beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoYour smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories you burned, Study findsnews.fiu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareBrimstone@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoApple Watch is set ridiculously low by default. I’m half way through daily calorie expenditure sitting on my office chair. It’s clearly aimed by default at sedentary workers like tech.
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoI mean, you set it up like that lol. When you set up the activity, it specifically asks how active you are and then sets the default goal based on that. And you have to manually confirm the goal too on the slider.
Apple Watch is set ridiculously low by default.
I’m half way through daily calorie expenditure sitting on my office chair.
It’s clearly aimed by default at sedentary workers like tech.
I mean, you set it up like that lol. When you set up the activity, it specifically asks how active you are and then sets the default goal based on that. And you have to manually confirm the goal too on the slider.