I decided to upgrade to iWatch 6 last week. The splits reappeared but maps remains busted. Added to that, I then discovered that Activity data was not correctly importing into the Health App, distance exercised was understated and limited to 2.3 miles. It also illogically claimed that I could walk 2.3 miles in 11 minutes!! Also, SpO2 was completely unreliable no matter how much tinkering with positioning on your wrist. Handwashing would get to 7 secs then the timer would stop. After long discussions with Apple support it appears that iOS14.1. and the recently released WatchOS 7.01 update have broken things. It is disgraceful that Apple have launched a defective productive .... the whole point in paying a premium for Apple products was that hardware and software would work flawlessly, efficiently and inter-connectedly with other Apple products. The problem is that competitor products now provide the reliability and interoperability that was unique to Apple, but that is no longer the case. I have returned the watch for a refund and am back to my S1 iWatch but guess what, in re-pairing my old watch it now records all workouts in miles but will only report in Activity in Km.....no matter what settings are used. I’m putting up with this for the moment but know before too long I will bin the S1 and probably for the first time in 30 years, go to another make, like Withings which gets good reviews. Apple have tried to be too clever adding half tested features in order to get its annual product cycle out to maintain sales. They should remember that its better to do a few things well rather than a lot of things badly! There’s no pint in having an aesthetically pleasing design if basic functionality and features don't work. I suspect there will be a lot of people who feel the way I do, especially amongst those who take their exercise rather more seriously than me and who are faced with inaccuracy and data loss.
