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GPS Assisted Distance Incorrect for Walk

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‎03-28-2025 09:35

‎03-28-2025 09:35

I always take the same 3 mile walk and start/stop the walk on the device.  After taking the walk this morning, the map route was correct, but the distance was 1.86 miles instead of the usual 3.0 miles.  Any idea what is going on here?

Galaxy S10, running Android 12 and device FW and App SW are up to date.

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‎03-29-2025 09:26

‎03-29-2025 09:26

Update: at the end of the day yesterday, I checked the walk details again and it was still indicating 1.86 miles instead of 3.0 miles.  However, I scrolled down and saw that it was indicating three, 1 mile laps and when I scrolled back up it magically changed from 1.86 miles to the correct 3.0 miles.

Not sure is this was a back-end correction  or just an App anomaly, but the problem corrected itself.

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‎03-29-2025 09:26

‎03-29-2025 09:26

Update: at the end of the day yesterday, I checked the walk details again and it was still indicating 1.86 miles instead of 3.0 miles.  However, I scrolled down and saw that it was indicating three, 1 mile laps and when I scrolled back up it magically changed from 1.86 miles to the correct 3.0 miles.

Not sure is this was a back-end correction  or just an App anomaly, but the problem corrected itself.

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