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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
It’s interesting that fitbit did so poorly. I recently picked one up and it seems to track pretty well when I’m weightlifting. The numbers are close to what I was getting when calculating by hand prior to getting the tracker.
Replying to @NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml
Yes because these smart watches all use the same algorithms you do