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My Venu s2 isn’t tracking my steps

5063371 over 2 years ago

My Venu s2 isn’t tracking my steps when I’m pushing a stroller, even though the GPS is on.

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9938551 over 2 years ago +1

Pretty sure you need to move your arm to track steps, even with gps on. Gps can track your route but not necessarily track the number of steps you take is my guess.
seilogramp over 2 years ago in reply to d9271129e8544464943f955cc6f3ee6c +1

I'm not pushing a stroller any more these days, but I still mow the lawn. Putting my watch in my pocket allows me to keep tracking steps in this case.
Vini over 2 years ago +1

The Garmin watch and any other step counter device use the arm movement to count steps.
As our colleague above just said, GPS tracks your route and can be used to calculate your stride length (as long as…

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0 d9271129e8544464943f955cc6f3ee6c over 2 years ago

Same for us, any idea how to fix this?

0 9938551 over 2 years ago

Pretty sure you need to move your arm to track steps, even with gps on. Gps can track your route but not necessarily track the number of steps you take is my guess.

0 seilogramp over 2 years ago in reply to d9271129e8544464943f955cc6f3ee6c

I'm not pushing a stroller any more these days, but I still mow the lawn. Putting my watch in my pocket allows me to keep tracking steps in this case.

0 Vini over 2 years ago

The Garmin watch and any other step counter device use the arm movement to count steps.
As our colleague above just said, GPS tracks your route and can be used to calculate your stride length (as long as there is arm movement), but by itself it won't count up any steps.