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Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority
TL;DR
- How your smartwatch measures distance may vary depending on what kind of exercise you’re tracking.
- Walks, in particular, can rely on step data rather than GPS, resulting in potentially inaccurate figures.
Wearables like smartwatches are utterly packed with sensors, and in using them we gather all sorts of data. But just how accurate are all of those numbers? With some, like calories burned during an exercise, it makes sense that the figure’s just an…
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