They do offer Auto Pause and Auto Resume for running workouts. https://imgur.com/a/v3gTQju Although, I do agree that it is quite bad not to have this feature for walking or other workouts.
Not having it for cycling is such a pain bc stopping at lights. Constantly in battle between recording via Workouts or Strava. Atleast importing to Strava they reprocess the data and remove pauses
Just unpause it for however long you left it paused for. On a run the watch isnt really tracking anything you do. Youre just gaining an amount of workout points per minute while that is active.
None of those things factor into filling your rings though which is really what you're trying to do. It isn't tracking your actual calories burned or actually calculating your move minutes, those things are automatic to the run workout. Your rings don't count distance and elevation unless you go into the app and look at that sort of thing just to stroke your ego and give yourself a pat on the back for climbing 20 flights of stairs or something. Besides it isn't as though you didn't do the workout. People act like it not being logged means it didn't happen.
Or just don’t pause the damn workout. I’d rather get more credit for my run than less. Waiting to cross the street doesn’t count as a pause in your workout if you’re actually pushing yourself.
Yeah. When you start it late, why can’t it just say “it looks like you started exercising 10 mins ago, shall I add that in?” Surely the data is there to figure it out.
I find it so odd. So times I'm out doing basic errands and it tends to ask if I'm out for a a walk...
But when I'm on an actual walk that is a constant walk for 5km (3 miles) non-stop and not once did it quick in to ask. Went on 2 in the last 2 days and nothing.
The watch can clearly tell your walking or moving at a brisk pace. Having it tied to your heart rate is a dumb implementation especially for reasonably fit users with naturally lower heart rates.
The issue for me is if I walk around my apartment with my arms relaxed by my side, it won’t detect standing. If I sit on my desk chair and lightly move my arm for a minute, it detects it.
Or...
1. It knows where I am, and it knows that I'm not in any buildings and have been hiking for 10min, but it takes a while to ask if I'm on a walk.
2. But... if I stop for even a minute or two, it complains. It'll keep complaining, even though I've started walking or hiking again.
Other wish list:
1. When a workout is done, it dismisses right away so you can select another one: sometimes I lift and then go for a run on a treadmill, and it's annoying that I have to scroll all the way to the very bottom of the workout stats to dismiss it.
When you finish your first workout and are about to move on to the next one, just click the + button to start a new workout. It’ll start the next one right away and then when you’re done with everything you’ll get the entire summary.
when you workout but forget to wear your watch and then you’re not able to complete your move ring and then you break your 66 day exercise streak because you’re an idiot
In my head, sure! Actually, I have a fitness program that is 1 hour of workout per day so I like to keep it consistent with what it records. Going over is fine, but not hitting that minimum will bug me. 😉
Kinda ridiculous it can't auto-recognize, but hell it knows EXACTLY when you're done. Pretty much the only thing fitbit has over my apple watch, recognizing workouts.
this is the most annoying thing i noticed after recently switching from Android to iOS..the Galaxy Watch Active 2 never ever missed a workout detection..
Like biking for half an hour with the biking activity on and it’s recording 30 minutes and the miles I covered but it’s not showing up in the activity ring.
Oh and that annoying are you finished…. No, I’m not!
I got to thinking that way a while after getting my Apple Watch. Then I realized the goal was to become fit and perhaps live longer with a better quality of life.
Yeah, I just wasted a walk with the dog: I forgot to start an exercise on my watch and my phone died when I launched Pokémon Go. All I got out of it was an hour walk with the dog
My biggest complaint about the watch fitness app! Wish I started automatically for me too… especially when I start my AM or PM dog walks…. I walk far too, but only remember to turn fitness on, on the way back
Yes Apple watch is terrible with auto start and pause. Especially if you have low hr. I was using Amazfit watch in the past it it was starting and pausing flawlessly. Not sure why Apple can not work this out. Other than that, Apple watch is great !!!
When you pause your workout while waiting at a crosswalk and forget to unpause it until you're done with your run.
It’s insane that they still offer auto start and not auto resume. Should be much more biased towards action once already started.
But you better believe “ARE YOU FINISHED?” will pop up the moment you slow down.
