Versa 4 auto recognizing Zumba as a run

[sclc]

My versa 4 is autorecognizing my Zumba classes as a run. I had hope the latest firmware update (194.86) would fix it but alas not. I makes for some pretty hilarious run statistics though!  

 

[Talahthas]

Welcome back to the Fitbit community, @sclc!

As Zumba isn't among those activities that are tracked automatically by Fitbit's SmartTrack feature your device tries to track your exercise as an activity with the most similar movement pattern.
To see which activities are covered by SmartTrack and how to set those up, please have a look at 'Which activities does my Fitbit device track automatically?' following this link:

How do I track my activity with my Fitbit device? 

[sclc]

Yes. I know Zumba isn’t auto recognized. But my Versa 2 would auto recognize it as an aerobic exercise. Then I wouldn’t get the GPS map or all the stats about pace and distance, which is not useful for anything except a walk or run.

[Carolineb83]

Exactly the same for me! Almost miss my original Versa 😔

[LZeeW]

@sclc   @Carolineb83   The Versa 4 has an additional auto-recognition feature called Run Detect, different from the auto-recognition that called it aerobic exercise.  Run Detect starts the Exercise app.  Here's how to turn it off:

• Short press the button and open the Exercise app
• Choose Run
• Swipe up on the tiny "^" at the bottom of the screen
• Swipe up until you get to Run detect and toggle it off

I can only guess that there was something about your motion in that Zumba class that looked like "running" to the accelerometer.  There is another thing I want to point out.  I use an iPhone and the Fitbit app recently removed the heart rate graphs from auto recognized activities.  The iOS version became available before the Android version.  I don't know if you will see the same thing if you use an Android phone.  I recommend using the Dancing shortcut on the Exercise app if you want to see your heart rate graph.

In addition, the Versa 4 also has a Walk Detect and a Bike Detect.  You must change the settings in the individual shortcuts if you want to turn them off.