Change move activity ring to steps

I had my move activity ring record steps rather than kcal but when I paired my watch to a new iPhone, it reverted to kcal. I can't find a way to change it back to steps and all searches on this say it can't be done, but my watch was definitely recording steps previously! Can anyone help with this?

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Posted on Aug 5, 2021 1:34 AM

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Lisahalli Author

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Aug 5, 2021 2:26 AM in response to Community User

Thank you for taking the time to reply. It was having the steps recorded and shown as an activity ring that I was hoping to be able to do!

Aug 5, 2021 1:56 AM in response to Lisahalli

See your steps here;

Aug 5, 2021 2:33 AM in response to Lisahalli

That's not possible,although there maybe a 3rd party app that might do something similar.

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