Is there a way to configure the watch to count steps? It’s frustrating that it only provides distance. I don’t want to have to carry my iPhone with me to have Apple Health count steps. This shouldn’t be this difficult.
Apple Watch SE
If you open the Activity app on your Apple Watch and scroll down just below your stand hours and above distance it will show your total steps.
If you open the Activity app on your Apple Watch and scroll down just below your stand hours and above distance it will show your total steps.
Here are images of what deggie is talking about. The Activity icon, scrolled down
Scrolling further down
Tapping on "Weekly Summary"
PS. And the Apple Watch actually counts "Arm" swings which for most people happens naturally while walking, but if you do not move your Apple Watch arm, you steps are going to be undercounted. If you move your Apple Watch arm a lot, such as chef chopping vegetables for hours on end, your steps might be over counted.
I have the following in my iPhone Health app. Notice the number of steps on the Apple Watch, matches the number of steps in the iPhone Health app.
and in my Fitness app I have these stats, but no steps
Thanks! That was helpful. Is there a way to get the step count to show up in Apple Health? They are supposed to be synced, but the only steps that register are those I take while holding the iPhone
Thank you so much!
This seems complicated— I want my watch to count steps. Will it count steps if I calibrate it? The distance numbers aren’t helpful, I just want the number of steps each day.
