Apple Watch fitness sharing activity

Hello Curiousbobs,

According to the following article:

If you don't get updates about your friend's activity

As long as your iPhone can connect to the Internet and you're signed in to iCloud, you can get updates about your friend's activity each day. If your iPhone can't connect for multiple days or you sign out of iCloud, you might see missing days.

Share your Activity and compete with friends with your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Should this be an ongoing issue, and you've confirmed that both you and your friend have an internet connection and are signed into iCloud, you may want to remove and re-add them to see if that resolves the issue. To remove, follow these steps:

Remove a friend

1.) Open the Fitness app on your iPhone. 

2.) Tap the Sharing tab, then tap your friend. 

3.) Tap Remove Friend. After you remove a friend, they can't see your activity, and you can't see their activity. To start sharing again, send your friend a new invite.

To re-invite them, follow these steps:

Add friends

1.) Open the Fitness app on your iPhone.

2.) Tap the Sharing tab. If asked, tap Get Started. 

3.) Tap the Account icon  then the Add button  and type your friend's contact information. Or choose friends from the list of suggested contacts. You can add up to 40 friends.

4.) After you choose your friends, tap Send. Wait for your friends to accept the invite. 

You can also invite a friend directly from your Apple Watch: Open the Activity app, swipe to the Sharing screen, scroll down, then tap Invite a Friend.

We hope that helps.

Have a great day!

I can understand bugs and errors, but removing a friend and losing all the data, or even the number of days of sharing the activity progress is not an option I would like to consider and seems like a workaround. This issue has been around since the beginning of the Sharing and should be investigated and fixed.