Annoying automatic change from Calories to Kilojoules

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Annoying automatic change from Calories to Kilojoules

Hi,

my Apple Watch keeps changing my calories to kilojoules and I'm kind of sick of having to do this all the time:

In the Health app, go to: Health Data (tab) > Activity > Active Energy > Unit > select Calories. On my case, it's already Calories and I have to switch to KJ and back again to Calories to fix it.

Any hints on how to stop this annoying behaviour?

iPhone 11 - iOS 13.3

Watch Nike+ Series 4 - WatchOS version 6.1.1

Cheers,

Alex

Apple Watch Sport

Posted on Jan 18, 2020 4:03 PM

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raina_b22

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Jan 21, 2020 11:45 AM in response to sander.alex

Hello, sander.alex!

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities! From your post, it sounds like your Apple Watch is changing units without you making changes manually.

Have there been any changes to your Apple Watch or iPhone since noticing this happening?

If you haven't already, I recommend restarting both your Apple Watch and iPhone, then check if the units remain as Calories.

Another setting you can check is the country/region selected on your iPhone, as that may have an effect on which units are selected:

Change the language on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Feel free to post an update for additional support from the Community.

Best wishes!

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sander.alex Author

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Jan 22, 2020 2:54 PM in response to raina_b22

Hey becky_s22,

No changes on my Apple Watch and iPhone except for the regular iOS and WatchOS updates. I did restart them and am now keeping an eye on the units to confirm that they won't change units without my intervention. My setting for country is Australia for almost 2 years and this behavior started just recently.

Thank you so much and I'll keep you posted.

Cheers,

Alex

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sander.alex Author

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Jan 27, 2020 3:31 AM in response to sander.alex

Hey becky_s22,

This issue keeps coming back consistently after every reboot of the iPhone or the Watch. Any ideas on how to avoid something like this? So annoying. :(

Cheers,

Alex

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Annoying automatic change from Calories to Kilojoules

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