Does driving count steps?
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- Как получить те же значения (количество шагов, калорий, расстояние и т. д.), что и в приложении Google Fit?
- Как читать данные, записанные на платформу другими приложениями или устройствами?
- Нужно ли устанавливать приложение Fit, чтобы использовать API?
Как получить те же значения (количество шагов, калорий, расстояние и т. д.), что и в приложении Google Fit?
Мы рекомендуем читать по типу данных, чтобы получить те же значения, что и в приложении Google Fit. Узнайте, как считать количество шагов за день, здесь .
Платформа Google Fit просматривает всю информацию, доступную для определенного типа данных из разных источников, и логически объединяет ее. Например, пользователь отслеживает пробежку с помощью смарт-часов и телефона. Счетчики шагов на их часах и телефоне объединяются, чтобы получить наиболее полный подсчет шагов. При объединении данных данные часов имеют приоритет над данными телефона (приоритет позволяет избежать подсчета повторяющихся шагов). Платформа Google Fit возвращает эту точную объединенную информацию, когда вы читаете тип данных.
Эта дополнительная проверка применяется, в частности, к шагам, чтобы сделать последний шаг максимально точным.
Google Fit определяет, когда пользователи выполняют действия, которые не должны учитываться при подсчете шагов (например, езда на велосипеде, вождение автомобиля или поездки на общественном транспорте), и удаляет их из окончательного подсчета шагов.
Приложение Google Fit показывает этот более точный приблизительный подсчет шагов как в приложении для Android, так и в приложении для iOS, а также в приложении Google Fit на смарт-часах с Wear OS.
Если вы читаете по источнику данных вашего приложения, а не по типу данных, и ваше приложение использует только локальные данные о шагах, количество шагов будет отличаться от количества шагов в приложении Google Fit.
Если вы читаете типы данных, но значения по- прежнему отличаются от значений в приложении Google Fit, эта временная разница в числах может быть связана с задержками синхронизации. Наш сервер имеет самую последнюю версию данных, и ваше приложение будет отображать те же значения после синхронизации с сервером.
Как читать данные, записанные на платформу другими приложениями или устройствами?
Примечание. Эти запросы требуют авторизации в соответствующих областях фитнеса . Если пользователи готовы поделиться своей информацией с вашим приложением и авторизовали соответствующие области, вы увидите результаты. В противном случае вы можете получить доступ только к данным, записанным вашим собственным приложением.
Для REST API сделайте HTTP-запрос для получения списка источников данных . В ответе будут перечислены все источники данных, доступные вашему приложению для чтения.
Для Android API чтение по типу данных и платформа Fit по умолчанию возвращают объединенный поток. Это автоматически включает все данные, доступные вашему приложению, включая данные, записанные другими приложениями. Вы не сможете увидеть список приложений или устройств, из которых поступили данные с API Android.
Нужно ли устанавливать приложение Google Fit, чтобы использовать API?
Нет, вам не нужно устанавливать приложение Google Fit, чтобы использовать API или платформу Fit.
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Yes, Mi Band 3 (4 & 5)Count Steps While You Are on Motorbike (Should It Though?)
I was so thrilled when I got my very first fitness tracker, Mi Band 3. It did not fail its reputation of being one of the best fitness trackers, especially when it only cost me $30.
Beyond just counting my steps, Mi Band 3 also tracks my workout activities, shows app notifications, displays a 3-day weather forecast, tracks my sleep, and a lot more.
The best thing about Mi Band 3 is that it encourages me to be more active. Seeing how many steps I’ve walked today and how many more I need to achieve my goal motivates me to get up and keep moving so I can see that “Reach Goal” badge pop up on my app. It’s rewarding and also makes me feel less guilty about having a bite of chocolate chip muffin as a little cheat (no judgment please).
But not everything about the Mi Band 3 has me smiling. Today I came home after a long day (filled with more bean bag chair time than usual) and was pleasantly surprised to see over 7000 steps. But then, my skeptical mind kicked in and I wondered how I could get so many steps.
I started going through my activity history to see what did I do to gain that many steps. Was it from my Starbucks afternoon break (that chocolate chip muffin was really good)? Or from walking back and forth between the devs and my CEO trying to reproduce the new bug he found on our latest feature?
Not too long after I started looking, I found it. I got almost a thousand steps from a 17-minute motorbike taxi ride home. Mi Band 3 tagged the activity as slow walking, which was pretty weird.
I started to research online and found out that many people have the same problem with me both from Mi Band 3 and a high-end competitor, Fitbit. Reading through the Reddit posts and many community forums, I discovered that the technology around counting steps might not be able to differentiate between each activity as accurately as we all want (although Apple Watch users do not seem to have this issue).
Mi Band 3 offered a behavior tagging feature in 2017 to solve this problem. You need to open the app, go to the tagging menu, choose the activity you are doing, and click start every time before doing anything. And do not forget that you also need to end the tracking manually after you finish.
I am happy for you if you can remember to do that, but I have to admit that I am not capable of completing all these steps throughout my hectic day.
Believing that the time spent, engagement, and user retention are one of many metrics to be optimized; I know that a few changes to improve the behavior tagging aspect of Mi Band 3 could make a significant impact on key metrics.
These are some possible product improvements Mi can experiment with:
Edit or Delete Activities
People that use the fitness tracker generally understand that it can’t be 100% accurate. So they would not care if the steps are a bit off. But if your goal is 8000 steps a day, gaining almost a thousand from 17-minute motorbike ride is a bit much. Having an option for users to edit steps, calories, or periods of any activities would allow users to control their own activity history. I believe that just having a delete option would be the best MVP since it would require fewer resources, especially on the Information Architecture side.