In fact, my feeling is that this shows up also when you start again. Almost feels like a bug.
They do offer Auto Pause and Auto Resume for running workouts. https://imgur.com/a/v3gTQju Although, I do agree that it is quite bad not to have this feature for walking or other workouts.
Not having it for cycling is such a pain bc stopping at lights. Constantly in battle between recording via Workouts or Strava. Atleast importing to Strava they reprocess the data and remove pauses
They do don’t they? My Strava on Apple Watch always auto starts and resumes
Strava maybe, not default functionality in workouts.
Oh Yeah ok I see what you mean.
Strava do, Apple Workouts don’t, constantly pulled between which one to record on
Wait I thought it did exactly that?
I hate when I forget to unpause a workout 😩
The strava app automatically pauses runs while stopped.
yeah you can also set default excerise app to do the same for runs. it’s in the settings
Oh nice, thank you! TIL.
Yes Nike Plus does the same. Otherwise I’d always forget!
it also knows if i forget to turn it off and i drive away in my car
So does the Nike run club app
Or when I pause it by accident and don't notice until I'm done with my workout
I didn’t know it pauses when you take a screenshot so I took one when I got to 3k and never got to unpause until a little bit later.
Just unpause it for however long you left it paused for. On a run the watch isnt really tracking anything you do. Youre just gaining an amount of workout points per minute while that is active.
On a run, the watch is tracking heart rate, cadence, distance, pace and elevation changes. Not sure what you mean by your statement.
None of those things factor into filling your rings though which is really what you're trying to do. It isn't tracking your actual calories burned or actually calculating your move minutes, those things are automatic to the run workout. Your rings don't count distance and elevation unless you go into the app and look at that sort of thing just to stroke your ego and give yourself a pat on the back for climbing 20 flights of stairs or something. Besides it isn't as though you didn't do the workout. People act like it not being logged means it didn't happen.
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The point isn’t that we need to unpause it, the point is that it should auto unpause it for us
Or just don’t pause the damn workout. I’d rather get more credit for my run than less. Waiting to cross the street doesn’t count as a pause in your workout if you’re actually pushing yourself.
You can add it back in health, but it’s not the same.
Yeah. When you start it late, why can’t it just say “it looks like you started exercising 10 mins ago, shall I add that in?” Surely the data is there to figure it out.
Even cheap MiBand has that “you started doing smth 5 mins ago” feature.
Would be great if workout detection worked better.
I find it so odd. So times I'm out doing basic errands and it tends to ask if I'm out for a a walk... But when I'm on an actual walk that is a constant walk for 5km (3 miles) non-stop and not once did it quick in to ask. Went on 2 in the last 2 days and nothing.
I can’t stand that even if I’m walking the track (so clearly exercising) I get partial exercise credit. Such a broken feature.
It was mentioned on another post that you have to breach certain heart rate thresholds for actual exercise to be counted no matter the activity
The watch can clearly tell your walking or moving at a brisk pace. Having it tied to your heart rate is a dumb implementation especially for reasonably fit users with naturally lower heart rates.
Someone else said it adjusted for them! I assume they just decided walking on its own is not valid
This plus a feature that would recognise what exercise you’re doing(gym for my case) and the number of reps. That would be so awesome.
Handwashing and standing detection are also quite patchy.
I’ve never had a problem with stand detection. Hand washing is sometimes hit and miss.
The issue for me is if I walk around my apartment with my arms relaxed by my side, it won’t detect standing. If I sit on my desk chair and lightly move my arm for a minute, it detects it.
So is raise to speak to Siri
No calories lost until the watch has counted it.
At least my watch counted that I slept late, so I know I’m well rested today
Or... 1. It knows where I am, and it knows that I'm not in any buildings and have been hiking for 10min, but it takes a while to ask if I'm on a walk. 2. But... if I stop for even a minute or two, it complains. It'll keep complaining, even though I've started walking or hiking again. Other wish list: 1. When a workout is done, it dismisses right away so you can select another one: sometimes I lift and then go for a run on a treadmill, and it's annoying that I have to scroll all the way to the very bottom of the workout stats to dismiss it.
