I have had an apple watch 7 now for around two weeks and although I am getting heart data back on the health app there is no cardio fitness data and hence no VO2 max info. If I look at data sources & access it shows DATA SOURCES as None?
I've been on 20+ minute walks with my fitbit on my other arm and this is recording and giving a VO2 measurement.
How can I get the apple watch to become a data source?
Apple Watch Series 7, watchOS 8
Here are some solutions that have worked for other forum members in the past;
Apple says;
Your Apple Watch gives you a cardio fitness ESTIMATE by measuring how hard your heart is working during an outdoor walk, run or hike.
VO2 max relates to maximal exertion. So you’ll need to log a pretty intensive workout to generate a reading. And you’ll need to sustain it for at least 20 minutes.
Tighten the watch band a touch and clean the sensors on the bottom of the watch..
Reset fitness calibration.
Input a VO2 max figure manually based off your last record from the health app then re-calibrate the watch.
Put the watch in airplane mode,do a walking/running or hiking workout of at least 20 minutes,when you've finished turn airplane mode off and let the watch sync the data to the phone.
Other foum members solutions;
Put my phone in airplane mode and made sure that bluetooth also was off. Normal airplane mode won't disable bluetooth if you have an Apple Watch. I checked on the watch that it was completely cut off from the phone.Did a 25 minute outdoor walk.
And that did it! When the walk was finished I had a VO2 Max reading with the watch as data source!
Today I did another walk, the exact same route, but with my watch fully connected to the phone. After the walk I got a new data point, so it seems to be working as it should.
Puzzl1ng
User level:Level 1
(21 points)
Apple WatchSpeciality level out of ten: 0
Oct 20, 2020 11:50 AM in response to Puzzl1ng
Update: 2020/10/20
Finally, a solution!
A couple of days ago, I went for a walk. I started the Workout-Outdoors Walk but for some reason I forgot to link the watch to the iphone as I always do and kept it on airplane mode. I walked for about 25 minutes then synced with the phone not expecting anything to happen. I was surprised to see a VO2 max recorded.
Emboldened, I kept the watch linked to the iphone and went for another 25 minute walk hoping to get another VO2 max reading. Surprisingly, *no* VO2 max was recorded during the second walk.
Since that day, I have done a few runs and multiple walks while keeping the watch in airplane mode in all of them: each one recorded a VO2 max without a problem.
So put your watch on airplane mode, go for a run/walk, and see if it helps.
Oct 1, 2020 4:39 AM in response to Scheldon
Hi,
I managed to get my Apple Watch to record a VO2 Max today. I've done a number of things recently so I'll list the key things for others to see if this works for them.
I manually added a VO2 Max entry at the start of the week.
I completed my first run duration of over 20 mins, hoping that would trigger something. It didn't.
I immediately completed a Walk of over 20 mins. My Apple Watch updated the VO2 Max immediately after the Walk.
Here are some solutions that have worked for other forum members in the past;
Apple says;
Your Apple Watch gives you a cardio fitness ESTIMATE by measuring how hard your heart is working during an outdoor walk, run or hike.
VO2 max relates to maximal exertion. So you’ll need to log a pretty intensive workout to generate a reading. And you’ll need to sustain it for at least 20 minutes.
Tighten the watch band a touch and clean the sensors on the bottom of the watch..
Reset fitness calibration.
Input a VO2 max figure manually based off your last record from the health app then re-calibrate the watch.
Put the watch in airplane mode,do a walking/running or hiking workout of at least 20 minutes,when you've finished turn airplane mode off and let the watch sync the data to the phone.
Other foum members solutions;
Put my phone in airplane mode and made sure that bluetooth also was off. Normal airplane mode won't disable bluetooth if you have an Apple Watch. I checked on the watch that it was completely cut off from the phone.Did a 25 minute outdoor walk.
And that did it! When the walk was finished I had a VO2 Max reading with the watch as data source!
Today I did another walk, the exact same route, but with my watch fully connected to the phone. After the walk I got a new data point, so it seems to be working as it should.
Puzzl1ng
User level:Level 1
(21 points)
Apple WatchSpeciality level out of ten: 0
Oct 20, 2020 11:50 AM in response to Puzzl1ng
Update: 2020/10/20
Finally, a solution!
A couple of days ago, I went for a walk. I started the Workout-Outdoors Walk but for some reason I forgot to link the watch to the iphone as I always do and kept it on airplane mode. I walked for about 25 minutes then synced with the phone not expecting anything to happen. I was surprised to see a VO2 max recorded.
Emboldened, I kept the watch linked to the iphone and went for another 25 minute walk hoping to get another VO2 max reading. Surprisingly, *no* VO2 max was recorded during the second walk.
Since that day, I have done a few runs and multiple walks while keeping the watch in airplane mode in all of them: each one recorded a VO2 max without a problem.
So put your watch on airplane mode, go for a run/walk, and see if it helps.
Oct 1, 2020 4:39 AM in response to Scheldon
Hi,
I managed to get my Apple Watch to record a VO2 Max today. I've done a number of things recently so I'll list the key things for others to see if this works for them.
I manually added a VO2 Max entry at the start of the week.
I completed my first run duration of over 20 mins, hoping that would trigger something. It didn't.
I immediately completed a Walk of over 20 mins. My Apple Watch updated the VO2 Max immediately after the Walk.
Hi Fieryjack,
Ive been wearing the Apple Watch for just over 2 weeks now while simultaneously wearing my Fitbit on the other wrist. I’ve gradually increased my walking, cycling and running which has caused the fitbit to slightly increase my VO2 max figure (now 56-60). What can I do different to get the Apple Watch to generate some data?
Cheers
Hi Fieryjack,
I worked through the list above and entering a manual VO2 max reading seemed to spark it into action. I now receive VO2 max figures generated by the watch every day.
Many thanks.
The watch won't become a data source until it has some Vo2Max data to enter.
No Cardio fitness data
