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Recording steps but not distance

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Something going wrong since 1st August.  I know my step count is correct - average c 17,000 a day but for last 3 days my device has says this equates to less than a mile!!! I haven’t changed anything in settings - any idea how this has gone SO inaccurate 

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Hello @Td6 

There is a known issue with some Fitbit devices not tracking distance. The Fitbit team is aware of the issue and I believe they are working on a fix.

One user doing troubleshooting discovered that tracking worked again when they disabled automatic stride length and manually entered a stride length in the Fitbit app. If you want to try this workaround, this page has the instructions: how to manually set stride length in the Fitbit app (<-- click link)

That said, some users report that the workaround did not work for them. If you try it, please let us know if it worked for you.

Rieko | N California USA MBG PE

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Hello @Td6 

There is a known issue with some Fitbit devices not tracking distance. The Fitbit team is aware of the issue and I believe they are working on a fix.

One user doing troubleshooting discovered that tracking worked again when they disabled automatic stride length and manually entered a stride length in the Fitbit app. If you want to try this workaround, this page has the instructions: how to manually set stride length in the Fitbit app (<-- click link)

That said, some users report that the workaround did not work for them. If you try it, please let us know if it worked for you.

Rieko | N California USA MBG PE

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Fitbit has my stride length and still didn't record the distance of my run. Just started today.

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