Q: Exercise ring isn't updating.

Wrong again.  My calories ring works perfectly.

Really. You have a very special watch then.

No just faulty software.

I've been having the same problem getting the exercise ring to move while using the workout app.  I have found that if I choose "Other" it does seem to register in the exercise ring but not when I choose any of the other options such as outdoor walk or run.

Choosing "other" is the only way I can get the exercise ring to move.

You can get the exercise ring to move with movement, so treadmills and cycle machines don't register.

SI why does the watch have indoor run and indoor walk as options in the exercise app but don't class this was exercise? There is a fault in the software that is causing issues

It's a workout app and exercise is clocked in the activity app, but yes it doesn't make sense does it, it took me a lot of testing to know exactly what you get for doing what, no wonder people are so confused. On the other hand once you begin to understand what it does actually do and how it does it, it all falls into place.

I take your point though it seems to me that these workout activities should credit you exercise, I can only assume this is an oversight on Apple's part, but who knows.

Also the stand ring is faulty as it allocated me with a stand even though I was sat in a car  It tapped me to say stand which I couldnt it then tapped me to say "you did it". This is not right

I believe that to be a reasonable limitation. It works off movement, you probably moved enough to make it think you had stood up.

I Disagree as staying seated and not moving when it taps you to stand should not credit you with a stand. Doing so is a fault,. not a reasonable limitation.

If your wrist is moving, it's moving even if you are seated.

How do you think a watch on your wrist could possibly tell the difference between standing up and walking and raising your arm and waving it around in every instance.

MY arm was still and the reason I would expect the watch to know the difference is that there is a ring to track when I stand. If the watch does not have the ability to tell the difference between sitting still, with your arm still, and standing then there should not be a ring to track this activity.

I use an indoor stationary bike and it works fine for calculating my movement and calories when I ride. However, what I did to calibrate this is....

I do not have my hands on the handles, I rest both hands on the tops of my thighs about midway from the top of the leg and the knee. The first two times I used it, I had my iPhone in my left hand (which also has my watch on the left wrist) resting on my thigh. After that, evertime I ride without the iPhone, the watch calculates perfectly. As for the walking on the treadmill, if you hold a stationary piece of the treadmill and only your legs are working, then nothing happens. Before the watch came out, I used to get steps registered by having my iPhone in my shorts pocket, when I wore jeans, it did not work because the jeans pocket was higher and showed very little movement. I have not tried the treadmill because I have been so happy with walking outside and using the stationary bike. I will have to try the treadmill (where I hold the front rail the entire time) with the iPhone in my pocket and see if it registers anything with the watch.

I have full excercise rings since April 25 and a bunch of the Achievemnt awards. I did used the 'Other' once to see what it did. You can really use that while sleeping and get credit. It was designed for those that workout with Yoga, Weights, etc where hand movement would not indicate a recuring step but you are still excercising.

A friend got his watch this past friday and he has had no problem with it recording. Although the first time walinkg for an hour at the gym he did not know he had to select something in the workout app in order to make the activity app record. I told him to turn on 'other' for an hour to get credit for his walk and also told him if he was not at 3 mph or more on the walk, it will not record. Someone found that out, I thought it was based on heart rate. Turns out I was wrong on that (or maybe not, maybe it is a combination that we just don't know about yet).

I've had my watch for two weeks now, and I also got around to reading through the manual (it's in the support section).  The watch is intended to learn over time, and I've found this to be true.  The readings are improving.  Most of the time it records my standing (though not always) without having to bug me, and I'm getting credit for movement and sometimes exercise even when I'm not specifically using the Workout App.  Last week I was at the mall and it logged about 15 minutes of me briskly walking from one store to the next.  I've been using "Other" to record my workouts b/c I do yoga and HIIT training.  I get full time credit for all of those, and it seems to use the heart rate monitor to calculate calories.  I get exercise credit throughout the day b/c I'm often running up and down stairs (at home and at work).  I went to the climbing gym with my husband the other day, and logged an "Other" workout.  The exercise ring did adjust when I finished the workout.

Today was the first time I did an outdoor walk with the workout app, and I had my phone with me so I could calibrate it.  The instructions are in the manual, but basically you just need your phone with you and location services turned on.  I logged a 10 minute walk in the workout app, and my exercise ring adjusted accordingly.  The distance was about right as well. 

I'm still fairly disappointed that workouts that are logged from other apps and recorded in HealthKit aren't read into the Activity monitor.  I swim as my primary form of exercise and use the Speedo app to log my workouts.  I could easily bump up my calorie goals if it would record those.  I work at a software company that develops apps. It would not be a big deal for the Activity app on the phone to check in with HealthKit and send that data to the watch.  I logged a feature request for this, but am not holding my breath.