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> I wonder if the dual-band GPS on the Apple Watch Ultra is an attempt to fix these problems? The author said their watch worked fine in the past. It also work
by PragmaticPulp 4y ago
> I wonder if the dual-band GPS on the Apple Watch Ultra is an attempt to fix these problems?
The author said their watch worked fine in the past. It also works fine after a warm up period, which suggests it’s not getting a GPS lock at the start of the workout.
It’s a new issue of either a software regression, hardware degradation, or RF interference near their start point.
- stefan_ 4y agoI thought this was a well known issue with the Apple watches? They only start looking for a GPS fix once you start the workout, which is the worst time since, well, you already started the workout and are running, making getting that fix that much harder. I think the Ultra watches now have an option to wait for a fix before starting (which is what always happens on the Garmin's).
- 8ytecoder 4y agoApple Watch uses the iPhone’s gps when the phone is close by.
- ldrndll 4y agoThis is no longer true for Series 8 and Ultra watches. What I’ve not found out is whether this true of any Apple Watch running watchOS 9 or just the latest models.
- water8 4y agoWatch will use the phones GPS because it has a bigger battery unless you separate them and then it will use it on
- mpweiher 4y agoThe point of the watch is not needing to bring you phone...
- pmuk 4y agoI have just started using an Apple Watch Ultra for running and it does seem more accurate to me. My old Series 6 would underreport distance, e.g. a 5k park run would be measured as 4.9km. I also noticed with the Series 6 that if I did a u-turn that my pace would drop considerably as the watch was presumably missing some of the distance I had travelled whereas the Ultra seems much better in this regard.