Hey all, I went for a very long run over the weekend and my gen5 died after about 4 hours of continuous GPS use. My phone lasted all day though. I would really love an app that will only use the GPS data from my phone over bluetooth. Being able to look down and see my pace is so nice. Bonus points if I can sync with Strava. Anyone know if such a thing?
Posted Aug 27, 2019, 12:24 AM UTC
Most running apps should use the phone GPS when the watch is connected to the phone. Strava, Ghostracer and Sporty Go! behave that way and they all support strava upload.
Hmm, maybe I confused myself. I thought when I used Strava before with the GPS off, it would request GPS access. Just now when I tried it, that didn't happen.
You have to enable the use of gps on the app on your watch. When connected to a phone, the app will ask for location and wear os will use the location from the cell phone. With no connection to a phone, the app will use the location from the watch's gps. Some apps (like ghostracer) allows use to force using the gps from the watch even when connected to a phone.
I use sporty go https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.qooapps.sportygo
I find it far superior to strava etc. It uses the phone gps if available, otherwise the watch. There is also an option in setting which clearly identifies this.
Have you tried just disabling GPS on the watch and seeing if it would grab GPS via phone?