07-01-2022 10:15 PM
When I run on a treadmill my GW 4 Classic shows wrong values for distances.
My treadmill shows me running 3km for 20 minutes at 9Km/h when my watch shows me running anywhere between 0,28 to 2,5km. An example: 20 minutes running, 2,900 steps and distance 0,28km. That indicates a stride lenght of 10 cm!!!
Is there anyway to calibrate the stride lenght? (there should be)!
09-01-2022 01:19 PM
@ronta_17: The Galaxy Watch 4 uses location tracking to measure distance, so it won't provide accurate readings when running on a treadmill. Have you tried going for a short run outdoors to see if the readings improve?
09-01-2022 01:27 PM
Yes, I have run outdoors as well, and then it's accurate. My question remains: Since there is a treadmill program, why does it show distances if it's so inaccurate. It should be a fairly easy solution to be able to input my average stride lenght...
10-01-2022 05:59 PM
Same here. Running 5km on treadmill equals about 4.2km on the watch
11-01-2022 06:18 PM
I have the same issue. Ran for 30 mins on treadmill and it shows that I ran 4.7k on the treadmill but only 0.12 on my watch.
It's definitely an issue because last year I ran for 1 hour 10 mins on the treadmill and my watch showed I ran for 7.7 miles.
I've tried updating and restarting the watch but still the same issue today
12-01-2022 08:27 AM
Just seen a post advising to disable GPS when on the treadmill as the latest update messed up the treadmill functions. Worth trying that out until Samsung release a fix.
12-01-2022 08:43 AM
Interesting!
I will try this later today and report back!
12-01-2022 03:20 PM
OK, better, but not accurate enough. 2.9 according to treadmill, 2.58km from GW4. I will try again for a couple of days and report back.
14-01-2022 12:59 AM
I have the same issue with my GW4 classic, the distance and speed measure are wrong. I had a galaxy watch active before and the measurement on the treadmill was very accurate in speed as well as distance. Hope samsung improves it soon
15-01-2022 12:37 AM
Nope, still not accurate enough! Twice running 3 km on treadmill, samsung health reporting 2.61 and 2.58Km. better, but still about 10-15% off.