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Activity tracking on Oura Ring is about to get a whole lot better, but I've got bad news about your step count

Oura has announced a major upgrade to its activity tracking algorithms It says the changes will make Oura Ring more accurate for step counts and better at determining active calories burned The ...
Android

Google sacrifices advanced step tracking to fix Pixel Watch issues

Summary: Google’s second Pixel Watch update for April 2025 not only fixes a step-counting bug that recorded inflated numbers after March’s update, but also finally delivers Wear OS 5.1 with important ...
MobiHealthNews

Google adds low-power step counting to Android 4.4

Paired with the announcement of the Nexus 5, Google also announced integration and details of the new version of Android, Android 4.4, or KitKat. Details on KitKat include information on an updated ...
MobiHealthNews

Study: iPhone’s step tracker is solid, but don’t rely on its distance measurement features

A Stanford study recently published in npj Digital Medicine suggests that the iPhone’s step measurement capabilities are sufficient enough to monitor and measure patients’ activity remotely. However, ...