Calibrate your Apple Watch for better ACCURACY

If something seems wrong with your heart rate data, or step, distance, calorie, or even GPS tracking, there are four steps to first try to fix Apple Watch Workout and Activity tracking.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:57- Location Services/ Motion Calibration & Distance
1:32- Health Details
2:10- Calibration Data
2:50- Workout APP on Watch
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[@CryptoVicky]

Great video Al! Lots of valuable insights for Apple 🍏 fans!

[@davidhughey1386]

Thanks for this!

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Wtf. We r the exact same height, weight, and have the same birthday! This is so cool!!!!

[@Aesthetic_Al]

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[@DanErickson2112]

This helped. Thank you.

[@Julian-xz6nu]

exactly what i was looking for, thanks!

[@Aesthetic_Al]

Glad to hear that Julian!

[@jamessutcliffe7026]

Happy New Year! I just subscribed. Thanks for the helpful information!

[@Aesthetic_Al]

Thanks brother. Every Friday I’ll share some more. Happy New year!

[@amymorales5967]

Thanks, this was great..very clear step by step directions!

[@Aesthetic_Al]

Glad it was helpful. I’ll be making some more videos on the Apple Watch soon.

[@christinagonzalez6010]

I’m so glad this was a video that KZbin allowed me to back out of and continue to watch up in the corner while I did the steps on my phone

[@StalwartMan]

Thank you.

[@rashdanali]

Thanks man! Helpful vid. Subd

[@Aesthetic_Al]

Thanks for the sub! New Videos every Friday.

[@markwt2680]

Thank you for this

[@Aesthetic_Al]

No problem 😊, thanks for watching

[@themagdanzhaus]

mine is way off, this is super helpful!

[@Aesthetic_Al]

Glad it helped! I will have more Apple Watch videos later this month!

[@swissmade1497]

Thank you

[@Aesthetic_Al]

You're welcome! glad I can help

[@nasara28]

Thanks Bro!

[@Aesthetic_Al]

Welcome! Hope it helps 🤙

[@poyahedayati7744]

thnx@@@!!

[@Aesthetic_Al]

Glad it was able to help!

[@PLANETWATERMELON]

I was to calibrate my stride length as well, but don’t know where to do that.

[@ShervinShares]

2:20 why reset fitness calibration? won't that make it less accurate because it now has less data?

[@Burps___]

You are correct, the official Apple Support website does not mention that one should reset the data before doing this recalibration. It explains how to reset the data, but not why or when to reset the data. Also, the official webpage mentions that Apple Watches (version 2 abd more recent) do not need the iPhone carried during the recalibration run. My running club mentions that a person should deliberately *not* carry their iPhone during the calibration as the accumulated recalibration data should be native to the GPS in the Apple Watch itself. The watch will upload to the Workouts app when one is within Bluetooth range of the iPhone after the recalibration run.

[@dek4y]

Every Friday?! I'll be on the lookout 👀👀

[@Aesthetic_Al]

Every Friday #FTF

[@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.

[@THEMAX00000]

That was good information. Short video and straight to the point. Subscription earned.

[@Aesthetic_Al]

🙏🏼 thank you

[@theg9750]

Great video

[@Aesthetic_Al]

Glad you enjoyed it and hope it helps!

[@theg9750]

@@Aesthetic_Al it did, homie!

[@mor_peleg]

Hello! If after this my distance on treadmill still off, do you know if there is any 3rd party app where I can tell how long I ran according to the treadmill?

[@mahmoudelzeidy5024]

Please advise how to change my name on the apple watch, I tried everything on my iPhone thanks

[@hamedali2472]

I just have a question did Apple Watch ultra count your steps without iPhone hand with you?

[@vaibhavarora744]

My watch counting steps even i am driving. Do you know how to fix that

[@leonmwah]

it keeps counting steps even when i'm in the car as a passenger...

[@traizerYT]

I have been using my apple watch SE non-stop and ive been realizing that when im sleeping ive been walking for over 2km, In other words, when i shake the watch, it counts as steps. I have re-Calibrated my apple watch, turned on location services ive did basically everything. Nothings working. Is there any fix?

[@snt7817]

quick question, if the location services + motion calibration & distance are all already turned on, should we turn them off and then turn them back on just as a reboot?

[@Aesthetic_Al]

I would. Especially if you happen to have the LTE model.

[@laurasoftheart]

Even after I did this it doesn’t count floors accurately.

[@kayasthaumesh3777]

how to clear all those footsteps and other activites recorded and start from zero ,acitivity ring from zero???

[@user-xc4eh4kp9n]

Great Content!! I have set up VO2 on my health app but for some reason it's not recording it daily on my watch? How I understand VO2 it supposed to keep track automatically. Unless I'm mistaken and you have to plug in Vo2 data yourself?

[@sampetrillo8978]

So it has to be a 10 minute walk or run

[@christinagonzalez6010]

I think you have to be going for at least one run per week for six months before it will start recording running and VO2 data

[@jordanpeterson-nl7jv]

I still can’t get my watch right I have a series 8 and right when I wake up it says I achieved my 6hr stand goal and that’s not right cause I been sleep that whole time it says I make a thousand steps a day but there’s no way I have two toddlers and I chase them everywhere and it’s summer so we’re outside pokemoning all day and I hatch eggs so there’s no way I only take 1k steps I can’t get it fixed I’ve tried this method any other suggestions

[@ohmyfancams]

Question! If I click on the reset, will all of my data from previous workouts be deleted? Quite scared to click the reset button haha

[@Aesthetic_Al]

You’re good! It won’t delete previous data. It’ll only put the accelerometer back to favorite settings. Hope it helps!!

