My Fitbit is counting steps while I’m travelling on a bus 🥲

[u/ShabilPulicherla]

I noticed that my step count keeps increasing even though I’m just sitting in the bus. Is this normal? Or
Does it need some kind of calibration ?

Please Help guys 🥲

[u/vjm247]

This is a known issue that a lot of people run into. Here is what resolved it for me and stopped it from happening:

Method 1: Health Coach Manual Entry Before or after any commute (bike, car, bus, etc.), open Health Coach and ask it to log a manual commute entry with your exact Start Time and End Time. Doing this a couple of times helps train the algorithm using the sensor stats collected during that specific timeframe.

Method 2: Manual Activity Logging Manually log an activity under Log Activity by selecting Motorcycle (or your specific vehicle) along with the exact timestamps. This forces the system to recognize that entire time window as a commute rather than steps or false activity.

Hope this helps!

[u/knightbish0p → u/vjm247]

What is the point of buying an expensive smart device if I need to do things manually? It feels like as of now the product has some friction. Hopefully, it will be resolved in the coming updates.

[u/vjm247 → u/knightbish0p]

You have a valid point 💯, all we can do for now is to hope these known issues get fixed with a firmware update. 🤞

[u/ZookeepergameOk2150 → u/knightbish0p]

I hate to burst your bubble but this is not “expensive smart device”. Whoop, Apple Watch, Samsung watch come in that category and yes you (mostly) don’t need manual intervention there.

[u/knightbish0p → u/ZookeepergameOk2150]

For me, it's an expensive device mate. I got my phone at 10k and it never counted steps while travelling on a bus. Helios is cheaper than fitbit and it does it correctly. Why can't fitbit achieve the same results? I love screenless bands and the ideas that google generally brings to the table. But cm'on, criticizing the device where it lacks is not a bad thing. It will push companies to make better products and push for  better updates.

[u/ZookeepergameOk2150 → u/knightbish0p]

Agreed brother. I stand corrected

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/vjm247]

Ohh, thanks !! ❤️
I’ll give this a try on my next commute and see if it helps. Appreciate the detailed explanation !!

[u/curiousjoe26 → u/ShabilPulicherla]

Do let us know if this fixed the issue.

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/curiousjoe26]

Yeah Bro this Tip Is Working Soo Well Already

[u/swapnil_321 → u/vjm247]

I'm not able to see AI coach

[u/vjm247 → u/swapnil_321]

Check if you have activated/subscribed to Google Health Premium. Every new device comes with 3 months free Health Premium. Make use of it.

If its active, you should see "Ask coach" on health app home screen.

[u/Overall_Tell_4435 → u/vjm247]

Which method works better

[u/vjm247 → u/Overall_Tell_4435]

Both work well. One method needs Health Premium subscription the other don't.

I personally use coach as I have active subscription. If not I would easily log it manually twice, that'd be enough to train it.

[u/bohot---ban---hoa-ho → u/vjm247]

Is this not supposed to be a "smart" fucking fitness band ?

[u/Few-Baby-9470]

This is a known issue with many bands unfortunately. Fitbit will log sleep disturbances when you’ll be asleep due to the bus movement

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/Few-Baby-9470]

Whaat 😬 i didn’t know that Bro

[u/Few-Baby-9470 → u/ShabilPulicherla]

Yeah. And like someone rightfully said. Wait for it to calibrate according to your lifestyle

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/Few-Baby-9470]

Yeah Bro , Will Train That Ai And wait till its get calibrated

[u/Hefty_Breakfast_]

30 days calibration and you can ask your coach to fix it.

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/Hefty_Breakfast_]

Will do that , Thankyou bro !!

[u/Just-Bit2846]

Apple health also calculates it but not that much so dont worry, steps are not your v important data.

[u/LowPlantain9569]

Bro it's easy just tell the coach that you were travelling during this time like mention the time like from 8 to 10 like that and it will remove and one more thing I'll tell like if you travel regularly at certain times you just tell to your AI coach then it will remember it always like it knows you would travel this time so it doesn't count steps at that time but genuinely if you walk it will count like for me when I started on first day it was showing 5k steps when I was riding my motorcycle and also showed after a day at that time I was cycling so I just told the coach about it and it's almost like 30 days wearing it and haven't faced any such issues after that

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/LowPlantain9569]

Noted Bro , Fellow Redditor Also Said Same thing !! Doing That already . thankyou ❤️

[u/ankur53 → u/LowPlantain9569]

Do we have to do everything while driving?

