Series 6 Apple Watch distance tracking not accurate

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buggs1a

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Sep 17, 2009
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I’ve tried many Apple watches and non Apple watches. None of them are accurate with tracking distance.

I go to a track. I go a mile or whatever. Every single watch is not accurate. It will say .25 for one lap. Then gets worse every lap. Each lap is worse then the one before.

Or it can be accurate for 2 laps. .50. But then gets worse each consecutive lap.

I have tried Apple Watch series 3, 5 and now 7. Fitbit sense. Garmin venue 2 plus. They all exhibit the same behavior but with different results.

I just returned the Apple Watch 7 Nike edition lte. The build in Apple walk workout open goal said 0.41 after a half mile. The Nike app for the next time I walked a mile said I went 0.88 even though I went 1.0 mile.

I’ve been to different tracks too. Always the same issue. Gps is connected and good. No clouds. Everything is good.

What the heck is going on?