How to Use iPhone as Pedometer

Technology has made the perspective of our life easier, mostly when its about helping people who care about health. There are several things to encourage people to stay fit with fitness trackers that keep track of the steps that you take while carrying your phone as well as the iPhone pedometer apps. Though you don’t have to get costly pedometer and fitness tracker to track daily activity. iPhone has the inbuilt step tracker to help you stay fit and to ensure that you cover the 10,000 steps daily. If you want to use it, then this post might be useful for you. Read through the blog and follow the instructions to use the iPhone as the pedometer.

How to Switch on iPhone Step Counter and Health Trackers

AS you switch on iPhone’s fitness tracking functions, but you might be shocked to see that the iPhone has already tracked the steps you have covered while carrying your device. As you switch on the activity tracking features, the graph will be visible to you that keeps track of the estimated steps and show any trends or changes.

If you wish to switch on the iPhone step counter and health trackers, then pursue the given instructions:

1. Launch the Settings app on the device.
2. Find and click on the Health section.
3. Click on the Health Notification option then continue to trigger the entire 3 buttons or maybe one.
4. Choose Walking + Running Distance option to trigger function. Turn on the star option switch till it is filled in.
5. Press Steps option then toggle star tab to switch it on.
6. Choose the Flights Climbed option and turn the star tab to switch it on.
7. Then launch the Health app then navigate to Summary option to check data from these 3 functions as well as the data charts.

How to Fix Problems With Health Application Occurred by iOS 12 or 13 Update

As you have enabled the step tracker feature on iPhone so you can track the daily activity and stay healthy. Though you might find the app stops tracking the steps without any reason. This may occur because iPhone updates iOS 12 and 13 that cause problems with the phone. However, various fixes can help you to track the steps again.

How to Check Health App Is Switched On

iOS updates may change the privacy settings, which can interrupt some apps, including  Health, function.

If you want to check health application is switched on, then you can follow the provided steps:

1. Launch Settings on the device.
2. Go to the Privacy then choose the Motion and Fitness option.
3. Ensure that the Health is enabled in the Motion and Fitness option. This will check that the fitness data is visible in the Health app option.

How to Fix Steps That Are Not Visible on Health Dashboard

iPhone step tracker function might be collecting the data which is not visible on the Health app dashboard because of the update errors.

If you want to fix the steps that are not visible on Health dashboard, then abide by the given steps:

1. Launch the Settings app on the device.
2. Click on the Health, and then press the Health Data option.
3. Select the Fitness and tap on Walking + Running Distance option.
4. Ensure that Walking + Running Distance option has been turned on and then go back to Home.

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