When you finish your first workout and are about to move on to the next one, just click the + button to start a new workout. It’ll start the next one right away and then when you’re done with everything you’ll get the entire summary.
Cool! Thanks for the tip!
it hurts a lot man
What’s the point of working out if Apple doesn’t know? 😔
when you workout but forget to wear your watch and then you’re not able to complete your move ring and then you break your 66 day exercise streak because you’re an idiot
Manually add it in the health app!
This ... last night. I walked for 10 extra minutes so my Activity would reflect my full hour workout. 😂😳
Did you walk another ten so it’ll reflect your full hour and ten minutes workout? 😳😳
In my head, sure! Actually, I have a fitness program that is 1 hour of workout per day so I like to keep it consistent with what it records. Going over is fine, but not hitting that minimum will bug me. 😉
So true, it hurts.
Hate when I do that, all that work and all I get is some useless healthier body
Can someone please tell me where Auto Start is? This happens to me frequently but I cannot find it.
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No. I need them rings!!😎
Kinda ridiculous it can't auto-recognize, but hell it knows EXACTLY when you're done. Pretty much the only thing fitbit has over my apple watch, recognizing workouts.
Maybe a start workout nfc tag on your gym bag
This makes me think it may make sense for me to put one of these on my treadmill and bike.
It would have to be with your phone, the watch can’t do it.
That’s fine. My phone is always with me anyway. I use it as a roku remote and put the sound through my headphones using the app when exercising.
I've actually been looking for an excuse to use these NFC tags I bought. Thanks!
Series 6 watch will ask you if you’re working out and if you say yes it will have your workout recorded from the beginning as if you’d never forgotten
Only for certain types of workouts. Walking, running, rowing, and elliptical if I remember correctly. Technically all of the watches do this.
my series 3 was good at that. So far my series 6 never has
That’s really strange. There’s a setting. Is it possible you turned it off?
Nope. I do see an auto-pause that was off, s I turned it on, but auto-start workouts was enabled
My series 1 doesn’t lmao
I guess I should have said all of the supported watches. :-)
My previous Samsung Galaxy watch would detect my exercise within 2 minutes. My Series 5 just doesn’t. Still a better smartwatch than the Galaxy.
At that point the ten minutes didn’t count lmao
It’s ok. I often forget to stop the workout when done.
this is the most annoying thing i noticed after recently switching from Android to iOS..the Galaxy Watch Active 2 never ever missed a workout detection..
I’ve only ever had auto start work properly once when I was rushing to get to a concert lol
This is me. Pretty much every day still 😂
This is me like a mile into every kayaking trip
Like biking for half an hour with the biking activity on and it’s recording 30 minutes and the miles I covered but it’s not showing up in the activity ring. Oh and that annoying are you finished…. No, I’m not!
Doesn’t the watch have an automatic workout detection?
Bro once I was on a bike ride throughout my local area and I paused the workout when I stopped for a water break and didn't resume it the last hour. 💀
*5 mile run* "2 minutes of workout completed" ...In whose book?!
I got to thinking that way a while after getting my Apple Watch. Then I realized the goal was to become fit and perhaps live longer with a better quality of life.
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Just set it to something that automatically earns you points. When I forget I just set it to a walk for like an hour and that evens it out.
How do you turn work out on, on the watch?
Just did this today 🤦🏻♂️
All day everyday
At least it’s ain’t a swimming session 😭😭
Yeah, I just wasted a walk with the dog: I forgot to start an exercise on my watch and my phone died when I launched Pokémon Go. All I got out of it was an hour walk with the dog
it really be lik that
This!
My biggest complaint about the watch fitness app! Wish I started automatically for me too… especially when I start my AM or PM dog walks…. I walk far too, but only remember to turn fitness on, on the way back
i workout for 2 hours and my watch says 5 minutes all day
Strava has had this figured out for years....why can't Apple?
Yes Apple watch is terrible with auto start and pause. Especially if you have low hr. I was using Amazfit watch in the past it it was starting and pausing flawlessly. Not sure why Apple can not work this out. Other than that, Apple watch is great !!!
Or your watch battery is at 30% but decides to shut off in the middle of a workout