Watch tells me to stand when I've been standing

I use a standing workstation, which Apple Watch clearly doesn't recognize, as it tells me to stand even though I've been standing for the past hour. I've even walked around a bit to make coffee, etc.


I asked at the local Apple Store but all they could suggest was that I shut it off and restart it. Doesn't help. Didn't think it would.


Thinking that perhaps it's the angle of my arm at the workstation that's causing the problem (it would be about the same whether I was standing or sitting at the workstation), I've tried holding my arm at my side as much as I can. Doesn't help. It's especially annoying because I do walk around quite a bit; I doubt I actually stay at the workstation for more than ten or fifteen minutes at a time before taking a walk around the room.


Hoping that this is a problem that can be fixed in a later iteration of the software, as the main reason that I bought the Watch was for the health apps.

Apple Watch, watchOS 1.0.1

Posted on Jun 25, 2015 7:59 AM

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Jun 25, 2015 8:35 AM in response to jtphil

The  Watch cannot tell the difference between sitting still and standing still. Heck even when I'm hiking for several hours I might receive Stand Up notifications.

If you receive a notification to Stand Up while working at a stand up desk, I suggest to interrupt your work for a couple of minutes and move around. Maybe more than just the activity needed to make coffee.

Jul 24, 2015 10:31 AM in response to Joevandal75

I've found that what the Watch calls “standing” is actually movement of some kind. And it only requires about a minute of this movement per hour.


So now when it tells me to stand, I just sit down and wave my arm around until it's satisfied.


Presumably you're moving your Watch arm enough during your sitting to fool it. Nice going!

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