after 1/4 mile. I've only lost that 1/4 mile of running, and with Nike's history, they put out a buggy new version, and then fix the issues with several relatively quick software updates. I hope that's the case here. If not, I may have to move to the built in app. Thanks for the reply on rungap.
Here is an example of the GPS issues I have had with the native Workout app. The run actually began and ended at the same spot, as you can see, it displayed the starting point about 500M away from the actual starting spot, then lost the GPS track entirely for a while, and picked it up again.
It was the last time I used the Workout app and starting using the Strava app instead.
Frankly it is inexcusable for any running app not to alert you when it doesn't have a lock on the GPS satellites. I would rather stand still for an extra minute or so until it gets a lock then to get bad data. I really don't understand this with Apple or most of the other 3rd party running apps. The only app that really lets you know the status of your GPS lock is iSmoothRun which gives you a accuracy in meters if you choose to add that measure. But unfortunately, you have to start the run to get it .. it should start looking for the satellites and display the accuracy before you press the button to start the run as should any running app.
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I think it’s always worked with the chest strap....I’ve used it for a while until I got my series 3. The only app I’m aware of which didn’t allow external HRMs was the Nike one which is one of the reasons I don’t use it.
I’m using the built in app on my series 3 at the moment. No voice guidance but it’s quick and responsive and tracks elevation. One of the other big pluses is that it has a ‘do not disturb’ while exercising which is a must for the cellular watch. I didn’t have it on initially and I had to keep dismissing email notifications.
No you will get a tap or sound depending on if you have mute on when you hit mile markers or a halfway point in a time based run.The built in workout app doesn't give audible feedback (distance, time, pace, whatever) at set intervals does it? I couldn't get it to do so on my test run, and I don't see anything in the settings to add that feature, but maybe I missed something simple.
Thanks. I'll have to be on the lookout for that.No you will get a tap or sound depending on if you have mute on when you hit mile markers or a halfway point in a time based run.