The other day I was a "chauffeur" for my family. I spent the day mostly driving and waiting for them. Except for a short walk to the Apple Store , I did almost did no walking. The watch/activity recorded far more than an active day. I guess moving the steering wheel and moving in the car took it as moving. Since this happened, I've notifed it happens a lot. Besides taking off the watch, what can I do?
Apple Watch, watchOS 1.0.1, iPhone 5
Have you tried calibrating your Apple Watch?
Calibration helps the watch to better interpret data from the accelerometer, including estimating distances covered during walking, running, etc.
Calibrating your Apple Watch for improved Workout and Activity accuracy - Apple Support
When you restore Apple Watch from a backup (unpairing / re-pairing), you lose calibration data - so that process should ideally be repeated.
Some data and settings are excluded from the restore process: calibration data (from Workout and Activity apps), synced playlists, cards used for Apple Pay on your watch, watch passcode.
I guess no one know or cares? I went on a vacation tour recently and it recorded more than 12 miles per day from the bus ride. I probably did over 2-3miles. The number of steps was probably correct > 50% than a normal day.
I have calibrated it in the past, and it did not help much.. On this last trip, I unpaired it, and restored it. The link said it would be lost, but I hoped restoring would work. I went on the international trip without my company's iPhone.
I didn't think it is a calibration problem since it's accurate except in a moving vehicle.
thanks.
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