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Q: typing on the keyboard: apple watch thinks I'm moving and fills the activity ring

I noticed that I've been able to fill the activity (movement) ring too easily. Today I spent the day at the desk typing on my computer and in the afternoon my apple watch had filled almost all the movement ring (540 kcal). I noticed that it detects my wrist moving while I'm typing and it thinks I'm standing and moving. Check this in your watch. Any way to fix that?

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Posted on Jul 7, 2015 2:50 PM

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Q: typing on the keyboard: apple watch thinks I'm moving and fills the activity ring

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  • by Mike Kornienko,

    Mike Kornienko Mike Kornienko Jul 25, 2015 10:39 PM in response to lbvn
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    Jul 25, 2015 10:39 PM in response to lbvn

    Same here! Let's notify Apple about this issue…

  • by Jonathan UK,

    Jonathan UK Jonathan UK Jul 26, 2015 2:22 AM in response to lbvn
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    Jul 26, 2015 2:22 AM in response to lbvn

    You can calibrate your Apple Watch.

     

    As well as improving the accuracy of workout data:

     

    "This calibration process can also help improve the accuracy of your overall calorie estimations in many of the other workout categories in the Workout app, and the calorie, distance, Move, and Exercise estimations in the Activity app."

     

    There are detailed instructions here: Calibrating your Apple Watch for improved Workout and Activity accuracy - Apple Support

  • by Mike Kornienko,

    Mike Kornienko Mike Kornienko Jul 26, 2015 2:39 AM in response to Jonathan UK
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    Jul 26, 2015 2:39 AM in response to Jonathan UK

    But that's a calibration for an actual activity (distance covered, based on information from the watch motion sensor, using iPhone's GPS to compare how far the watch thinks you moved, with values recorded by iPhone's GPS - which are, but their nature, are correct to a very high degree)

     

    What we're talking about here is Apple Watch recoding false positives (movement activity when there's only hands' micro-movement, and no actual "macro" stuff like walking). This would require a different kind of processing algorithms. I just hope the current hardware is capable of detecting such differences…

  • by Jonathan UK,

    Jonathan UK Jonathan UK Jul 26, 2015 3:05 AM in response to Mike Kornienko
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    Jul 26, 2015 3:05 AM in response to Mike Kornienko

    Hi Mike

     

    The bold elements within the quote suggest that calibration will improve the accuracy of activity measurement at all levels.


    For example, if you calibrate your Apple Watch whilst holding your iPhone in your hand, it seems reasonable to assume that this would help it to recognise the differences between your hand movements when seated and typing vs walking or running.

  • by G3gator,

    G3gator G3gator Jul 26, 2015 3:55 AM in response to Jonathan UK
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    Jul 26, 2015 3:55 AM in response to Jonathan UK

    Mine will record steps without arm movement. I have checked by walking a defined number of steps with a coffee cup in my watch hand (i.e. to assure no hand movement) and it recorded the steps accurately. However, I also was able to record steps by sitting at my desk and swinging my arms. It detects arm swings & records as steps and it records steps without arm swings. So, walking and swinging the arms will probably get the best results.

     

    George