Q: How come our apple watches show different distances
How are we supposed to trust the Apple Watch fitness and activity apps when there are such huge differneces of measures.
My wife and I set off together on a walk. Having both just got up that morning and put on our watches.
Yet my watch records 5.2 miles and hers records 4.7 miles
We walked exactly the same distance.
This is a permanent issue. How can we change and calibrate them to record correctly.
Lev.
Posted on Sep 27, 2015 4:11 PM
Hi
The calibration process calibrates the accelerometer to improve the accuracy of distance and other estimations provided by the Activity and Workout apps.
Calibration helps Apple Watch to learn your stride length. It does this by combining knowledge of how you move with knowledge of actual distances covered (using the Location Services / GPS feature on your iPhone).
This is why it is preferable to do calibration activities on flat terrain - to make the GPS-based measurement of actual distance covered as accurate as possible.
It is also important to calibrate at each of the speeds at which you typically walk, run or jog. This helps the watch to more accurately estimate your differing stride lengths at each respective speed.
Posted on Sep 27, 2015 5:00 PM