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Versa 3 is not tracking my GPS accurately

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My walk to work has been .8 miles by GPS for 3 years and now it is less than .5 miles in the last week.  Neither my apartment building or my office building moved in that time.  What's up????????????????

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Hi there, @Robinsonk9. Welcome to the Fitbit Community Forums. Thanks for bringing this to my attention and for the troubleshooting steps you've tried. I'm sorry to hear that your Versa 3 is not tracking your GPS distance accurately anymore. I understand your concern, I will do my best to help you with this!

If you feel that your step count and distance are inaccurate, confirm that the following are set correctly in the Fitbit app:

Fitbit Versa 3 calculates distance by multiplying your walking steps by your walking stride length and multiplying your running steps by your running stride length. We estimate your stride lengths using your height and sex. Track one or more runs using on-board or connected GPS, we evaluate that data to automatically update your running stride length. For best results, run at a comfortable pace for at least 10 minutes.

However, if you prefer to measure your walking and running stride lengths yourself and enter them manually, see How do I measure and adjust my stride length?

Note that when you're tracking an activity with GPS, Fitbit calculates your distance using GPS data rather than steps. If you begin moving before you get a GPS signal, the tracker will calculate distance using steps and stride length as described above until a GPS signal is found.

Maria | Community Moderator, Fitbit


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I've been wearing the Versa 3 on the same wrist for more than a year. The
difference just started since the last update. Perhaps Goggle should look
into their shortcoming and not customer blaming.
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