Yes, you do need to carry your phone with you and you can press start on your versa watch on the run exercise shortcut. I believe you can see those stats from your Versa but I also have problems with the gps staying connected because my versa is alway “connecting” so I lose a lot of distance while the versa is searching for gps connection constantly. I’m not sure if it’s my phone, phone service, or versa. I’ve synchronized it with my Samsung health app with gps and it was just the same. So maybe it’s my phone service.
