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k.alexander

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Has anyone gotten this to work yet?
I can see a test workout from a non-apple app show up in Fitness app but it doesn’t seem to affect the Move ring.
 
I use my Garmin watch for workouts and running, but syncing it to the iPhone using RunGap (the normal sync is missing a lot of data). All workout are now in the Fitness app, completing the red ring.
 
I use my Garmin watch for workouts and running, but syncing it to the iPhone using RunGap (the normal sync is missing a lot of data). All workout are now in the Fitness app, completing the red ring.
@Strutten So you’re saying your red ring is filling up?
But does your setup have three rings like normal, ie the first photo;
Or does it look like what Apple showed as the new Fitness App Without iPhone, ie second screenshot where you only see the one Move ring, and then Steps and Distance below it where the other two rings are?
 

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i unpaired my watch but my phone don't count my steps.
some one has it working ?
 
It's the second one. Just the red ring, and that uses information about exercises that it's received from Garmin (via RunGap and Health).

i unpaired my watch but my phone don't count my steps.
some one has it working ?

Same. I have a watch. I unpaired it and still was getting the three rings, and although the exercises I did in third party apps would show up in a list (below the rings) of Workouts, they wouldn’t count towards nor advance the red ring. What am I doing wrong here?
 
I wonder if the reason I'm getting the "FULL" Fitness+ app, including the Fitness+ tab on the bottom is because I currently have an AW and an active Fitness+ trial subscription. I tried disassociating the watch from the phone, deleting/reinstalling the Fitness and Watch apps, but I keep getting back to the full app.
Apparently the Fitness on iPhone Without Watch app should look like this (screenshot from WWDC presentation)
 

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I am only getting the 3-ring fitness app. No longer have an Apple Watch and no steps/data is being recorded in the fitness app. Any ideas?
 
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I have it working now. I had an AW S6 still associated with my Apple ID in iCloud settings. Removed it. Deleted fitness app.
Rebooted phone. Reinstalled fitness app and its now working
 
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View attachment 2017345I have it working now. I had an AW S6 still associated with my Apple ID in iCloud settings. Removed it. Deleted fitness app.
Rebooted phone. Reinstalled fitness app and its now working
Do you have an active Fitness+ subscription? I currently have a trial active and I think that prevents my Fitness app from “downgrading“ to the new “basic” one with just one ring and steps/distance.
 
Do you have an active Fitness+ subscription? I currently have a trial active and I think that prevents my Fitness app from “downgrading“ to the new “basic” one with just one ring and steps/distance.
No I don't have a fitness+ subscription.
You are probably right - might find it reverts once your trial expires
 
So basically you have to NOT own an Apple Watch to add to your move ring with your iPhone?

And will deleting the fitness app remove any of my previous historical fitness data?
 
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Im still struggling to set this app.
I returned the Apple Watch (it is removed from my acct), deleted Watch app from phone, Ended my Fitness+ subscription. Deleted and redownloaded the Fitness app, and I’m still getting the old three rings in the fitness app (as if I had the watch) which are of course blank bc I don’t have the watch.
 
Never tested the beta, but I am also having issues with this one. After installing iOS16, I first aw three circles and I was allowed to change the goals for all three. However when there was no sync from the Health app on any of my movement today, I decided to uninstall Fitness app, reinstall it and reboot iPhone. Now I have only one circle, move, and this is also the only one I am allowed to set a goal for.

So close, so very close.
 
I figured almost all of this out.
The short of it is, if you want the Fitness app to show you only One Ring, i.e. the Move Ring, you need to make sure that no Apple Watches are associated with your iCloud account. This however is harder to do than one would imagine.

The problem is that you can't have any Apple Watches associated with your iCloud account. I had tested AWs before, but I don't currently have one. But my wife has one. But it's under her account. Or so I thought. She, and everyone else in the family have their own iCloud accounts, but are all logged in to my account for the AppStore. I've had it this way for a decade plus. Well, it turns out that when a device, like her watch, is logged into my AppStore account, it then shows up under my devices under iCloud. So the solution was to remove her watch from the list of "my" devices under iCloud (you can do this on phone or Mac, just click on your name in settings, and you'll see a list of all of "your" devices, which in my case is every device everyone in my family (kids, parents, etc) own).

This unfortunately creates another problem whereby, now her watch keeps asking for the password to my account bc it is trying to update the apps on itself, and the second you input that password, the watch gets re-added to my iCloud account. So the only solution is to log her out of my AppStore account on her phone, and log her into her account. And then share my app purchases via Family Sharing, which I do already have set up. But then, as I understand it, you either have to delete all the apps on her phone and redownload them under her account, otherwise, they will keep asking for my account password in order to update, and when you provide that password - catch 22 - the phone/watch gets re-added to my account.

I'm open to any ideas or suggestions.
 
You might be right, but I have never had an AW or had one associated with my iCloud account. To me all rings existed when Fitness app was installed with the iOS 16 update.
 
Go to iPhone - Settings - Click on your name. Look at the list of devices associated with your account. Are there any Apple Watches?

The other thing that worked was to turn OFF Health Sync through iCloud -- really for the same reason as above, bc it then (I guess) disconnects any AWs associated with your iCloud from your Phone.
 
No, no Apple Watches. Never had one, and no one else’s has ever been connected to my account.
 
This is really frustrating for me. Clearly a bug in this version of iOS 16. If I leave my Apple Watch at home and do exercise with the phone in my pocket it is not moving the rings.
 
This is really frustrating for me. Clearly a bug in this version of iOS 16. If I leave my Apple Watch at home and do exercise with the phone in my pocket it is not moving the rings.
Appears that this is how Apple intends it to be. If you have a watch, it will rely on the watch. Not saying I agree with it, but this is clearly how they see thing being used.
 
No, no Apple Watches. Never had one, and no one else’s has ever been connected to my account.
Humor me, check in Settings, under your name (very top of settings), are there no watches listed there?
Also try turning off Health Sync through iCloud and then restarting the phone. Not sure that deleting and reinstalling the Fitness app does anything.
 
I have the same issue.I used to have a watch paired but no watch is currently paired with my phone or showing up under my Apple ID in the phone or on the icloud/Appleid website. The fitness app is still acting like it’s expecting to be used with a watch.

I’ve uninstalled the watch, fitness and health apps, restarted the phone and reinstalled fitness and health to no avail. Tried turning off health cloud sync and reinstalling fitness but I still have three activity rings. Health app tracks steps but the fitness app just seems broken. Funny thing is the rings are lit up like it’s connected to something, not darkened like it is when there’s nothing connected.
 

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Appears that this is how Apple intends it to be. If you have a watch, it will rely on the watch. Not saying I agree with it, but this is clearly how they see thing being used.
It makes sense, though. If you were carrying your phone and wearing your watch, it would be double counting activity if it took from both.

I don't currently have an Apple Watch, but I have a Garmin watch connected to my iPhone. The Fitness app only shows my "Move" ring, and it reads "Move" activity from both the iPhone and the Garmin watch. It doesn't look like a 1:1 match, but it's counting at least some steps on my phone in addition to what the watch is giving me. My watch says I've walked 7,771 steps today, the Fitness app shows 7,829 steps. Strangely enough, the Health app shows 7,881 steps, so it doesn't match with either of them.
 
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I know I’ve said this before. But make sure no Apple Watch is listed here.
 
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