Make sure that you’re holding your phone in your hand or wearing an armband while walking.
I've calibrated my Apple Watch using the workout app on my watch and walking with my iPhone for 20 minutes. I use both my Apple Watch and Fitbit One to count steps. The 2,097 and 2,107 average steps measured by the uncalibrated and calibrated Apple Watch placed it in the middle of the pack. Open Pacer, go to Me > Settings > Apple Health and tap Re-sync. If you are syncing Pacer with Apple Health: Go to Apple Health > Sources > Pacer > Turn On All Categories. And your Health app not counting steps on iPhone problem is solved. Try not to manually change your system time (particularly to the future) as time changes can confuse the step counter. That said, Apple does a terrible job of explaining how to use the Apple Watch to count steps without the iPhone, and nearly all of the pedometer apps, step counting apps, and activity tracking apps for Apple Watch actually require the iPhone in order to accurately display the number of steps you’ve taken on your Apple Watch.. What I've noticed is that my Fitbit is much more accurate than my Apple Watch. On the Apple Watch. Calibrating Apple Watch to better track your steps is easy as long as you're willing to get out and walk or run for at least 20 minutes. If you have an Apple Watch Series 1, or Series 0, you’ll need to bring your phone along for the GPS. Solution #3: Reset All Settings on iPhone Reset Network settings delete all the custom settings on your iPhone and use Apple’s Default settings for Each App. Now you’ll need to take a 20 minute walk while wearing your Apple Watch. In … A lot is made of the Apple Watch and its ability to be an all-knowing, all-powerful smartwatch in the health and fitness realm. However even after recalibrating it, I still didn’t get exercise credit for my 49 minute walk. What really fixed my step problem was downloading the new update.
I just got my watch yesterday and since it wasn’t counting any steps at all, I recalibrated it and went for a walk.