Stride length Galaxy Fit3 (SM-R390)

[Blixem]

In general, for workout 'walking' (no GPS), activity trackers measure the number of steps, and from that calculate the distance travelled using the stride length. The stride length is a fixed value, depending on e.g. body height.

For me it turns out that the default stride length used by activity trackers is far too low. Thus the distance travelled is too low.
Some manufacturers (e.g. Garmin) provide an option to manually set or calibrate the stride length.

So here's my question: for the Samsung Galaxy Fit3, for workout 'walking', is there a way to manually set or calibrate the stride length?

(From Samsung Community, it looks like that this issue has recently been addressed for other Samsung watches such as Galaxy Watch 5, see e.g. https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/wearables/set-or-adjust-stride-length-to-track-treadmill-runs-mo...

#Galaxy Fit3 #Galaxy SM-R390

[20puddin]

I just switched from FitBit to Galaxy Watch 6. I used to average 14-15k steps a day but now I don't get to half of that number. There should be a way to account for my long stride. Or there should be some one in your development department working on this. I am 6'3" so the numbers don't add up.

[Members_cHJpNoX]

I have a Galaxy watch 5 and I am having the same issue,,, I have measured my stride and it matches the average specified by most sites, as in 725mm for my height of 5ft 8, yet a recent walk worked my stride length to be 875mm... a bit of a difference.

I have also seen comments about being able to add specific stride lengths for walking and running which I think is a good idea.... this issue has been raised for a few years now but there doesn't seem to be any movement in fixing it.

[huckleberry2703]

Unfortunately, Samsung doesn't intend on fixing know issues. This problem exists on dozens of their watches. A quick search shows multiple posts going back half a decade complaining about the inconsistent distance reading. Additionally, Samsung has made its software less user friendly by preventing the adjustment of stride length by adjusting height. Truthfully, I don't believe they even read these forums.