No Mile Notification Possible on Pixel Watch 2?

[Marieb9]

My old, clunky og Galaxy watch would give me a quick buzz at every mile walked or ran. Apparently, there isn't the same basic function on my brand-new shiny Pixel Watch 2. It's really hard to believe that a $350 smartwatch can't measure out a mile and give a buzz. I must be missing something, right?

[Gr4ndp4]

Hi, @Marieb9 welcome to the community, on your Pixel Watch 2 touch the side button>Fitbit exercise>run>Finish (flag), you should get alerts & modes>goal mode>slider "on">distance>toggle mile/Km as desired>slide distance to desired position>touch check to select>press crown to return to clock.

You may also need to check out notifications & vibration.

I hope this helps but if you are still stuck please post here again.

Cheers

[Marieb9]

Hi @Gr4ndp4 Thanks for the info! I went through the steps and see that I already have those settings engaged (goal mode is set to 1 mile), but I still don't have a notification from my watch when I reach a mile. I verified that the notifications are turned on for Fitbit app in notifications setting. Is there something I've missed?

Thanks for your help!

[Gr4ndp4]

Hi, @Marieb9, you can do this on the PW2, check out Set alarms and manage notifications on Google Pixel Watch - Google Pixel Watch Help 

Let us know how you get on.

Cheers

[Marieb9]

Hi @Gr4ndp4, 

Thanks for the info! I feel like I'm so close to figuring this out! 🙂 I am getting alerts now, but the watch is alerting me at 1.36 miles consistently (instead of 1 mile where I have them set). Any thoughts on how I can fix that?

Thanks so much!

[Gr4ndp4]

Hi, @Marieb9, May I suggest that you check in your Fitbit app>your icon in the top right of the "Today" screen>Fitbit settings>App settings>units>length. If this is set to metric it might be the root of your problem, try changing it whatever it is and test.

There was a legacy bug that converted miles into kilometres & kilometres into miles, the clue was the result was a multiple of the conversion factor. Your experience does not seem to reflect this but if you were getting 1.63 miles it would be close. (1 mile = 1.60934 and 1 kilometer = 0.621371 miles)

Let us know how you get on, I know other community members have more knowledge about this old bug and it would not surprise me if I were wrong.

Cheers