When I use a standard "walking" workout, my watch (watchOS 26) will announce my pace at the end of each kilometer. Now I'm trying to mix in some running, so I created a custom workout with intervals of running and walking -- but the watch no longer announces my pace at the end of each km. How do I fix that?
Apple Watch Series 7, watchOS 26
Hey there Nospam,
Thankyou for sharing your issue in a detailed explanation.
With regards to this it sounds like because you have set a custom workout it's just basically switched off the announcements but no worry this can be fixed by following the steps below.
On Your iPhone:
On Your Apple Watch (during a workout):
Scroll down and look for Alerts or Metrics Alerts
Turn on Distance and set it to Every 1 km
Optional: Adjust What It Announces
After this, your watch should announce pace at every kilometre again — even inside an interval-based custom workout.
Important Note
If you have both interval alerts and distance alerts, watchesOS will play both — so you may get two announcements close together if an interval ends right at a kilometre mark. This is normal.
Feel free to reply if you need any additional support.
Hey there Nospam,
Thankyou for sharing your issue in a detailed explanation.
With regards to this it sounds like because you have set a custom workout it's just basically switched off the announcements but no worry this can be fixed by following the steps below.
On Your iPhone:
On Your Apple Watch (during a workout):
Scroll down and look for Alerts or Metrics Alerts
Turn on Distance and set it to Every 1 km
Optional: Adjust What It Announces
After this, your watch should announce pace at every kilometre again — even inside an interval-based custom workout.
Important Note
If you have both interval alerts and distance alerts, watchesOS will play both — so you may get two announcements close together if an interval ends right at a kilometre mark. This is normal.
Feel free to reply if you need any additional support.
I appreciate the detailed reply, but neither method worked for me.
Maybe these instructions are for an earlier watchOS and iOS version?
I appreciate the detailed reply, but neither method worked for me.
Maybe these instructions are for an earlier watchOS and iOS version?
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