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gradi

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Feb 20, 2022
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The Fitness app on my iphone 16+ doesn't act right. I walk everyday and on some days it counts my steps, on other days it doesn't, and on other days it stays at zero all day even though I have walked several kilometers but then hours after I stopped walking it will suddenly show the steps.

Today I walked several kilometers and it stayed at zero all day. Then hours later tonight after dinner I checked and it suddenly showed today's steps. Yesterday it stayed at zero and never did update. A few days ago for 2 days in a row it seemed to behave properly and showed my steps at about the time I walked.

For more than a year I have used the Google Fit app on my other phone (Android) and it always works and updates in almost real time. It has never once not counted steps or had a several hour delay in updating. I also tried 2 other free apps on the Android for several weeks each. They also worked well, but I decided I liked Google Fit the best.

I read the page below about Apple Fitness, but nothing it says applies to me. I have the phone set up properly and, as I said, on some days it works reasonably well -- but not nearly as well or high quality as Google Fit.

How to Fix Fitness App Not Tracking Steps​


https://www.iphonelife.com/content/how-to-fix-health-app-not-tracking-steps

Any ideas on how to get Apple Fitness to work properly?
 
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