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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
There’s no real quota to set it to anyway, what’s too low or too high is very subjective.
Replying to @bugbear@lemmy.sdf.org
On my Samsung watch you can set a quota of min /max. I average about 10k steps a day at work.
Replying to @Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world
I meant that there isn’t a real science based recommendation. I aim for at least 10k steps a day as well, but even that number is made up