Workout creates splits by itself?

[apple fan23]

I cannot figure this out and hope someone can help. I take a daily walk and tell my watch 7 so. Recently IT started adding 'splits' to my walk (not me!). At random moments the screen shows split 1 or split 2. I am not sure what to do so I just click the side crown button to make it go away. I don't understand why it is doing this and suspect it a very annoying bug (as it did not used to do this). I am just walking, there are no sleeves pressing any buttons or touching the screen (well sometimes I wear long sleeves, sometimes short, it makes no difference). I once tried to lock the screen (water drop) but it STILL created its own split. I literally just did a short walk of just 30 minutes and it recorded two splits. How can I make this go away?

Thanks.

 

[wilberforce]

You can edit just about everything that is displayed or alerted in each workout, including splits, and also create custom workouts. What you are getting are just the defaults, which you can change, easy to do. A major improvement.

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[NoBoMac]

It's buried in the Workouts app on the Watch.

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Follow the instructions for personalizing the view for the workout, but tap Alerts when you see that.

 

[apple fan23]

Sorry I must not be getting it.... I don't want to personalise how workouts look. I want my watch to stop creating splits (pauses) in my workouts by itself. My watch is creating splits that I do not instigate or want, all by itself. It seems to have a life of its own.

 

[rmw49]

Do what NoBoMac suggested. Start off by picking your outdoor walk and click on the three button icon top right and then click on the pen icon at the right and that way you can choose both your alerts and your workout views.

 

[Night Spring]

What the OP is talking about is segments.

How to Divide Your Apple Watch Workouts into Segments

Using the Segments feature in the Apple Watch Workout app is a great way to track changes in exercise intensity over the course of a workout. It can...

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They are saying that the watch creates segments on its own, even though they haven't double-tapped the screen. My usual recommendation would be to turn on water lock, but OP says they tried that, and the watch still created segments. I can't think of what could cause the watch to create segments without conscious user input even with water lock on. Hope someone has some ideas.

 

[wilberforce]

Sorry I must not be getting it.... I don't want to personalise how workouts look. I want my watch to stop creating splits (pauses) in my workouts by itself. My watch is creating splits that I do not instigate or want, all by itself. It seems to have a life of its own.

Workout
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Distance
edit button
Alerts
Splits
uncheck Splits Alert

 

[wilberforce]

What the OP is talking about is segments.

How to Divide Your Apple Watch Workouts into Segments

Using the Segments feature in the Apple Watch Workout app is a great way to track changes in exercise intensity over the course of a workout. It can...

www.macrumors.com

They are saying that the watch creates segments on its own, even though they haven't double-tapped the screen. My usual recommendation would be to turn on water lock, but OP says they tried that, and the watch still created segments. I can't think of what could cause the watch to create segments without conscious user input even with water lock on. Hope someone has some ideas.

No, OP is talking about splits. Splits alerts are now on by default (since WatchOS 9) for many types of workouts, segments are not.

 

[apple fan23]

Thank you guys! I was so confused. Reading your messages made me even more confused (sorry). I then clicked the splits on my phone and saw them described as "1 mile splits" and then I finally figured that this is normal behaviour and apple is doing this at every mile (and not randomly). Now I understand why you were all talking about adjusting how things look. I unchecked it and so it should be fine now. Thank you for your patience....

 

[nippyjun]

If I remove the splits alert will it still announce each mile ?

 

[NoBoMac]

Don't think so, as it's pretty much all or nothing. Can think of it as a notification of miles done with "bonus" of split information, or reverse it, want split information and will alert every mile (per "norm" for splits).

 

[dmylrea]

Has anyone noticed the split times announced are wrong? The announced average times are always 1 second more than the latest split time. For example, on a walk, split 1 time is 15 minutes, and split 2 time is 16 minutes, the average should be 15:30. Instead, it will always show 16:01 for the average. Every time...

 

[wilberforce]

Has anyone noticed the split times announced are wrong? The announced average times are always 1 second more than the latest split time. For example, on a walk, split 1 time is 15 minutes, and split 2 time is 16 minutes, the average should be 15:30. Instead, it will always show 16:01 for the average. Every time...

The announced average times are average for the most recent split, not the overall average.
Yes, the displayed split average appears to round down, while the announced split average appears to round up (or vice versa, I don't remember). For cycling, the averages are speed, not pace.

 

[spiderman0616]

I noticed Siri started reading the splits to me on my AirPods during outdoor walk workouts. I didn't know that change was made but appreciated that metric, so I left it on. I kind of like it.

 

[sjsharksfan12]

I was wondering about this. I turned it off, but instead of splits is there a way to alert me each mile but keep the average time going? I think this was done on WatchOS 7 or before, but I wouldn't mind just going by miles.

 

[matrix07]

Thank you guys! I was so confused. Reading your messages made me even more confused (sorry). I then clicked the splits on my phone and saw them described as "1 mile splits" and then I finally figured that this is normal behaviour and apple is doing this at every mile (and not randomly). Now I understand why you were all talking about adjusting how things look. I unchecked it and so it should be fine now. Thank you for your patience....

What happened after you unchecked it? Does Siri still announce every miles?