[@blackbeltnutrition7946]

To get a better heart rate reading I’m simply turning it around.

[@joereyn3945]

Hmm. I was disappointed with GPS on Apple Watch. But this video made me note that my health data was wrong. My weight was wrong. Would this really affect the Apple sensors re distance data? I don't know. I will try to do the walk later. It's def a different thing than my normal workout kind of an add on so I have been delaying it.

[@Aesthetic_Al]

Hope it helped. Let us know on here after the updated health data if you saw significant changes Joseph.

[@Saboomafoo_]

Reset the calibration 👍🏼 my numbers better be accurate now 😮‍💨

[@Aesthetic_Al]

We will find out soon 🙂

[@des_2012]

I burned 280 calories when cycling this morning and studied for the rest of the day at home. When I got home I was at 314 active calories, but now it's at 495 from little activity at the end of the day. Is this normal?

[@Frank-vj2of]

My mistake was I forgot to stop running training session while walking normal slowly to the supermarket. Now the distance measured is too low for my footsteps. I walk exactly 1 mile and watch only shows 0,8 miles. I’ll try your tip.

[@Aesthetic_Al]

Hope it helps improve the accuracy! Make sure the hand is free to allow its regular swing movement. I saw apple says that holding on to stroller or shopping cart in this case of a supermarket can throw off the sensors and algorithm.

[@saralowe_arts]

I'm frustrated. My garmin Fenix pro says '46' vo2. My Apple Watch says 38! Not impressed and I love my apple watch so much more than garmin but this is so bad...I can't even tell if I'm peaking fitness it's real poor. If there's an app that can work like the garmin then that would be great. Thanks!

[@get_spanked240]

Dag nabbit, I should have known I needed to calibrate this watch. Why doesn't apple give an option to calibrate when you 1st set it up/buy it??

[@Aesthetic_Al]

Give this is a shot! We should get some big health and fitness updates with the new Watch OS in a few months!

[@mohdabdulmateen5159]

Hello Sir, i'm planning to purchase Apple Watch 7 so, how accurately this watch counts our steps ?? while Outdoor walk, Mountain or normal Cycling, Running, and other workouts & please share your opinion if you have use these workouts and how were the results ? because i've gained weight in this Work From Home. ( Waiting for your Response. Thank you for these explanation. )

[@Aesthetic_Al]

This is really good. I actually will make it 3 weeks a test on my Apple Watch 7 vs my Garmin Epix 2 and a dedicated bike calculator for cycling and after a video comparing an iPhone, Apple Watch 7 vs a Garmin Epix 2 for running.

[@nexe7128]

@@Aesthetic_Al cant wait, i need good comparing video specific for sport with sport watches

[@celly589]

Do you have to separately recalibrate for indoor walk and outdoor walk? So would I have to walk for 20 minutes indoor for an indoor walk and then 20 minutes again outdoor for an outdoor walk? Or does calibrating for one also calibrate for the other?

[@TheMCEagles]

No

[@yelltona3928]

Whenever i click on reset its says it will be less accurate?

[@Aesthetic_Al]

If you are clicking on the reset fitness calibration data. After its best if you can do the 20 minute walk or run outdoors to recalibrate. Hope this helps

[@g.g.2359]

The problem is ... many of us GYM rats does for example incline treadmill walks and when the distance does not match , no way of changing it. Not even stupid Strava let you do this. You can do manual distance only if the workout is manually added and not recorded by the watch or whatever device. I want to find a way to edit distance of already finished and recorded by apple watch workouts that are indoors ? How on earth is possible apple watch ultra to not have the ability to correct distance or climbed / elevation if i walk on incline treadmill is beyond me and its super bad.

[@ceemoney3]

Do you have to put the weight with clothes or without clothes?

[@Aesthetic_Al]

I always use my weight first thing in the morning. Usually wearing something light

[@squashduos1258]

Do you destroy your history data?

[@jyotsnas606]

No it does not

[@kuwaik227]

If i reset the calibration will i lose my old data?

[@Aesthetic_Al]

Nope that is not erasing the data on the runs. After you reset you want to do the next step of walk or run outside in a good gps range to recalibrate. Hope this helps

[@mcducloz]

@@Aesthetic_Al I'm confused, because when I go to reset the calibration, the app literally says it will erase all data and make workouts less accurate.

[@traceycoleman9971]

I’ve been running officially measured races and they keep coming up short on both my iPhone and Apple Watch, I had done everything except the last step, which I’ve done now. I really hope it works. It’s very frustrating.

[@robertolaciana]

@@mcducloz Hello! The device will not delete accumulated workouts, it only refers to previous calibration data.

[@user-fu5wl1ch8h]

Why are we talking about the calibration like it's something that is working ? The main problem is that the automatic calibration simply doesn't work. The watch is off for most people on a treadmill. Why can't we talk about that ? I have tried "re-calibrating" the watch many times, and with different models of apple watches, and I have been running hundreds of kilometers outside in total. But, on the treadmill it's a total failure. Yes, I have tried many different treadmills, and some that is of high quality. Maybe AW indoor running works for some average runners with spot on average height and weight, etc. However, a manual correction after each run could solve the problem like e.g Garmin. With Garmin I get super accurate treadmill results out of the box even without correction.The bad accuracy and no options for correction on the AW is a dealbreaker for me, and I would have chosen AW if it could offer indoor running.

[@Order-in-Chaos]

zero help. Next...

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