Exercise went from pessimistic (1.1) to very optimistic in 2.0

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Created Jul ’15

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I'm seeing a VERY big change with my exercise minutes (green circle). Note, I am not actually starting any workouts, all of my activity is being passively picked up by the watch. To give you a typical example, on watchOS 1, I might get seven minutes of implied activity by walking around. With 2.0, yesterday alone was 35 minutes, the day before was 40 minutes, and after this morning's grueling workout of walking through a parking lot to drop off my daugther, I've got 8 minutes logged.

Not saying it's good or bad, this may be the result of some tweaking, as I felt version 1 was too strict about which minutes it would count. I suspect it will swing back the other way as it gets tuned a bit.

Anyone else seeing this?

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iMatthewCM OP

Jul ’15

Definitely seeing the same thing. I'm a drummer, and before 2.0 I wouldn't get ANY implied exercise time if I didn't start the exercise app. Now I'm getting some, but it's definitely not accurate. Drumming for 3 straight hours playing fast (120+ bpm) music ought to net you more than 28 minutes of exercise.

Needless to say, I discard almost all of the fitness data from Apple Watch, except for the heart rate monitor. Nothing else is accurate.

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Ed217 OP

Jul ’15

Same here, basically 2-3 times higher than before with the same daily activities.

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