{"id":559177,"date":"2026-03-25T06:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T06:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/559177\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T06:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T06:43:16","slug":"google-has-a-fix-for-inflated-step-counts-on-the-pixel-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/559177\/","title":{"rendered":"Google has a fix for inflated step counts on the Pixel Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google is now rolling out a fix for the Pixel Watch that should address <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/2026\/03\/20\/your-pixel-watch-may-be-creating-fake-fitness-data\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">inflated step counts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, when<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products-and-platforms\/devices\/pixel\/march-2026-pixel-drop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Google rolled out the March 2026 Pixel Drop<\/a>, Pixel Watch users began noticing that the Fitbit app was overestimating their activity, with users reporting their daily totals skyrocketing.<\/p>\n<p>Good news, though,<a href=\"https:\/\/community.fitbit.com\/t5\/iOS-App\/Why-is-the-Fitbit-App-not-showing-calories-left-for-the-day\/m-p\/5820415\/highlight\/true#M183925\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> a moderator on the Fitbit forum<\/a> confirmed that the team has \u201cfound the cause of the issue and are currently fixing it.\u201d The moderator also noted that personalized calorie counts should now be working properly, although some users may still encounter error messages when creating or updating a food plan. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/03\/23\/google-confirms-fix-for-fitbit-calorie-goals-pixel-watch-errors-have-a-workaround\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">9to5Google<\/a>, Google, expects to have the remaining issues resolved within the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned earlier, the overcounting steps issue has now been resolved. However, as noted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/status.fitbit.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fitbit status dashboard<\/a>, the fix will only apply to new activity. Unfortunately, already inflated step counts will persist, so if you rely on the health-tracking data, you will have to ignore this past week\u2019s data.<\/p>\n<p>If you are still experiencing the inaccurate step count issue, Google recommends restarting your watch.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/03\/23\/google-confirms-fix-for-fitbit-calorie-goals-pixel-watch-errors-have-a-workaround\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">9to5Google<\/a> Via: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/your-pixel-watch-stop-inflating-steps-calories\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android Police<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MobileSyrup may earn a commission from purchases made via our links, which helps fund the journalism we provide free on our website. These links do not influence our editorial content. Support us <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3J3VJYp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google is now rolling out a fix for the Pixel Watch that should address inflated step counts. Essentially,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,192,17898,61],"class_list":["post-559177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-google","tag-pixel-watch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}