Apple Watch unable to record my standing or staying on my Fitness app accurately

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Apple Watch unable to record my standing or staying on my Fitness app accurately

Why am I always having issues with this EXPENSIVE watch not correctly recording my standing or staying on my fitness app even though I have return to clock after 1 hour?

I stand nearly every hour of the 16 hours I’m awake doing everything except tap dancing, so this watch should be recording my stand time because I’m actually moving my arms when I’m standing.

This return to clock thing is absolutely driving me crazy. I’ve tried everything including setting it to custom on my watch and the apps. Nothing more irritating than walking on y treadmill at 4.0 miles an hour and trying to enter my PIN number and search for map my walk to see my stats every 2 minutes when it should be on my screen for the hour I have selected.

No wait, actually there is nothing more irritating than paying over $400.00 for a watch that doesn’t do what it advertises

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Apple Watch Series 9, watchOS 10

Posted on Feb 16, 2024 5:32 AM

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BobHarris

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Feb 16, 2024 5:54 AM in response to tjfitzwater

The Apple Watch does not really know what position your body is in.

The Apple Watch uses the accelerometer to determine that your Apple Watch arm is swinging as you are walking.

It takes between 30 and 60 complete cycles of back and forth, normal walking, arm swings in a short period of time before the Apple Watch decides you have accomplished your “Stand” for the current hour.

If you interrupt the arm swinging for a few minutes, it will reset, and you have to start the 30-60 swings over again. Later in the day, it seems to require more arm swings, or if you keep having incomplete stand attempts, in the Apple Watch’s opinion.

In reality, you can just gently wave your arm around 30-60 times in a short period of time and get stand credit.

Knitters, sitting in a chair, always get their stand credit and huge step counts.

Professional Chefs, on their feet, working in a kitchen all day, miss their hourly stands, because their Apple Watch arm is often holding food being chopped, or carrying something when walking, or holding a pot, pan, etc…

No 30-60 arm swings in a short period of time, then no stand credit.

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