Activity GPS issues after watchOS 7 and iOS 14 updates

It’s not a watchOS issue. I have a series

2 and have the same issue. Definitely ios14.

Your mood’s not likely improve as 14.1 doesn’t fix the bug.

Any update on this? Update 7.0.2 came out which minimally fixed the battery life issue. GPS in workout is still not working even after I hit a content erase and repair.

Oh, so it needs to be an iCloud backup restore, not an iTunes/Mac/Windows restore... That's why it didn't work for me. No way I am doing it.

So, there is hope... I’ll wait for 14.2. Should be what, a couple months? Will use Strava on Apple Watch meanwhile

I‘m having same issue with actual watchOS 7.3.

i wanted to track alpine skiing today. Only start of the track is in fitness app.

the bicycle ride I did yesterday recorded correctly.

any ideas?

It’s definitely not fixed. So, I suspect it’s a hardware compatibility issue with newer ios versions. If it was fixable, it would be by now.

I have the same issue since upgrading to watchOS7 with my Apple Watch Series 4 and iPhone 8 Plus ios14. Recorded an outdoor run with Watch only and no GPS map data is available, only the starting point. Nevertheless all other metrics like distance, elevation gain etc. seem to be correct. I also recorded an outdoor cycle with my Apple Watch + having my iPhone with me and experienced the same behaviour. No GPS data available in the activity.

Check already all privacy settings on Phone and Watch, turned off and on location services - unfortunately no change.

The software for both my phone and watch stink. Try sending a new message from your phone, you have to create the message then HOPE they send it to the right person, not good, I cancelled my new watch because they clearly hire a bunch of old Microsoft engineers who change things to make them more complicated so they can continue to work on a new version to fix it. But on point,,,same issue no fix

Having the exact same issue with my S4 & XR. Thought un-pairing and re-pairing would fix it, but that's seemingly only made the issue worse. Not only is the GPS data from my two outdoor activities since re-pairing non-existent, but the activity itself won't sync over from the Activity app on my watch (where I can see it recorded) to the Activity app on my XR (where there are no activities to be found).

SAME ISSUE. Called Apple support, told them that location isn’t recording, my activities aren’t being synced with the phone and that data is corrupted so that third party apps can’t read it. They told me it’s strava’s problem.

Same issue here. Very first activity after upgrading to ios14 and watchos7 had gps data but nothing since then. Just the starting point shows up. Not great when you are trying to do virtual races! iPhone 11 Pro and watch series 3.

Exact same thing here. Upgraded to OS14 and 7 on my watch S4 and my first outdoor run didn’t even sync to phone and my outdoor walk only had the starting point. What a mess! My S6 watch are wives on Friday and same issue. I almost bought a Garmin instead and I’m regretting sticking with Apple.

Exact same issue. The unpair/reset/re-pair did not resolve it. Called Apple support. They confirmed it's an issue and said engineering was working on a fix. For me, the issue didn't impact workouts that were recorded prior to the upgrade though.

My first run after update shows up on watch but no workout entry on phone.

What's really weird is the minutes of my run were added to the green ring as well as calorie burned to red.

What's even more weird....my stand hours show 14 hours standing, but only 3 bars on the stand graph show up.