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Apps WorkOutDoors: New workout features
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Do you mean the screen that appears in the watch app at the end of a workout and in the workout history? There is no way to change the text size on that. Sorry.
Do you mean a complication? If you cannot see one for WOD in the Watch iPhone app then try configuring the complications on the watch face.
Note that complications are not available for the very large styles because they are just intended to start the app rather than show any data.
Yes, any workout app including WOD will automatically use an external HRM connected via watchOS. The advantages of connecting via WOD are that you get a reassuring confirmation that it is connected when you start and also during a workout (a red H at the top), and you can also see HRV data if the sensor supplies the information.
The advantages of connecting via watchOS are that it does not count as one of the total of 2 Bluetooth connections allowed by all third party apps. Also it avoids the problem mentioned before where watchOS is still storing HR values from the wrist sensor as well as from the external sensor, which can be confusing if you extract the heart data from Apple's Health system.
Hi Ian,
Just to update you. It's been 2 months since I reported the above.
I tried the new "Long Vibration Haptics" option that you suggested but it doesn't help.
Last week I accidentally turned off the Voice Alert (Speaks a message) under Alerts > Distance and now I'm getting haptic feedback every km. No Siri voice but I'm fine with it as long as I'm getting haptic feedback
I think that haptics can either disappear or are less obvious when the watch is speaking. Glad it is working for you!Hi Ian,
Just to update you. It's been 2 months since I reported the above.
I tried the new "Long Vibration Haptics" option that you suggested but it doesn't help.
Last week I accidentally turned off the Voice Alert (Speaks a message) under Alerts > Distance and now I'm getting haptic feedback every km. No Siri voice but I'm fine with it as long as I'm getting haptic feedback
Sorry, that is not possible. If the route has elevations then it shows various shades of purple from red for steep uphill to blue for steep downhill.
Hi, I have a question regarding the functionality of when Lock Screen option is turned on seems to have changed. Prior to when I changed out my Iphone XR to a Iphone 13, when I enabled the locked screen using the two side buttons that I programed in WOD, the screen itself would lock but I was still able to use the dial button to rotate to the different screens, However now on my new iphone 13I was not able to doo so. I did tried the Water locked function, which allow me to rotate between screens, However, it requires holding the two side button a longer period of time to release the water lock. Any thoughts on this.
I haven't heard of this but nothing has changed in that area in the app, so maybe watchOS has changed.
To be honest I won't investigate because I am rewriting the user interface in a new coding language, so that area of the app will all change in the next version anyway.
The app does offer a Pickleball activity, which was added in the latest version.
I use WOD on AW Ultra. When I'm on an active stationary workout (like strength and weights), if I switch to another app or goes to the clock screen and then drop my wrist, the next time I raise my wrist, it won't return to the WOD workout screen. I believe this doesn't happen for running. Just curious if there is a way to tweak this? Or that you have to be detected moving across some distance for this to kick in? Also noticed the running animation of WOD icon on watch face is off when the aforementioned stationary workout is active, not sure if there is any linkage here.
I have never heard of that before. Are you by any chance running another workout app at the same time? WatchOS does not allow that and would kill off the workout session in WOD. This would cause many issues including the app no longer appearing when you raise your wrist, and would probably also affect the icon shown by watchOS.
What is the setting to be able to get that heart rate zone bar at the very bottom of the screen?
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Huge props to WOD. I ran a half-marathon yesterday and couldn’t have asked for more. Streaming music, gps, and the Stryd connected and the race finished (AW ultra) with 75% battery left. Such a great app.
