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My old, clunky og Galaxy watch would give me a quick buzz at every mile walked or ran. Apparently, there isn't the same basic function on my brand-new shiny Pixel Watch 2. It's really hard to believe that a $350 smartwatch can't measure out a mile and give a buzz. I must be missing something, right?

Hi @Gr4ndp4 Thanks for the info! I went through the steps and see that I already have those settings engaged (goal mode is set to 1 mile), but I still don't have a notification from my watch when I reach a mile. I verified that the notifications are turned on for Fitbit app in notifications setting. Is there something I've missed?

Thanks for the info! I feel like I'm so close to figuring this out! I am getting alerts now, but the watch is alerting me at 1.36 miles consistently (instead of 1 mile where I have them set). Any thoughts on how I can fix that?

Hi, @Marieb9, May I suggest that you check in your Fitbit app>your icon in the top right of the "Today" screen>Fitbit settings>App settings>units>length. If this is set to metric it might be the root of your problem, try changing it whatever it is and test.

There was a legacy bug that converted miles into kilometres & kilometres into miles, the clue was the result was a multiple of the conversion factor. Your experience does not seem to reflect this but if you were getting 1.63 miles it would be close. (1 mile = 1.60934 and 1 kilometer = 0.621371 miles)

Outdoor Walk: I used to get a tone and a tap at each mile walked. Now it talks to me telling me my distance. My Voice Over is OFF. How do I turn off the "talking" and return to the tone and tap?

If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

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My suggestion is simple; please add a custom distance increment option for the audio cues, as it would be quite welcome! This is important because the half mile or mile increment can sometimes be a bit too large for my purposes, especially when adding small distances to my runs and building up slowly; because there is no option for a tenth of a mile or a quarter-mile or tenth-of-a-mile increment, I have to use a different app simultaneously that will offer feedback with my preferred intervals. It is very clunky to keep opening up my app to see if I've hit the next quarter of/tenth of a mile or not, and having the ability to get feedback at smaller, custom increments would be highly useful and allow me to consolidate into one app. Thank you

this is even further a problem because the sessions from the watch and the mobile devices are separate and can't be synced into one single session (which I believe there's already a separate idea for)

Hi there, really love the App. However I would love to see audio cues every .5km/.5miles available on Apple Watch. It has the feature on the normal app on the phone . It helps with the running pace. Thanks

Can strava app be set up to give distance/times for intervals besides .5 and 1 mile? For example, if im running a 5K, i have to pull out my phone after mile 3 and watch until i get to 3.1.

It slows me down to do that, as im focusing on my phone rather than pushing to the end.

This would apply to any targeted goal.

I want to be more consistent with my speed during running, and it would be nice if I could set my desired speed, and whenever I'm running slower(or faster), my phone would notify me with vibrating, or playing some audio.

I would like to see a maximum heart rate alarm/warning for people who have to watch their heart rate per doctors orders. My understanding Garmin has this function and it would be nice to have on Strava

Well, that's that done then. I'll get the bragging bit out of the way, mostly because I'm on the train back home and I'm still basking in the afterglow of a hugely successful race at the UK's Chester Marathon.

Well, partly fueled by the heroics of the Apple Watch 2 (you'll see how in a moment) I managed a massive 14 minutes faster than my previous best - hitting 3:09:48. I know it's just boasting, but if I can't do it with you, then who can I?

The Apple Watch 2 deserves a strong mention for that performance, as it was a key part of the whole experience. The music streaming from it helped me structure my race and the whole thing worked perfectly, the playlist I put together kicking in at the key points.

Not worrying about a time meant I could just listen out for the right track to signify the change in phase, and when the song started playing to begin running hard. After eight miles I was champing at the bit to get going.

I was using the Aftershokz Trekz Titanium headphones for the event, bone conducting headphones that are 'race legal' as they leave your ears open to hear marshall commands or other runners, but vibrate the music into your head.

In fact, at the start of the race I couldn't hear my music at all, due to the volume of the crowd, but once things started to thin out the combo was great - and I'm glad more races are recognising the legality of bone conducting headphones.

(There were a few people wearing normal headphones and part of me wanted to shout 'HEY LOOK THEY'RE CHEATING - but it shows that some people really need music to get around the course and can't stomach the thought of running without it).

