Q: False Exercise Reading
So I am new to Apple watch. Overall I really like it, but I was hoping for at least decent health tracking. I seem to be getting false exercise readings in the Activity app. I ride a motorcycle. I wear a ,lot of gear so I decided to put my watch in the case it came with and put it in my bag instead of keeping it on my wrist while riding. I have about a 65 mile commute to work. I did not wear the watch this morning. I put it in my bag and rode to work. I got to work, put it on and it already had like 20 minutes of exercise on it. It was impossible to read my heart rate since it wasn't on. How is that possible? Anyone else seeing similar issues?
Apple Watch Sport 42mm, watchOS 2.0.1
Posted on Nov 2, 2015 5:48 AM
So it's me, the OP here. I have some good information around this. I decided to open a support chat with Apple. They reminded me that although the Watch was not on my arm, the iPhone itself is still tracking movement. This information counts towards the activity. So once I put my watch back on and look at the indicators it aggregates what the iPhone tracked and moves the bars accordingly. I did have my iPhone on me, so that answers it for me. Hopefully it is accurate info I was given by Apple.
Posted on Nov 2, 2015 8:01 AM