So it would seem we have a breakthrough, thanks to numerous hints, tips & fixes from this community. I went out for a 10k run last night and my watch tracked everything AND it played music through bluetooth connected headphones so it certainly got its own thorough workout 👍🏼 😎
Before I went out I followed @Alex19821 advice but instead of turning on 'screen always on' in battery settings (I'd forget to turn it back off) I adjusted it in the Samsung Health 'Exercise' widget and there's no need to remember turning it off because 'screen always on' is only 'On' for the duration of said run. I was using the Samsung Health 'Multi Workout' widget previously.
Within the Exercise widget all the aforementioned tweaks can be performed for Screen On, Auto Pause etc. I had Screen On, On, Auto Pause Off and Auto Detect Off.
For those who had aftermarket watchfaces I cant confirm or deny if these cause the issues I'm afraid because I've stuck with the original Black, White and Red out the box watchface but I would assume they're not the issue. The issue seems to point to Auto Pause and/or Screen Always On being Off.
I hope more of you on here can follow these tips because they certainly made a difference to my run so it will be interesting to see how you all get on.
Happy Running/Cycling/Walking 🤞🏻
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