Adding steps to Apple Watch

I know how to enter steps manually into the health app. I do this for certain exercises like hula hooping and indoor cycling which doesn’t track your steps so I convert them. But why doesn’t it update your steps on your watch since they are connected?

Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 7

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 3:35 PM

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nlease79 Author

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Jun 17, 2021 6:49 PM in response to Community User

For some reason mine doesn’t. This is pic of my watch, the activity app, and the health app. The health app has the converted steps but the watch and activity app don’t reflect the converted steps.

Jun 17, 2021 1:21 AM in response to nlease79

It does update them here;

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