Morning Apple Community
Is anyone experiencing the following issues:
If you were experiencing these issues, how did you resolve? Thanks in advance.
iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 14
So— I’m back. Here is my story: I contacted Apple and eventually got through to a senior advisor. She was extremely helpful. I sent screenshots of my data, pictures of a workout, and a chart showing declining VO2 max. We installed some analytics to my watch and phone, and then I did my regular workouts for the next couple of days. Afterwards I sent her a couple of screenshots and then was contacted by someone from “Health and Safety.” It appears that my watch did not record my heart rate at certain times so he had me change bands (I had at some point changed from my regular sport band to the metal one because it had gotten dirty). He said the sport band is made to be more accurate. I wore the sport band for the next several days and the VO2 max stayed the same and the heart rate chart was available each time. He says, “they’re not doctors” and can’t analyze the data but if you have a heart rate chart and VO2 max basically the watch is working. He had me tighten my band and move it away from the bone on my wrist (said it shouldn’t be touching it). I want to state that both people I spoke to were EXTREMELY helpful and answered all my questions. The bottom line- the new update is supposed to be more accurate than whatever they had before and Apple is always trying to improve, especially in the field of health and safety.
Did my V02 max improve once I changed bands and tightened the watch band? Not really. It went up .4 and seems to have stabilized there. Overall, I still went down 9 points, so I’m not a happy camper.
if anyone else finds out more, please let us all know. Going out to do my speed walk now. Maybe my VO2 max will improve. Ha!
Mine dropped drastically in November 2020. It’s only just come back to what it had been, now back to 45.
I’m so glad to see that others are having this experience. I’m 44, trying to get into good shape. Went from Fitbit to Apple Watch and these better sensors are the reason so please dont make me regret it. Mine went from about 38 steadily down to 34.... getting lower and lower as I continue to work out walking/ jogging 10 mi per day. Why is it going down?!?
Oh, by the way... don't do the thing someone suggested... to unpair and repair the watch. Now I run and I don't even have VO2 measures. I guess unpairing and repairing is the suggestion equal to "did you try to switch it off and on again" in the apple watch world.
Watching the steady improvement in my V02 max was a big motivator for me. I guess I could get excited about minutes spent exercising or calories burned but none of those things are as inspiring as trying to match the fitness level of someone decades younger than you.
Thanks for your feedback. Here is mine.
I recently downloaded the latest operating system - 7.3.3 on a Series 3. I found that the measurements for VO2 have went down ten points since the download. I have a gut feeling that it’s a bug with the update. This is an issue for me because, considering we’re still in a pandemic a year later, I need this information to be as accurate as possible.
Thanks for the suggestion, but it appears by doing so I will delete all previously recorded fitness data?
I was above average before 14.3 and now I'm Low .....WTF !
7.2 on my watch now and VO2 has dropped 50% WT-!
I also have had a 10 point drop in VO2 Max level with this latest update on a Series 6 Watch.
Issue with iOS 14 Fitness App and VO2 Max
