Workouts created can no longer push to the pixel watch

[krittergemini]

So when I first setup my plan with the AI coach for my half marathon, there was an option in the workout to start it in the watch. For this new week, that feature is gone and I can't mimic the planned warm-up/interveals/cooldown in my pixel watch 4. 

Is this a known bug? 

[JuanFitbit]

@krittergemini , A warm welcome to the Community! Thank you for your message and feedback. 

Please try to restart your phone (off /on) . 

Please charge the Pixel Watch 4 for at least 30 minutes. 

1. On Google Pixel Watch, press and hold the crown for 3 seconds.
2. Scroll down and tap Restart.

Try lo setup a plan again and see if the info was passed to the watch.

Just to confirm:  are you talking about the settings for when to start and end workout reminders, or the option to start a different workout on the watch? If possible, could you please provide a screenshot or snippet? This will help our team to know what to look for. 

[LawnPaul]

Anytime that I push a workout to the watch, it stops my calorie burn data On the nutrition page only for the day. But if I start the workout on the watch, everything stays good. It's a very odd bug. There is a thread with a lot of people having the same issue on the old version of the app.

[krittergemini]

Restarting did not do anything but I might have been amiss and was remembering when I used the classic version of the app.

I know we are in the early stages of the app and AI coach but it is a big miss that I can't push the workouts/plan made by the AI coach in the app to the watch to follow a structured workout. As of now, the preview and the coach is almost just all talk but no real application. I hope this gets resolved or becomes a full feature to come.

[JuanFitbit]

@LawnPaul @krittergemini Thank you for your messages. 

@krittergemini  You can still send/start structured run workouts to your Pixel Watch 4. The button is now called 'Track live metrics'. If you don't see this button, could you please attach to your reply a screenshot of your workout/run overview screen to investigate further

[chris_in_cal]

When the Coach makes a gym-based structured strength workout can it now send it to the Pixel Watch with this track live too? @JuanFitbit 

[JuanFitbit]

@chris_in_cal Nice to see you around. Thank you for your question. 

Coach should send the workout to the Pixel Watch, using  'Track live metrics' button. 

[chris_in_cal]

Thank you @JuanFitbit 

To be clear: Coach gives two workouts.

1)  Run 1 km, sprint 100m x 5, with a :30 second rest between, and run 1 km to cool down.

2) In the gym bench press 30kg X10, for three sets, squat 40kg X10, for three sets.

This Track Live Metric will push this to the watch, so that in the gym, or out on the run the watch will prompt me to move through these steps?

I hope so.  I was so disappointed in not having watch access to these Coach created structured workouts, that I left the beta program.   I will use it once there is a public release.

As for marketing "track live metrics" doesn't really punch.   "Do structured workouts"   ... "track an AI Coach Plan"  something, but "track live metrics?" Oh well, it's above my pay grade. 🙂  Thanks again and see you at the public release.

[SporksAreGood]

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@krittergemini  You can still send/start structured run workouts to your Pixel Watch 4. The button is now called 'Track live metrics'. If you don't see this button, could you please attach to your reply a screenshot of your workout/run overview screen to investigate further

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This isn't the same at all. You can't start it from your watch, you have to start it from the fitbit app on your phone, which means you need to take your phone with you, which defeats the purpose of having the watch. 

[chris_in_cal]

This is exactly the point @SporksAreGood The Coaching AI magic rubber hits the road when I set my phone down, strap on my watch, and go for a run (or lift in a gym)  I want good coaching, on my wrist, while I'm in the middle of my run or workout. 

When will the Web/AI/Coach make a smart targeted workout for me, based on all the cool metrics.  (Run a mile at 7:00 min pace) push that to my Pixel Watch and that day I can go out and click on my watch "Do the specific workout the coach created for me."

It's mindnumbingly obvious, so I quit the AI program, went back to my Garmin, and am waiting for Google to implement this absolute basic requirement in it's beta before I go back to trying it.

I'm a fan boy, I want to use this Fitbit eco-system....come on, I want to run and workout without being required to carry my phone in my hand to follow the workouts.