Q: Driving = moving?
I just drove for five solid hours and my watch congratulated me my longest moving streak (the watch is quite new!).
I actually choose to sit quite still whilst driving.
Methinks Apple needs to be able to be able to tell when the wearer is just driving, as opposed to maybe wandering round an office burning a few calories.
Or is there some secret or hidden setting?
Apple user since 1982, iOS 9.3.2, Mac, MacBook, iPad, iPhone, Watch
Posted on Jun 19, 2016 7:18 AM
I believe that a longest moving streak means you have now gone the most days since you got the watch and achieved your move goal, not that you have just spent the most time ever moving all at once, this seems quite a logical achievement if you haven't had the watch for long which you haven't. So I actually think you misunderstand what your watch is telling you.
However if your watch is clocking up steps while you are driving it's because you are either waving your arm around unnaturally and/or it isn't calibrated correctly.
I often walk to the pub to pick up my vehicle from the night before, since I do this regularly I know the distance to be 1.89 miles. Yesterday I forgot to turn off the outdoor walk activity before driving back but my distance was still 1.89 ml when I arrived home. The separate step/distance counter also gave the same information.
I do lots of activities with my watch and yesterdays experience was quite typical, the watch is quite capable of telling the difference between walking and other forms of travel.
Posted on Jun 22, 2016 4:37 AM