I've upgraded my old smart watch because it stopped tracking movement properly. It tracked everything as walking.
My new one (Google Pixel 3) has a lot more data, but I'm so confused by it all. I think this one might also be broken.
It thinks I burn between 2,500 and 3,500 calories a day. I am quite active and run most days, but that seems high. Yesterday it tracked a 45-minute interval run (with some running, some jogging, and some walking) as burning 500 calories. That seems way too high. My height and weight are up to date (5ft8 and 13 st 10lb for reference).
A slow 15-minute jog that gets my heart rate into the "moderate" zone burns twice as many calories as a 20-minute HIIT workout with an 8KG kettlebell that keeps me in the "vigorous to peak" heart rate zone for most of the workout.
The suggestions it gives me for improving my fitness (cardio load target) seem nonsensical. It says I should aim for a score of 2-16 cardio load. A walk to the local shop, which is a minute away, is 2 cardio load points, so it basically is telling me I will improve my fitness by stopping running and just sitting on my bum all day.
Ditto the coaching suggestions it offers me, the running coach feature keeps telling me to walk slowly for 15 minutes, rest for 2 minutes, and then repeat the walk.
Am I doing something wrong, or does everyone's fitness tracker vastly overestimate calories burned and encourage them to be sedentary? It seems like it is offering loads of data, but not a single bit of it makes sense.