How do you give priority to the iPhone over Apple Watch for step count and mileage walked? The phone in my pants pocket is quite accurate the watch knocks off 1000’s of steps and adds miles vs phone. If I use a trekking pole my wrist moves once for every 4 steps when I don’t once for every 2 steps when I walk the dogs once for each step. The watch is very poor at step count. I can’t find a way to turn it off or give phone priority
I disagree. I was talking of the step count. I believe that is done with 3 micro accelerometers, same as were used in initial inertial guidance systems and later survey systems. This is a lot better way to track both steps and distance then GPS
question remains how do you give phone priority over the **** watch or turn watch off of monitoring the steps and distance
Thank you. That works. I would rather that there was a way to change priority of phone over watch when both record but your suggestion works and is next best solution
In the watch app on the phone go to Privacy and turn off fitness tracking.
The watch use a gps to track distance. Not movement of the wrist. I suggest for accuracy use a the walking outdoor workout.
Watch under step count vs iphone
