Any way to stop AW rounding corners on a run?

[dj1891]

So my Apple watch always comes short on a run and I believe its because it rounds corners etc so much. I took both AW 7 and Garmin Forerunner 255 out this morning. AW 7 was without phone using watches GPS, The Garmin was set on All Systems GPS + Multiband.

Garmin is blue, AW Red, As you can see the AW cuts corners too quickly, On the Garmin you can see the point where I crossed the road, the AW just kinda blurs it all together.

This is the result, AW short, this was a small run just over 5k, Imagine the difference on a 10 miler or Half

 

[kitKAC]

Apple Watch Ultra has dual-band GPS, if you want more accurate tracking.

 

[Daku93]

That is only a 1% difference. Doesn't seem too bad for single band GPS in the Watch.

 

[Slartibart]

Out of technical curiosity: did you ever try to see wether this “improves” when you carry additionally an iphone with you?

 

[dj1891]

Out of technical curiosity: did you ever try to see wether this “improves” when you carry additionally an iphone with you?

Oh it’s much worse, but then I have an iPhone 11 which GPS might not be great.

 

[Basic75]

Apple Watch Ultra has dual-band GPS, if you want more accurate tracking.

I'd assume it's battery saving by not sampling continuously but in discrete steps, not GPS accuracy?

 

[bricktop_at]

Off-Topic: I would love to see how the Ultra compares 🙂