Is Apple Watch series 6 pool swim accurate?
does the Apple Watch (series 6) pool swim app count lengths as laps? but yards appears to be accurate. do flip turns mess up the app's counting?
Apple Watch Series 6
does the Apple Watch (series 6) pool swim app count lengths as laps? but yards appears to be accurate. do flip turns mess up the app's counting?
Apple Watch Series 6
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Swimming
With Apple Watch Series 2 or later, you can choose Pool Swim or Open Water Swim. When the workout starts, the screen automatically locks to prevent accidental taps from water droplets. Learn how to swim with your Apple Watch and view your workout history, including auto sets and splits.
Here's how your Apple Watch measures each workout:
* Pool Swim: When you start a workout, be sure to accurately set the pool length to help your Apple Watch measure laps and distance. GPS isn't used during a Pool Swim, and water might prevent a heart-rate measurement, but calories, laps, and distance will still be tracked using the built-in accelerometer.
* Open Water Swim: GPS will only provide distance when you do a freestyle stroke. Water might prevent a heart-rate measurement, but calories will still be tracked using the built-in accelerometer.
More details can be found here: Workout types on Apple Watch
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This doesn’t respond to my comments. I’ve been using the Apple Watch correctly for pool swim for eight months. It doesn’t count the laps accurately. Most of the time it counts length as laps.
Is Apple Watch series 6 pool swim accurate?