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Apple watch stand up notification even though i am standing

Hi Guys,


In my office i have standing desk. Most of the time i stand to do my work. I am noticing from few days that my apple watch notification asking me to stand, even though i am standing from last one hour. Is this the same issue with you guys. I am feeling that it could be bug. It is annoying, when you are standing and the notification ask you to stand.


Thanks

Anpati

Apple Watch Sport 38mm, iOS 1.x

Posted on May 5, 2015 4:45 PM

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Posted on May 5, 2015 6:22 PM

I get the same thing.

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May 6, 2015 5:34 AM in response to anpati

The stand sensor doesn't have to do with your actual position in a room. It can't measure altitude... It would have no way of knowing if it's 3 feet off the ground or 5 feet off the ground. What it does measure is upward and downward motion with the gyroscope and accelerometer. So when you don't move it more than a foot or two up or down for an extended period it assumes you are sitting and tells you to stand. Its not broken or poorly calibrated, it just doesn't work the way you'd think it would to find out if you're standing.

May 21, 2015 10:56 AM in response to anpati

My notification comes at ten till the next hour. I could be standing and moving around for 30 minutes during that hour, sit at 40 after, and at 50 after it is prompting me to stand. I definitely think it is a bug. I have had days where I was moving all day long and I have yet to get a full Stand ring as I am not always moving at ten till the next hour. After you are not moving for an hour is when it should prompt you to move again, like how the FitBit and Jawbone UP bands work.

Jun 3, 2015 3:02 PM in response to anpati

I use a stand up desk all day, too, and the Activity app is constantly reminding me to stand. I usually go all day without sitting.


I think Activity might be assuming a "sitting" position when the watch is horizontal, such as when both hands are typing on a keyboard. Then when you put your wrist down by your side, it might assume a "standing" position.


It doesn't do us stand up desk users much good, but I guess we don't really need to be reminded to stand.

Jul 1, 2015 6:19 AM in response to anpati

I realize it is annoying to get the stand notification when one is standing. I've receive it.


But, put yourself in the place of your  Watch; how does it know you are standing? From a programmatic point of view it cannot tell the difference between standing and sitting except movement.


GPS? Most GPS decoders aren't that sensitive – their margin of error is in feet, not inches (or meters, not cm). And in my case, if I stand at my desk and my arm is hanging down it is only a couple of inches higher then when I am sitting with my hands at the keyboard. So location of the watch will not tell me that I've stood, as there is no way for the watch to tell by vertical changes that you are standing. And even if it could sense an elevation change of a few inches, how does it know you are standing at a certain height vs. sitting? You'd have to calibrate it and say "when the watch is at this elevation, I'm standing". That would only work if you never go change floor (go upstairs or downstairs).


In these threads there are hopes that developers do better than Apple at this. As a developer, I'm not sure what sensor in the watch would tell me your are standing other than the movement sensor.


Is it perfect? No. But given today's technology I don't see how it could be any different.

Jul 20, 2015 1:30 PM in response to anpati

My OS is the latest 1.0.1 and I stand almost all the time in the kitchen, preparing food and yet my watch tells me to stand too. Cooking & washing involves movement on my arm for sure, but the watch still cannot tell that I am standing sometimes. It is terribly frustrating since I am definitely on my feet most of the day.

Apple watch stand up notification even though i am standing

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