my watch and my phone are not recording my activity minutes. What’s that about? Ever since that new update on my watch
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Original Title: Not tracking
my watch and my phone are not recording my activity minutes. What’s that about? Ever since that new update on my watch
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Original Title: Not tracking
Posted on Oct 26, 2026 10:09 AM
Oct 27, 2026 12:53 AM in response to EBarlish
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Oct 27, 2026 12:53 AM in response to EBarlish
EBarlish wrote:
....Ever since that new update on my watch
Not every issue an individual encounters on their device can be attributed to an iOS update. iOS/watchOS 27 or later may have coincided with what you are experiencing, but that does not mean the issue was triggered by iOS. Coincidence in timing is not, by itself, evidence of causation.
If the update itself were the root cause, then every device running that same version of iOS would exhibit the identical problem. In such a scenario, the forums would be flooded with countless posts reporting the same malfunction, creating an unmistakable wave of complaints that no one could possibly overlook.
The absence of such widespread reports strongly indicates that the issue is not a general, system-wide problem with iOS 27 or later, but rather something specific to the individual device, its configuration, installed apps, settings, hardware, or another interacting factor.
In short: iOS 27 or later may be a coincidence in timing, but there is no basis to conclude that iOS itself triggered the problem simply because the issue appeared after the update.
See what each update does: About iOS 27 Updates, About iOS 26 Updates, About iOS 18 Updates, About iOS 17 Updates, About iOS 16 Updates, About iOS 15 Updates, About iOS 14 Updates, About iOS 13 Updates, About iOS 12 Updates, and so on...
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256383373