Are Apple Watch Calories Accurate? (explained)

Apple Watch can track calories, activity and whole bunch of things but can it be trusted, is it accurate? In this video, I try to explain how it works, how you can make it more useful and precise and of course, it all applies to every series of Apple Watch.
Hope it helps.
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[@luizbattistel155]

Please remember: if the error is large but normally distributed, it cancels itself out over time. That is, if the error sometimes estimates more and sometimes less calories than real calories spent, over time the bigger and smaller errors will cancel itself out

[@Jake-qf8gc]

He sounds like a male version of Miranda Sings

[@sa_57891]

omg yes😭😭😭

[@danielllemire2000]

😂😂

[@BrandonPereda82]

🤣🤣

[@splicedup7480]

Hahahaha woooow he does!

[@juliamichelle1096]

Omg came to the comments to say this 😂 💯

[@jayvansickle7607]

Does Activity Background App Refresh need to be on for accuracy? Or, is that just for communication with iPhone? Meaning that the watch will still be just as accurate if it's Off? thank you.

[@Exploreduocreative]

Thanks for the explanation. I wasn’t really understanding all these features before especially never noted the total calories 😅

[@foxtecc]

Happy to help!

[@gregstropicalfrontparadise828]

@@foxtecc on mine I don’t understand how it says steps is 13,000 on my main screen on the watch but when I click into the fitness app it’s telling me 11,000 and something steps

[@willsgaming1481]

do you have to be wearing apple watch for it to track calories burned when not wearing it? Does it include the thermic effect of food burnt too or just bmr + excercise? I think everyone burns 10% calories trying to digest their food.

[@hdallanstudios9568]

quick question where under the circle it says total calories 1,000 are those the calories i’ve lost or where do i specifically check how many calories i’ve burned ? thanks!

[@Matrixtruesaiyan]

How are you able to zoom in on the Fitness app? 05:14

[@ZacDoesStuff]

Wow! Thank you so much man. I was so confused when I did an entire day of running only only burning 1000 calories, but never knew how to see the total. Ty

[@foxtecc]

Great to hear! Thanks for watching.

[@Shua_jonas]

I did a crazy bike ride and also only burnt 980 I changed it and it boosted

[@KudoesM7]

There is one thing that really confuse me from personal experience, what I notice is that if do some activity without playing the workout app the amount of calories calculated by the watch is far much less than if you do the same activity while the workout app is on. I have even tried to play the workout app when I’m lying down on the bed it says that I have burned 40 calories in 10 mins, while without it says that I burned only 5 calories in 15 mins. My conclusions is that the number in workout app is made up, I hope you have explanation of this as it drives me crazy😂

[@noschool-life]

That’s not the case, in order to accurately calculate the calories, we need to select the right workout (only when you are actually doing the workout). When you select a workout even when you are not doing it, it takes an approximation of your basal calorie expenditure while walking.

[@anthony37860]

Heart rate is not checked constantly when not in workout mode.

[@parsonsmarcus]

@@anthony37860 absolutely! Mohammed, this is the biggest factor towards calculating calories burned because it has a limited set of data to go on. If it tracked the heart rate more often, the calories burned would be more accurate; however, the watch would also be required to charge much sooner than expected, which is why they limited it.

[@danavaughn6918]

Thank you for the feature information!

[@stephenmacneil8354]

It over estimates for me. But I’m ok with that! So for 1 month of use tracking all calories burned with the Apple Watch. Tracking all calories in as honest and accurate as possible with My Plate by live strong: Calorie deficit= -52723 Actual Weight lost= 11.4lbs Obviously it’ll work out different for everyone. But it was consistent through the month. So instead of looking at a lb as 3500 calories, I look at a lb as 4625 “Apple Watch” calories. Works for me and as I said that stayed consistent.

