I’ve noticed that my Watch often counts an hour toward my stand goal even when I have been sitting at my desk the whole time. Is there a way to adjust the sensitivity of the stand goal so that I have to move more than just moving my arms around my desk area in order to count for my stand goal?
Apple Watch SE, watchOS 9
Hello blividal,
No setting like that currently exists in the software. If you'd like to see a sensitivity option added to make it harder to dismiss the stand notification by moving your wrist around, you can submit that suggestion to Apple through their feedback site: Product Feedback
Cheers!
The stand count is based on the Apple Watch moving in a rhythmic cycle of accelerate in one direction, decelerate to a stop, accelerate in the opposite direction, decelerate to a stop. Repeating this cycle between 30 and 60 times in a brief period of time (1 to 2 minutes) and the Apple Watch thinks you have been walking and swinging your arm, with the 2nd assumption you were standing at the time.
People that knit get tremondous stand counts, and step counts, while never leaving their chair.
Professional Chefs working in a kitchen, on their feet all day, get lousy stand and step counts, because often the Apple Watch is on the arm used to hold food items while chopping, or they are carrying something and not swinging their arms. The same holds true for people holding something while walking, or just do not swing their arms.
Apple Watch Stand Alert Sensitivity
