VO2 Max on Apple Watch
Is there a fix for the VO2 Max on the Apple Watch? Hasn’t been working for over a year.
Is there a fix for the VO2 Max on the Apple Watch? Hasn’t been working for over a year.
If you can’t find any VO2 max readings in the Health app, that is probably because you have not yet logged the right kind of workouts with your watch. It can take at least 24 hours of wearing your Apple Watch, followed by several Outdoor Walk, Outdoor Run, or Hiking workouts and passive measurements with your Apple Watch before you receive an initial estimate. It has to be one of those 3 workout types. VO2 max relates to maximal exertion. So you’ll need to log a pretty intensive workout to generate a reading. And you’ll need to sustain it for at least 20 minutes.
If you can’t find any VO2 max readings in the Health app, that is probably because you have not yet logged the right kind of workouts with your watch. It can take at least 24 hours of wearing your Apple Watch, followed by several Outdoor Walk, Outdoor Run, or Hiking workouts and passive measurements with your Apple Watch before you receive an initial estimate. It has to be one of those 3 workout types. VO2 max relates to maximal exertion. So you’ll need to log a pretty intensive workout to generate a reading. And you’ll need to sustain it for at least 20 minutes.
The last time VO2 Max registered was in September and hasn’t registered since. I’ve unpaired and repaired the watch to the phone, rebooted both, ran with it on airplane mode and it still won’t register.
VO2 Max on Apple Watch