Sense 2 not counting first 10 minutes of automatically recognized exercise

[saraka]

I have my Sense 2 set to recognize a walk after 10 minutes. After 10 minutes of walking the walk is recognized and starts as exercise on the Sense, but it starts at 0 minutes and 0 miles. It does not adjust the walk in the app later. So for instance, I start a walk at 8:00 am, it recognizes at 8:10, I stop at 8:40am, but the walk is only logged as a 30 minute walk in the app. 

[saraka]

So for instance, the walk logged 2500 steps as the "exercise walk", but I know it was a 4000 steps walk because I left the house at 500 steps and walked home at 4500 steps.

[LRP2023]

Me too! It’s driving me bonkers. 

[Guy_]

Hi @LRP2023 @saraka - this may sound silly but have you tried selecting the exercise walk, swipe up and remove auto detect and then NOT starting the walk exercise manually.

The app on the phone may show your whole walk when you sync afterwards (but no map of course as GPS is not used and the battery will last longer)

[LRP2023]

I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying. And I’m not getting a map of where I walked right now which makes me wonder why. 

[LRP2023]

Oh wait. Now I understand. Yes, that’s what I’m doing but I don’t want to have to remember to do that every time I go for a walk (which is every day) and also remember to stop it when I get home. With my Versa, I had that quick exercise set to hike so on the off time I did that, I would use it. But for every day, I just want to walk out the door and have it accurately track the time of my walk without me having to push any buttons. 

[Guy_]

@LRP2023 - once you don't use the watch auto detect but only the app auto detect you will no longer need to use the button. Just go for a walk and see it in the app after syncing.

[LRP2023]

Are you telling me to turn the auto detect right off?

[Guy_]

@LRP2023 - only on the watch in the walk exercise. Let the app do the Fitbit app do the  auto detect (you should get the whole walk if longer than the auto detect time you set in the Fitbit app for walks).

[LRP2023]

Not completely sure I’m understanding what you’re saying but I’ll go into the app and turn off the auto detect function and see what happens. Thanks for the tip. 

[Guy_]

@LRP2023- the other way round. leave the fitbit app auto detect walk setting at 10 minutes, but on the walk exercise settings [when you use the button] remove auto detect for walks. Then don't select walks anymore with the watch button. My first post explains better.

[LRP2023]

So turn off walk detect and auto stop on the watch itself in the exercise function. Ok, I’ll try that. Thanks. 

[LRP2023]

By the way, thanks for this…I didn’t know there was a swipe up in the exercises and then a bunch of settings. Truly. lol! I couldn’t figure out what you were talking about as far as the settings on the watch itself but now I know. Much appreciated!

[saraka]

Wow! I actually had no idea that the watch had its own setting for auto-detect! I selected no, we'll see how that works! Thank you!!

[LRP2023]

Me neither!  And I learned all of that before 7am.  lol!

[Guy_]

@LRP2023 @saraka , funny, thanks.