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Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories you burned, Study finds

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Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories you burned, Study finds

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TechnologyEnglish · 8 days ago

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Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories you burned in your last workout

A study found that fitness trackers overestimate calories burned, and accuracy worsens as body fat increases.

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Lol same, my watch has congratulated me many times for reaching an hourly or daily step goal while I’m driving.

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