Apple Watch overestimates flights

My wife and I both have iWatches. Today in the flat city of Seville, Spain we walking over 18,000 steps. Our step counters were reasonably close, but my iWatch said I climbed 187 flights. And my wife’s showed only 7 flights. My watch is obviously grossly in error. So are the active calories burned, more than twice that of my wife. Why?

Apple Watch Series 4, watchOS 6

Posted on Feb 3, 2020 7:34 AM

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Posted on Feb 3, 2020 7:54 AM

Something went wrong with the barometer settings in your watch. I had it happen a while back. I'd suggest unpairing and re-pairing the watch. That worked for me.

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