Plans to improve the Blaze GPS function?

[Adani02]

I had a Surge, but after reading reviews on the Blaze and and featured FitStar, I replaced my Surge with a Blaze. However, I am sad to say after seeing the discrepancies in miles after long runs/walks, I am regretting that decision. Are there any new updates or plans to fix the problem?

[shipo]

The Blaze doesn't actually have a GPS function; what it has is a tether function to piggyback off of the position finding layers in a smart phone.  If anything needs improving, it is the software which runs on the phones.

[Adani02]

If I go on a walk and not allow it connect to my phone, will that improve the distance accuracy?

[shipo]

Disclaimer: I've only used a Surge.

Ahhh, I'm thinking unlike your surge which will use embedded GPS for walks (hikes), you have to make sure your walking stride length is set correctly for the Blaze to calculate the distance you walked.  I suppose the question which should be asked here is, can you tell your phone you're going for a run, launch the GPS mode, and then simply walk?

[Gshock]

You need to change the stride setting. Once I changed mine, my mileage is pretty close to steps taken. For example at 10k steps I'm now showing 4.9 miles. Now keep in mind, if your Blaze is not accurate tracking steps that's a separate issue.

[MikeS1971]

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@Adani02 wrote:
I had a Surge, but after reading reviews on the Blaze and and featured FitStar, I replaced my Surge with a Blaze. However, I am sad to say after seeing the discrepancies in miles after long runs/walks, I am regretting that decision. Are there any new updates or plans to fix the problem?

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There's been some sort of bug since the last software "update" thats causing the Blaze to under count steps and have inacurate milage count. Hopefully a fix is coming soon.