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Apps WorkOutDoors: New workout features
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Try that first. And maybe try disabling one or both of the others afterwards.
What audio app are you using? The Spotify watch app has always been flaky but recently even Apple's Music app seems to have problems.
coachjeffroc
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No workout should be lost. Even if you reboot the watch without ending the workout then the app should have preserved it and recovered it when the watch app is next started.
If you can't see the workout in the iPhone app then go to the Workout History in the watch app and select it and tap Resend to iPhone.
On the live workout topic, one rare occasion that I've reverted to the native workout app is treadmill. So many treadmills have a convenient place to stick a phone, I've found I like glancing at the iphone live activities display instead of looking at the watch while running treadmill. Not a huge deal for me at all, but wanted to mention it when I noticed live activities is apparently high on your list. I could also see a once in a blue moon scenario where I'd use the live activities for cycling so that will be a cool addition (99% of the time I use a bike computer but I could see a scenario on a borrowed bike or out of town traveling without a full setup where WOD live activities with a map displayed would be great, or even on a stationary bike where WOD live activities for HR/time/etc would be a cool addition). cheers
Just wanted to comment that the voice alerts are working much better for me. In the past I would have the low volume music/no alert issue and had gotten into the habit of rebooting the watch prior to runs as a remedy. Now voice alerts and music are working great without doing that. The only issue I had this morning is when I asked Siri for the time (not a usual thing though) while running. That killed the voice alerts but music continued to play at normal volume. So maybe a priority thing with watchOS. Also, wanted to say how cool the climb alerts are. I tend to run in fairly flat areas but occasionally when there are some decent hills it’s really neat to hear the ascent % and the time to complete. I’m living in the future, 😎. Thanks so much for that feature.
bunnyechoes
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Is there a way to edit workouts once they’re finished? I just finished a hike following a route I created. There was a glitch in the altimeter and it stayed at only 1 m elevation gain when it should have been 461 m. This data exported to Strava correctly but not to Apple Health, for example.
Loving the app. Such a great tool.
But what I don’t get is those „phone app styles“?
I do have:
- workout maps
- route maps
- downloads map
- waypoints maps
Why so many? At my watch I only see one map when I’m on the go.
What’s the difference?
And I also want to have bigger text within the map.
If I adjust any font size of all maps above and send it to watch it is the same size as before?
Do I need to fully delete maps on my watch and then sync again?
But what I don’t get is those „phone app styles“?
I do have:
- workout maps
- route maps
- downloads map
- waypoints maps
Why so many? At my watch I only see one map when I’m on the go.
What’s the difference?
And I also want to have bigger text within the map.
If I adjust any font size of all maps above and send it to watch it is the same size as before?
Do I need to fully delete maps on my watch and then sync again?
Today I recorded a workout which synced to Apple fitness without any issues (like always) BUT with a strange issue:
It doesn’t show the calories from this workout within my daily activity rings.
They’re missing and I don’t know how to solve this issue.
It doesn’t show the calories from this workout within my daily activity rings.
They’re missing and I don’t know how to solve this issue.
Just wanted to note, updated to 27 public beta 2 and have noted these two issues:
- the icon for this app is no longer available for complications
- the map is no longer functional
Otherwise, the best I can tell the app is working fine, just I have to load it from the app launcher and make due without map functionality.
- the icon for this app is no longer available for complications
- the map is no longer functional
Otherwise, the best I can tell the app is working fine, just I have to load it from the app launcher and make due without map functionality.
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Unfortunately it is not possible to edit workouts afterwards. Sorry about that. Strava probably used a terrain model to calculate the elevations.
Those map themes are only for the iPhone app. The theme for the map on the watch is in the section below that section.
The reason there are separate themes for different maps is that by default the downloads map is full colour whereas the workout and route maps use a dark theme so that the colour of the trail stands out more clearly. At least that is the theory.
The size of the text on the map can be adjusted in the theme settings for the map on the watch. There is no need to download the maps again.
That is on my to-do list but I think it has only been requested once so is a long way down the list. Sorry about that.
That is odd but is probably out of the control of the app. If the Fitness app shows calories for the workout created by the app then WorkOutDoors has done its job. It is up to watchOS to included them in its daily totals.
Sorry that I can't help.
The disappearing complication is common with watchOS. Usually the best way to get it back is by changing the complication to something else and then changing it back to WorkOutDoors. For some reason you need to make this change on the watch itself rather than in the 'Watch' iOS app.
In what way is the map not functional? Is it not visible, or is it not responsive? No-one else has mentioned this. It may be that watchOS has lost the location permission, so make sure it is set to 'Whilst Using' in Apple's Settings app (under Privacy & Security / Location Services / WorkOutDoors).
If it is enabled then you may be experiencing a bug in iOS / watchOS where the watch seems to lose a permission. To fix it disable the location services for WorkOutDoors. Then reboot both devices and enable it again (to Whilst Using). This often nudges iOS into resending the permission to watchOS.
Thanks for getting back to this.
- The problem is the complication is not available in the list to select. First, it disappeared from the face, and then when I went to the menu to add it back, it wasn't available to select in the list. Maybe the app needs to be reregistered as a complication somehow?
- The map screen is visible with the pointer references. But no map is appearing beneath them. So it is semi-functional, but it seems the map tile itself is not being rendered.
If it's helpful, I can take photos/videos of these issues.
Are you sure that the complication is not available when changing it on the watch? The complication functionality in Apple's Watch iPhone app has always been flaky but it usually works on the watch. If it doesn't then maybe uninstall the watch app (not the iPhone app); reboot both devices; and then reinstall it.
Can you see a map if you switch to show the other map source (i.e. Thunderforest instead of Mapbox, or vice-versa)? Otherwise hopefully the reinstall of the watch app will help.
I tried to set the complication again, and now it's available. I only tried when the OS initially updated on Sunday and I saw the complication missing, coming from the latest WatchOS 26 version. Both times trying to set the complication was from the watch itself, not in the watch app on the iPhone.
I went back and forth between the map types and neither display. Uninstalling/reinstalling fixed it though, so it seems all is well now.
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Glad you got the complication working. I don't know what was going on with the map but at least a reinstall fixed it. Sorry for the hassle of having to do that.
Hello @cfc
One quick feature request that I think many users would appreciate: would it be possible to include a snapshot of the VO₂ Max value in the run recap screen? At the moment, the value is only available in the iPhone's Health app. It would be great to see it immediately after a run along with the rest of the stats. Thank you!
One quick feature request that I think many users would appreciate: would it be possible to include a snapshot of the VO₂ Max value in the run recap screen? At the moment, the value is only available in the iPhone's Health app. It would be great to see it immediately after a run along with the rest of the stats. Thank you!
At the moment the app's interaction with Apple's Health system ends when the workout is saved so it doesn't do any interrogation of the Health data after that, which would be required to determine the VO2 max calculated by Apple.
I may change that in the future but it would be a reasonably major structural change to the app without many benefits. In the past I have considered it for retrieving the smoothed trail which is created by Apple post-workout. So if I ever do that then I will look into what else may be useful, including VO2 max. However it is unlikely any time soon. Sorry about that.