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Stop wrist movement counting.

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‎08-27-2022 18:21

‎08-27-2022 18:21

Only count steps! In reality, Luxe counts wrist movements!
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‎08-28-2022 17:40

‎08-28-2022 17:40

Hi @Janny51  the Fitbit devices are wrist based and need your arm movements to count those steps. If you're like me and holding something close or putting a hand in your pocket, those steps aren't readily counted. For those who play guitar or knit, those hand movements equal steps. So your Luxe can be set for dominate or non-dominate settings, which could help you not have so many unwanted steps. For me, it does seem to equal out.

Stepping in the U.S.A. since September 2013. Android 14

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‎09-01-2022 08:39 - edited ‎09-01-2022 08:41

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‎09-01-2022 08:39 - edited ‎09-01-2022 08:41

I almost have to laugh. As @Odyssey13 points out, the tracker is on the wrist, not the leg. If we turned off monitoring the wrist movement, we also would be turning off step counting. 

 

Like all wrist based trackers. Fitbit looks for movements that should occur while the deer are stepping. Is this 100% accurate? No, at times false steps will be recorded, and true steps missed. 

 

The advantage of the wrist over a waist mounted or shoe mounted device is the extra data. Heart rate, skin temp, SpO2, etc

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