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Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories you burned, Study finds
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1374232/your-smartwatch-is-lying-to-you-about-how-many-calories-you-burned-study-finds
news.fiu.edu/2026/your-smartwatch-is-lying-to-you-about-how-many-calories-you-burned-in-your-last-workoutReplying to @beep@piefed.world
A couple of people I know with daily step quotas, will tell me they have done they’re daily steps today when walking to lunch and back. Yes, it’s like 6 blocks but it’s no workout. I think these devices are giving users a false sense of exercise.
Replying to @BigTrout75@lemmy.world
If you set your step quota to 10 steps, you can both hit your quota and have gained nothing from it. This is a problem with users setting quotas too low, not a problem of the device giving bad information.
Replying to @KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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.
Replying to @Brimstone@lemmy.ml
Pretty sure it asks you what life you lead during onboarding does it not?
Replying to @Brimstone@lemmy.ml
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.