I am new to Apple Watch (a 6SE) and I am using it to track a walk I take each day. I believe this is close to 1 KM, though this is simply what Google Maps tells me! The actual figure I get from the Workout App have varied between 1 and 1.2 KM. Is this level of variation expected? Or am I doing something wrong?
(I am aware I should be taking longer walks but I do have a disability!)
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Are you taking your iPhone with you? And is this the GPS only or cellular model?
In any case, I highly recommend the calibration as well:
Get the most accurate measurements using your Apple Watch - Apple Support
Are you taking your iPhone with you? And is this the GPS only or cellular model?
In any case, I highly recommend the calibration as well:
Get the most accurate measurements using your Apple Watch - Apple Support
OK in that case you might want to talk to Support as well. Your new watch is still perfectly within warranty and that kind of deviation does not sound normal, you are right about that.
Thanks. Tracking should be more accurate when the iPhone is with you, so that is a good baseline what the actual distance covered should be like.
Well honestly that does not sound too good at all. Are there many high rise buildings there or is it just open space? Could you try and compare the same measurement in some other area too?
The Watch is cellular As to whether I normally have my Phone with me, the answer is sometimes yes and sometimes no! As I cannot recall which for each day I will have to check this out in future. But I can tell you that today I had my phone, and I got the lowest result (1KM).
I have been trying out both using my watch over a short walk (around one block). Recently I have left my phone home for this test. The results are still rather inconstant - the last 4 days I got 0.74KM, 0.8KM, 0.76KM and 0.9KM. Previously I tried with my iPhone on and the results were even more scattered. What I want to know is this variation is normal or if my watch GPS is faulty!
I am going to do another few days with the iPhone with me. But there is nothing special about the block I am walking around. No tall buildings, mainly single story houses. Plenty of trees along the way.
I would be interested if any others out there have got similar variations. I may just have to live with this. Convincing Apple that the GPS on my watch is not accurate is unlikely to be easy.
A query about accuracy of Apple Watch distance measurements.
