If I go for a walk in my neighborhood and walk 2 miles. I burn X number of calories. However if I record an outdoor walk on my Apple Watch and walk the same 2 miles, I burn way more calories. Why the discrepancy?
Thank you
robertmar,
Recording the workout on the Apple Watch using one of the applicable workout types helps with ensuring accuracy by invoking various sensors and features for the workout type.
This page can help with getting the most accurate measurements: Get the most accurate measurements using your Apple Watch
Info on the various workout types can be located here as well: Workout types on Apple Watch - Apple Support
Cheers.
robertmar,
Recording the workout on the Apple Watch using one of the applicable workout types helps with ensuring accuracy by invoking various sensors and features for the workout type.
This page can help with getting the most accurate measurements: Get the most accurate measurements using your Apple Watch
Info on the various workout types can be located here as well: Workout types on Apple Watch - Apple Support
Cheers.
Hi robertmar,
To make sure we're on the same page, what devices are you seeing a discrepancy between? Are you referring to just walking using your iPhone vs a tracked workout on your Apple Watch?
If so, the iPhone is using the pedometer to track steps taken, whereas the Apple Watch has a suite of biometrics at its disposal to give a much more detailed and accurate measure of calories burned.
See more info here: Track daily activity with Apple Watch - Apple Support
Take care.
The results are both on my phone. If I walk 2 miles, my phone tracks my steps and calories for the time I walked. If I then do the same walk and track it with my watch as an Outdoor Walk, The calories burned are more than the previous unrecorded the Outdoor walk, but essentially I have exerted the same effort for both. That is the discrepancy. I hope that helps. Thank you.
Thank you, I will check out those articles.
Apple Workout Discrepancies
