iPhone Fitness app and Apple Watch Activity app not syncing

When I tried to unpair it unpaired on my phone but not the watch because it was not recognized by my phone. I had to reset and erase my watch in order to pair it again with my phone. I lost all recent data that was on my watch (mainly my fitness info.) which was disappointing. It is now paired back to my phone. Thanks so much. This was helpful.

I am experiencing the same problems. I just got an iPhone 12 Pro Max, which replaced an XS Max. Both the XS Max and my Apple Watch Series 3 were updated with the latest ios. My Activity App was working just fine. I found these issues once I got the new phone. The phone will tell me to start using the app on the watch, and then the watch will tell me to start using the app on the phone. Haha! The Workout App will work on the watch, but none of my data is transferred to the Activity App as is was on my previous phone. I have tried everything, but it still won’t work.

I had the same exact problem, but I recalibrated for the second time since I got my Apple Watch Christmas 2020. I didn’t know that recalibration I would lose everything, but I couldn’t accept getting only 12 minutes of exercise ring credit for a 45 minute workout, and 8 minute credit for a 1 hour walk. If I have to recalibrate a 3 rd time, maybe I should return my watch as defective.

I’m having the same or similar problems since updating to iOS 14 and watchOS 7

Please get the update out, this data sync issue between watch and iphone is such a disaster

This is exactly what I am experiencing!

My Apple Watch 4 after unpair and set it as new it’s ok. Truck steps, km , rings but app health in my iPhone (8plus) not sync properly with my watch.

Same issue. Workouts will sometimes sync with phone. Calories associated with workouts do not seem to be accounted for correctly on phone. Route data is missing. Extremely annoyed.

The complete reset solution appears to have worked. Painful and time consuming, but it worked.

I did the full process twice on watch 3 iPhone 11, still no workout map just the starting point, awaiting iOS 14.2 it was perfect before 14 !

Here is what is covered under WatchOS 7.1 https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT211815

Here is what is covered under IOS 14.2 https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT211808

Had the same issue following the IOS update. I restarted my Apple Watch and all was restored to normal synching on activities.

I have also been having issues with the activity and health apps since upgrading to IOS14. Some workouts are logged on the watch, but don’t show up on the activity app on the phone. It’s quite frustrating, have tried rebooting, resyncing, doesn’t work, and the next day the workout is lost and never ever syncs to the iPhone, looks like a bug, hope there’s a fix for this soon.

I would make sure that your information is up to date in the health app.

Age, Sex, Height & Weight

First force restart your iPhone buy what ever method your version calls for. As soon as you see the Apple logo force restart your watch by holding in the crown and side button for 10 seconds till you see the Apple logo then release. Log into your iPhone and wait for your watch to boot, then log into it.

Failing that I would unpair the watch from the iPhone then pair it back setting it up as new.

I am also experiencing the same issues ever since I upgraded to iOS 14 and WatchOS 7 about 2 days back. While the watch is calculating the correct data, but upon syncing my watch to the iPhone XS, i am noticing the following issues:

• walking+running distance shown in the Health App (Health -> Activity) is off by a couple of miles for each activity (e.g. outdoor or indoor walk)
• Total steps calculated is also less for each activity. My watch shows around 18000 steps as of now, but after syncing it, the iPhone shows about 12700 steps
• The active energy, resting energy, exercise minutes are all showing the incorrect values in the phone after syncing
• VO2 max is no longer calculated ever since I upgraded to iOS 14 and WatchOS 7

I tried unparing the watch and pairing it again, but no luck. Seems like others are also facing similar issues. I hope Apple fixes them in the next update. This should be fixed as soon as possible.