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online support threads including our own discovered GPS information was not being correctly taped throughout activities. The problem appeared to impact all models of Apple Watches.
Quickly after the release of iOS 14 and watchOS 7, numerous users faced issues with their iPhone and Apple Watch.
In the bulk of cases, users tape-record an exercise on their watch while leaving their iPhone in your home, but when they later on take a look at the Activity app it just reveals the workouts beginning point on the GPS map, and nothing else.
In addition, some users have actually been reporting excess battery drain of their Apple Watch, iPhone or both under iOS 14 and watchOS 7. In the support threads, the informal repair appeared to be unpairing and restoring your Apple Watch. Jack Taylor from our online forums reported solving both problems with this method:
If you are experiencing two or more of these symptoms, Apple recommends unpairing your Apple Watch, supporting both your iPhone and Apple Watch, cleaning both gadgets and restoring from backup. Apple provides steps to achieve these tasks in their assistance file which was published today.
Possible Symptoms.
It appears that Apple has embraced this recommendations as the main solution to this problem. In a newly published assistance file titled If youre missing Workout GPS paths or Health data after updating to iOS 14 and watchOS 7, Apple composes that users may see the following issues after updating to iOS 14 and watchOS 7:.
Both the GPS and serious battery drain concerns on watchOS 7 were fixed for me simply by re-pairing and in-pairing my watch. Both issues solved themselves immediately after as noted in a lot of the support system
Your workout route maps are missing out on in the Fitness app on iPhone for previous GPS-enabled workouts from your Apple Watch.
The Activity, Heart Rate, or other health-related apps fail to launch or fill data on your Apple Watch.
The Fitness app or Health app fail to release or load data on your iPhone.
The Health app or Fitness app is reporting an incorrect quantity of information storage on your iPhone.
The Activity app is reporting an unreliable quantity of information storage on your Apple Watch.
Your environmental noise levels data or headphone audio levels information from Apple Watch is missing in the Health app on iPhone.
Increased battery drain on your iPhone or Apple Watch.