[@QueenPcontrolstheuniverse]

I have a similar calorie deficit as you which was 66176 and I lot 7.3kg which is 16.31 lb and for that amount of calories I should have lost 19lb so it is a bit over estimating, I agree. in my case 15% which is not as bad as most watches tbf

[@markfrearson8713]

Hi, would the watch still detect that your weight lifting and record the calories accurately if you don’t start the weight lifting workout on the workout app?

[@foxtecc]

It relies a lot on the heart rate and movements and weight lifting isn't very accurate in my opinion.

[@chrismiutescu8905]

@@foxtecc what about using the Traditional strength training workout function?

[@hunter10000]

do you think its accurate for me; i went skating for an hour yesterday with my class, and it was the only exercise i had that day. it said that it burnt 710 calories. do you think its very accurate or do you think its too big of a number for just one exercise? and at the end of the day it said i had burnt 1120 calories. and btw i am a 14 yo male, 5'9, 167lbs, if any of that information is relevant.

[@Apezilla]

what was your average heart rate? it’s possible if your heart rate was elevated high enough. i can burn 400 calories in 30 mins on max incline treadmill with my average heart rate at 140 beats per minute

[@bobbylord9948]

How did you view total daily calories including bmr at 5:10?? I can’t seem to do it! Please help! Thanks you!

[@foxtecc]

You need to go the fitness app on your iPhone that is paired to your Apple Watch, then click on activity and the calendar with individual values will show up.

[@___XY____________0]

Or just find out your bmr online, which is what you burn everyday without doing anything. Then burn an extra couple hundred calories and consider that your deficit.

[@natas6158]

Hello, can you track how much calories you ate during the day? That way you can see in the health app?

[@foxtecc]

For this you need to use another app, where you manually type the food in... and it depends if that app has Apple Watch version..

[@natas6158]

@@foxtecc ok, thank you so much

[@brianbidelman9579]

Can you text on a Fitbit?

[@sicka2]

Great explanation. Do you maybe know why my Apple Watch registers training minutes( the green ring) when I didn’t workout? Only walked the dogs and stuff like that and do some chores around the house.

[@freekill1626]

It counts long walks as exercise

[@sicka2]

@@freekill1626 ah Oke. Thanks!

[@foxtecc]

Thank you! Yes, as mentioned, when your heart rate gets up and you move, the watch recognizes it as workout.

[@JDCIncAccount]

Usually occurs when you travel a mile in steps etc. Mostly if you allowed your Apple watch to utilize GPS.

[@Mason-te2pl]

dose someone know what kind of Apple Watch is this

[@CarlosC0625]

Question: does Apple Watch track/estimate your resting calories? Because I charge it each night and don’t wear it. So how will it calculate a total number without tracking the ones I burn while asleep?

[@Kingsley4K]

Watches don’t really need to actually “track” anything to give you a BMR / resting calories estimate. It’s all pre-estimated based on sex, age, weight, and height.

[@Serafiniert]

Doesn't really give any information about how accurate the Apple Watch tracks calories. Just a short comment, "there are some studies that the Apple Watch is 60% more accurate than other trackers." There is no source to that claim, and moreover: It still wouldn't tell us how accurate the watch is. The whole video unfortunately is just a claim, that the Apple Watch tracks calories accurately, without any evidence or source to back any of it up.

[@Kkattara]

Thermic effect of food included in 3102 calories?

[@foxtecc]

Most likely not, that's why calories burnt on the watch are not 100% accurate.. but it's still a help.

[@madi8271]

Can someone pls help me with my gw4 , it count the calorie even if I'm driving and all I do is just sitting, what should I do to get the exact number of the calories I burned through out the day????

[@ZephKing]

It’s supposed to show that. On average a woman burns 1800 calories a day from simply preforming daily tasks, like sitting, sleeping, eating, driving etc. Even a single heartbeat burns calories.

[@foxtecc]

Yeah, like Joe said, the watch counts active calories, that's what people set as their goal like 270 a day something. But on top of that we burn about 2000 calories a day doing regular things...

