Apple watch not displaying miles on bike ride

Hi


I have a Apple watch series 3 paired with a iPhone 11.


When doing an outdoor cycle ride the display is stubbornly refusing to display the distance covered in miles, just kms.


I've changed the Unit of Measure to miles on the watch and phone.


The Health app is in miles.


I've also reset the watch and phone and set them up again from the iCloud backup.


When I connected the apple watch to an old iPhone 8 the watch will display miles.


I'm thinking there is some setting on the phone that needs adjusting

Any ideas as it's most frustrating doing a bike ride in kms



Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 8

Posted on Jan 17, 2025 5:04 AM

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Posted on Feb 7, 2025 10:50 AM

Solved!

The only way I get miles displayed is to change my location on the my watch app to USA.

For some reason it displays KMs when the location is set to UK even though we use miles in the UK!

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