Step counter not updating from Walking activity

Any chance you were holding a dog leash with the same hand your watch is worn on?

My steps get dramatically under-counted when I do that, because my arm doesn't swing the same (or hardly at all) when I'm holding a dog leash.

Yea I guess that was probably it!

Seems strange that there is no built calculation that can figure out if your walking a certain distance your probably using steps to achieve that :/

Looks like ill be this guy from now on:

Same here for pushing a wheelchair. But I try to hold the handle as far back as possible, so there will be a slight up and down movement and it counts. But a normal firm grip doesn't (and why should it with the hand floating steady above the ground). 

ScottG said:

Seems strange that there is no built calculation that can figure out if your walking a certain distance your probably using steps to achieve that :/

The downside of doing that is it would more frequently count steps when you're moving but not walking, like when you're driving a car.

I mean only when the walking activity app is on not all the time (dont’t want to over use battery either).

Im going to test today doing the same walk but without the walking activity turned on. My hunch is because walking doesn’t record cadence you actually don’t get credited for steps when you are in the walking activity.

I will report back with the results

Ok so looks like I was right, I went for the exact same walk today (without turning on the walking activity) and here is the result:

Steps counted!

So it seems the issue is in particular to the "Walking Activity" app, as when I have done runs the steps have been updated with no problems..

Ok, it should count steps in the background, even on activities, seems to be a bug that should be reported.