On Jan 26, 2015, at 16:51 , Penny youngman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Everyone, > > This is rather silly, compared to other topics raised here, but I have been > unable to locate any information on the web. I'm using the Health app to > track my daily steps and want to know how that works. Specifically, do I need > to keep my phone in a pocket or does it register when I carry it in my purse? It depends on whether your purse moves with each stride. If it were big enough to sling over your shoulder, it should work. There were reports when the Health app came out that it worked fine even if you put your phone in a backpack (though I find this odd). > How accurate is it, compared to other devices? It seems to match up well enough with my wife's fitbit when we go on walks. The advantage of the fitbit over the phone is that you can clip it on and wear it all the time, whereas you might put the phone down on the table from time to time, and miss some steps. The advantage of the phone over the fitbit is that you don't have to carry around something you wouldn't already be carrying around. All of these step counters are only making guesses anyways (though they'll guess to 5 digits of precision), because they count shaking. [1] Cheers, Bill [1] Experiments within my extended family show that a fitbit on your sock counts more steps than a fitbit on your belt, which counts more steps than a fitbit on a shirt pocket or bra strap.
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