This Long-Awaited Feature Is Finally Coming to the Apple Watch
We expect fitness wearables to count our steps—an idea that Fitbit borrowed from pedometers forever ago. In recent years even Oura and Whoop have added step tracking. But the Apple Watch has never made it easy to see your step count, even though it’s been keeping track in the background all along.
- ▪We expect fitness wearables to count our steps—an idea that Fitbit borrowed from pedometers forever ago.
- ▪In recent years even Oura and Whoop have added step tracking.
- ▪But the Apple Watch has never made it easy to see your step count, even though it’s been keeping track in the background all along.
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| Canonical URL | https://lifehacker.com/tech/apple-watch-step-count-feature?utm_medium=RSS |
| Publication time | Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000 |
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We expect fitness wearables to count our steps—an idea that Fitbit borrowed from pedometers forever ago. In recent years even Oura and Whoop have added step tracking. But the Apple Watch has never made it easy to see your step count, even though it’s been keeping track in the background all along. Apple is finally changing that. Apple Watch Series 12 (GPS, 42mm) $399.00 at Amazon Learn More Learn More $399.00 at Amazon On the product pages for the Series 12 and the Apple Watch Ultra, Apple boasts that the new watches give you a more accurate step count—interesting, because step count hasn’t been a selling point in the past.
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