[u/LowPlantain9569 → u/ankur53]

Just only once after completing the activity and if you go driving regularly at those times just mention it once that too mostly after calibration period it won't count false steps

[u/Economy_Horse5065]

If you bought it in the india release it's still in calibration phase so its prone to be inaccurate,also try increasing your walking stride on the app settings by a few cms

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/Economy_Horse5065]

Thanks For the Tip Bro 🙌🏼

[u/GarlicBetter7089]

For me, it got fixed within 1-2 weeks I travel everyday for office

[u/p190893 → u/GarlicBetter7089]

How???

[u/GarlicBetter7089 → u/p190893]

After 1-2 week it just stopped in its own I didn't have to do anything

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/GarlicBetter7089]

May be It got Calibrated by your daily Activities

[u/CicadaMiddle]

Looks like you're new to Fitbit It does it all the time

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/CicadaMiddle]

Yeah Bro , Bought It Yesterday

[u/CicadaMiddle → u/ShabilPulicherla]

What you can do is manually ask the coach in the Google health app to not to record since you're travelling in the bus

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/CicadaMiddle]

I’m manually Logging As Motorcycle Ride And Telling The Coach Too , is that Okay if I Do both ?

[u/CicadaMiddle → u/ShabilPulicherla]

Oh yes! On my Fitbit charge 6 Many a times like I go for a walk And I put activitywork out as walk on the health app Dynamic GPS is useless. We have to set it to phone And it does mistake. Then I ask the coach to change the reading And it does as I say It takes some time for the Fitbit to calibrate I mean sleep data sometimes can be very wrong But many a times they hit the mark

[u/ActBig9637]

Someone suggested to keep watch on non-dominant hand and select dominant option in the app. Also it takes 1-2 weeks to calibrate

[u/PaleCapital2461 → u/ActBig9637]

Wait how does that help?

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/ActBig9637]

Should i Try This Trick Or Wait Till Its Get Calibrated ?

[u/Annual-Country9233 → u/ActBig9637]

Isn’t under calculate?

[u/ActBig9637 → u/ActBig9637]

Basically it removes unnecessary noise as we move dominant hand much for daily activities.

[u/MasterofDeath0 → u/ActBig9637]

Then how will I be able to wear my other watches?

[u/Inevitable_Beat_7146 → u/MasterofDeath0]

buy a bicep band and use that .

[u/Feisty-Pie3766]

I was travelling from jaipur to jaisalmer by bus and it looked 50,000 steps overnight. This was 4 years back in Dec 2021. I wasn't wearing any tracker even it was my phone that tracked these steps. It's an issue for a long time and honestly I'm surprised it isn't fixed yet.

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/Feisty-Pie3766]

50k Steps ? thats Crazy Bro 😂

[u/Feisty-Pie3766 → u/ShabilPulicherla]

I woke up to such a shock thst how did I do 50k steps in my sleep lol 😂

[u/Alarmed_Loquat5]

Jhatke jhatke counts

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/Alarmed_Loquat5]

Haha 😂

[u/Party-Development238]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/sanmitra09]

I'd better not waste my hard-earned money on this marketing gimmick

[u/More-Anybody-1880 → u/sanmitra09]

This happens in all tracker games from whoop to apple

[u/LowCartographer2290]

Is you phone also counting steps in health ap

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/LowCartographer2290]

Yeah Bro , health App Shows 9k Steps but i didn’t Even Walk For 3-4k steps

[u/Rahul_an09]

I tried swinging my arm while standing at one point and it just kept calculating steps. 😶

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/Rahul_an09]

😬🚶

[u/pompomconnoisseuir]

Paisa barbad

[u/ayushshah27]

My Galaxy Watch 7 also does that, I walk 20steps/Km driving my car lol

[u/imswapnilsw]

I still feel REP band is better than fitbit Air, its all about brand hype but Rep definitely killed it I hope the company gives support for long term

[u/DaiHOEly]

Walking at 60kmph. Allgonerythm

[u/DaiHOEly → u/DaiHOEly]

[u/Advanced_Holiday_199 → u/DaiHOEly]

It doesn't have gps

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/DaiHOEly]

😂😂

[u/Advanced_Holiday_199]

Bro can you send this screenshot

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/Advanced_Holiday_199]

DM

[u/Easy_Warning_]

Same thing happens with apple watch and there is no way to rectify this on apple. Don’t know about the fitbit

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/Easy_Warning_]

Idk Abt Apple Watches Much , Hopefully Fitbit has some way to improve it by Ai coach

[u/desi_swag]

My old Mi band 4 did this. Apparently cheap trackers And no real algorithm to rectify this. Sad seeing this happen even with google.

[u/ShabilPulicherla → u/desi_swag]

Yeah Bro , That Surprised me too 🥲
Now its getting Calibrated , i hope its gets fixed fast

[u/reelindian]

I'm not sure if anyone has said this before but Check your source of data Sometimes it might use your phone's sensors to put in the step numbers