Label Activity
Allowing users to label activity might be more tricky to achieve but could expand the feature use case a lot further. For example, users can label some action as at work, with friends, or party. Tagging past activity feature should also allow users to see the activity dashboard by each label, which means users could include or exclude any activity from the dashboard as they wish. This feature will also make the app more embedded into users daily life since they can log any event in the day in Mi app, not just workout-related stuff. Being able to integrate with users’ life events might also result in longer time spent on the app and higher frequency usage as well.
Tag Activity
Well, you have the tagging feature already, right? Each behavior has its’ own calorie burn rate. At the moment, users can go to the tagging feature and start the timer before they eat, sit, stand, or drive to tag each activity manually.
But during the day, everyone is so busy with things in their life already. Users will not have time to complete a 6-step tagging process every time they do an action such as driving or eating.
But what about at the end of the day, when you come home, chill, and look at your fitness tracking app? You want to see how good you have been with staying active today. And that’s the most ideal time for users to make small edits to their tags and activities.
Users can spend this time tagging activities they have done to understand their behavior more. For example, the app is showing a 20-minute walk, 1000 steps from 3 pm to 3.20pm which is equal to 15 calories burned. If the user tags this activity as eating, it could go down to 0 steps and five calories instead. The longer time spent during this editing process could be a minor metric that leads to long-term user retention as well.
After letting users tag or label activities manually, Mi can also use machine learning technology in order to perform these actions automatically in the future. If a user tags his activity at 7 pm as driving every weekday, Mi should be able to auto-tag or suggest the driving tag for this user.
Pause the Tracker
Pausing the tracker could be the easiest to communicate option. Mi can let users pause the tracker via the app or the watch screen. Simply put the pause button on the steps counter page or let users tap three times to complete this action quickly. Mi Band 3 users are well-aware of how incredibly cheap it is already. Mi doesn’t need a fancy feature to please users, just a functional one.
Even though time spent and engagement could be minor metrics for Mi to optimize at the moment, and these feature improvements could make a great impact on these metrics, I believe that the best way to keep user retention is to build a product that truly delivers value. In this case, a fitness tracker should not aim to make you spend the most time in the app but to form a healthy active habit (while having a chocolate chip muffin here and there).
These are just a few of many ideas I have to improve this aspect of Mi Band 3. Don’t get me wrong; I’m not complaining. It is for sure one of the best budget fitness trackers you can find.
Please feel free to share your thoughts or any challenges you have with this or any other fitness trackers 🙂
PS: I got a Mi Band 4 and 5, and the same thing happens. I’ll keep trying and update you about the progress.
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How to Stop MI Band 4 From Counting Steps While Driving
How do you stop the MI Band 4 from counting steps while driving? We receive questions along those lines a lot. In this piece, we have decided to share with you a simple guide on how to stop MI Band 4 from counting steps while driving and also answer some FAQs about the MI Band Series. We will also share some tips on how to increase steps in MI Band 3. Ready? Let’s jump right in.
How to Stop MI Band 4 From Counting Steps While Driving
You can go round the problem by temporarily disabling the step count feature. To do so, open MI Fit, select the walking tab, click on the gear to see the walking options, and select the auto-pause automatically option.
FAQs About the MI Band Series
Here are the questions and answers about MI Band 4
1. Does Mi band Count Steps While Driving?
Yes, it does. How’s this even possible? The reasonable explanation to the question is the fact that driving involves a lot of hand and foot movements. These movements are in line with the fitness tracker’s algorithm, and this explains why the tracker counts steps while driving.
2. How Does MI Band 3 Count Steps?
Like most fitness trackers, the MI Band 3 trackers record the steps you have covered in a day by detecting arm and body movements.
3. Apart from Counting Steps, What Else Can the MI Band 4 Do?
Aside from counting your steps, Mi Band 4 can also track your workout activities and sleep patterns. The tracker also supports notifications and alerts. It also displays a 3-day weather forecast and offers behavior tagging, which are similar to the behavior tagging MI Band 3.
More about the Mi Band 4: The tracker’s interface offers real-time tracking data on a wide array of activities. The unit’s construction is soft, light, and comfortable to wear throughout the day.
The material is skin-friendly and water-resistant. Mi Band 4 encourages you to be more active by showing you the steps you have covered in a day and how many more you need to achieve your goal. The “Reach Goal” badge that pops up motivates you to get up and keep moving.
4. Are MI Band 3 Steps Accurate?
This is probably the most asked question about MI Band 3 step counter accuracy. We tested the Mi band 3 step counter accuracy, and we have an answer for you. Yes, the MI Band step is highly accurate.
My MI Band 3 not counting steps properly: what do I do? The MI Band 3 utilize the latest step tracking the which enables it to track steps accurately and in real-time. As we tested the Mi band 3 step accuracy, we also noticed that tech in this bad boy also enables the tracker to track steps even when your arms are not moving.
5. How To Clear Steps in Mi Band 3?
My MI Band 3 not counting steps properly: what do I do? These are common questions with most clients. You need to clear the steps first. To clear steps from your tracker, you will unpair your band from your device and sign out from the Mi Fit app.
You will then hold the button on the band for close to 15 seconds, after which you will pair back your phone to the band, sign in to the Mi Fit App and check the displayed content.
We hope that you will find our guide on how to stop MI Band 4 from counting steps while driving insightful and helpful. We also hope the answers to the frequently asked questions about the MI Band Series will help make the right decision when you go looking for a fitness tracker.