Well, with Bluetooth streaming to the Trekz Titanium headphones and the heart rate monitor firing on the underside of the wearable (along with GPS set up, obviously) I thought it was going to be a close thing, whether the Watch 2 would still be alive at the finish.

I shouldn't have worried. Even with everything pumping away from the smartwatch, the Apple Watch 2 managed to only lose 72% of its battery life - which is, frankly, excellent for a modern smartwatch while tracking a run.

However, they weren't so synchronised on the run. I'm inclined to trust the Garmin a little better, partly because it's got the heritage in tracking but also because it was within feet of the timing mats at 10KM, 20KM, 30KM and the finish.

The Apple Watch 2, however, started about three seconds behind the Garmin on each KM split, and then wobbled around after about 10KM in - sometimes bleeping to say I'd hit a kilometer early, and sometimes later.

I'm hugely impressed with what Apple's created on the Watch 2 from a runner's perspective. It's bordering on the perfect running watch for anyone who's a) got an iPhone and b) is 'graduating' from being a beginner and reckons they could run a marathon in four and a half hours.

Sure, it's not 100% accurate on every split, but the overall time and distance is right. Getting music onto the Watch 2 requires an Apple Music subscription, a charger and a BLOODY LONG TIME (52 songs took me about 30 minutes to copy across).

It's a tough watch to stop at the end of the race - either you have to press both buttons at once, but lightly, or swipe the screen with sweaty digits and poke. Neither is as simple as PRESS THIS BIG BUTTON that most other watches offer.

But the biggest issue Apple has is that you can't do anything with that data from the Watch. Not being able to sync to Strava will be a big issue for a lot of people, or using it whichever is their favorite platform.

I've been digging into it and, in theory, Nike+ should be able to read the workout data and import it from Apple Health into the app - but it's not worked for me yet, and that's the only one I've found that can do such a thing. Others promise to do the same (Runkeeper is tipped to be able to) so I'll need to check other apps out.

"We are excited to see that Apple is introducing a native GPS into the Series 2 of the Watch. We are actively looking into how we can extend Strava's existing Apple Watch app to take advantage of the native GPS"

I personally wouldn't switch to the Apple Watch 2 from something like a top-end Garmin, Polar or TomTom, but that's mostly because I want more dedicated running metrics and consistency to my races - the Apple Watch is still a bit too 'squidgy' on that front - but that's my subjective feeling, and I wouldn't expect the Apple Watch to be able to challenge the top watches... yet.

The Apple Watch was the best smartwatch out there - and now it's got a decent ability as a running watch, combined with unlimited music, good battery and a great day to day experience as well - it could be the perfect running watch already for a lot of runners looking to take a step up.

Gareth has been part of the consumer technology world in a career spanning three decades. He started life as a staff writer on the fledgling TechRadar, and has grown with the site (primarily as phones, tablets and wearables editor) until becoming Global Editor in Chief in 2018. Gareth has written over 4,000 articles for TechRadar, has contributed expert insight to a number of other publications, chaired panels on zeitgeist technologies, presented at the Gadget Show Live as well as representing the brand on TV and radio for multiple channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and Al-Jazeera. Passionate about fitness, he can bore anyone rigid about stress management, sleep tracking, heart rate variance as well as bemoaning something about the latest iPhone, Galaxy or OLED TV."}), " -0-10/js/authorBio.js"); } else console.error('%c FTE ','background: #9306F9; color: #ffffff','no lazy slice hydration function available'); Gareth BeavisSocial Links NavigationFormerly Global Editor in ChiefGareth has been part of the consumer technology world in a career spanning three decades. He started life as a staff writer on the fledgling TechRadar, and has grown with the site (primarily as phones, tablets and wearables editor) until becoming Global Editor in Chief in 2018. Gareth has written over 4,000 articles for TechRadar, has contributed expert insight to a number of other publications, chaired panels on zeitgeist technologies, presented at the Gadget Show Live as well as representing the brand on TV and radio for multiple channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and Al-Jazeera. Passionate about fitness, he can bore anyone rigid about stress management, sleep tracking, heart rate variance as well as bemoaning something about the latest iPhone, Galaxy or OLED TV.

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