[@mathmanchris666]

@@ZephKing yes but a single heartbeat doesn’t burn that much calories. It probably only burns 0.01 of one calorie. And calories are typically indications of movement. Driving might burn 2-5 but that’s it

[@zaktaube702]

@@mathmanchris666 not true, the average person burns 90-150 calories an hour sitting. basic metabolic rate

[@danphan434]

You moved your foot to accelerate and arm for steering 😂

[@thehanchoshow]

Treadmill says I burned 370 calories but my Apple Watch says 1,000 calories

[@Apezilla]

Did your input your height and weight in the treadmill also?

[@BrianPex]

Rubbing alcohol does wonders for display on phone to not show all those smudges when you showed the phone. Good info tho!

[@foxtecc]

Thank you!

[@MaiSiegel]

Dude thanks but next time clean the screens

[@dmclellan100]

This video does not answer the question. Just helping you not waste your time

[@Amber57499]

My active calories increase with my watch on the table, while I'm in bed sleeping, etc. Meh.

[@Leonpowjr]

He sounds like the guy from Barry haha

[@foxtecc]

Not sure if it's a compliment but thank you... I guess.. 😅

[@leetbog]

NoHo Hank!

[@berkdalkiran1036]

He sounds like noho hank (the bald guy) from the tv show barry

[@TheFauxmaster]

Wow this is way to complicated apple needs to stream line this.

[@foxtecc]

Apple doesn't really explain it deeply I guess..

[@ChefSporty]

bruh i only burn 1400 calories in a day

[@foxtecc]

😅 could be worse..

[@brookedavies6007]

wtf. that’s loads!

[@sheldondinkleberg4181]

@@brookedavies6007 if they are doing absolutely zero cardio of even low intensity then yeah it’s loads. if they got around 8k+ steps a day along with weight training they could burn significantly more calories

[@joshuamartinez970]

@@sheldondinkleberg4181 mm I burn 1000+!everyday but I get way past 15-20K steps per day

[@hussainchoudhury8846]

Mmm.....from a science point of view. I think we need to take the watch results with a serious amount of salt. A thousand calotrie deficit....to me at least doesnt sound realistic. I think the watches are great for motivation though.

[@wiseman8159]

Should I keep kcal or calories

[@timati12321]

It's the same.. what do you mean?

[@robertolivares4700]

@@timati12321 he prob thought kcal was to calories what kg is to pounds

[@lokkiclu]

Nice vid, thanks

[@TamerBekir]

Your move calorie is entirely too low man. Come on challenge yourself. 270? Smh.

[@foxtecc]

haha, I already have 1000 kcal goal but thanks for the comment!

[@dubbingpros]

The problem is, these calories burned are not accurate at all.

[@Culperrr]

The biggest thing makes me chuckle is that the watch says I have stood up for 15 hours today… I literally work from home. You think I am standing for 15 hours a day? I have done all the troubleshooting steps already and nothing had worked.

[@foxtecc]

Okay I need to address this. 15 hours of stand doesn’t meen you’ve been on your feet for 15 hours straight. It means that from, let’s say 6am till 8pm, during each hour that passed, you at least stood up once. It’s there to make sure people don’t sit all the time. If you don’t stand up during one hour, you don’t earn an hour in your stand (blue) ring. Hope I explained it well and thanks for watching!

[@alexbrien8167]

Heart rate dont give the amount of calories....

[@foxtecc]

Not directly, but higher heart rate means higher activity and that burns calories, thanks for watching.

[@MarcoFinances]

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the average adult woman expends roughly 1,600 to 2,400 calories per day, and the average adult man uses 2,000 to 3,000 calories per day. With that being said just by watching this video we burned some calories lol.... So Apple Watch DOES NOT accuratly track how many calories you burn throughout the day.

[@foxtecc]

That's something to speculate about actually.

[@bellfire1238]

Second

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