ios 15: Steps count in Health app updating much more slowly

You can still see Steps counter update in near real time. In the Health app, click on the ">" in the Steps tile. Scroll down to bottom of Steps page. Click on 2nd last item "Show All Data >". Next screen shows your recent daily step counts. The first one is today, and it updates in near real time.

This has happened in earlier IOS upgrades too. Apple wants to be able to quote improved battery life specs with the new OS (or cover up worse specs) so they reduce the frequency of reading the pedo chip, as as way to save power. Inconveniencing a community of users doesn't seem to be a concern.

Apple: If you're going to resort to this trick, please implement a switch in Settings so we can get our frequent step updates when we need them (at the expense of battery). At least it should be a user choice.

Absolutely despise this new change! Apple, do better.

Thanks for the tip -- the thing I liked about the native steps app is that it was just constantly always passively counting steps. I didn't have to turn anything on! I find that a downside with other apps. I hope Apple fixes this asap and it's very strange that it would be such a set back with this iOS update.

I am very unhappy with the delay in step counter. Please change it back or allow us to decide how often to count the steps.

Agree. Just updated and the change is shockingly bad, I don’t want to give up on steps but this is crazy

Same problem. My step counter took 17 minutes to update on the Health app. Using iPhone 13 pro and iOS 15.3

Agree! It’s super annoying.

Yes it does!! Thanks!! But I did not have to this before.

I just tried, it works. Thank u

This was so helpful

This helps

the best workaround I’ve found is to force refresh it by switching to other app and then switching back to Health. It updates the steps near instantly this way.