I found out that the distance of my workout is more accurate if I don't have my iPhone with me. At an actual distance of 15 kilometers, the Apple Watch measures 15.3 kilometers. If I have my iPhone with me, the Apple Watch measures 14.4 kilometers. Does anyone recognize this problem? Is there a solution? I have updated the watch and the iphone and I have also recalibrated and reset. Concerns Apple Watch 4 and iPhone X.
Apple Watch Series 4, watchOS 6
As a battery saving feature the watch will use the phones GPS rather than the watches GPS if available and it has been reported on here numerous times that for some reason distances are less accurate using the phones GPS than using the watch's built in GPS.
Curious I tried this myself and it is indeed true,I did the same walk twice,a walk that I know the exact distance of because I do it regularly and sure enough it records a shorter distance if I had my phone with me than if I left my phone at home.
I now leave my phone at home when I workout.As for the solution I think only apple have the answer to that.
accuracy workout distance
