Pixel Watch Update Triggers Fitness Tracking Bugs

Google's March 2026 software update for Pixel Watches has triggered widespread issues with fitness tracking, leaving users with inflated step counts, unreliable calorie estimates and missing health metrics. The problems, which began surfacing shortly after the update's rollout in early March, affect owners of the Pixel Watch 2 and Pixel Watch 3 models that have installed the patch, disrupting daily activity monitoring for thousands relying on the device's Fitbit integration.

Reports from users indicate that step tracking has become erratic, with some devices registering double or triple the actual movement. Individuals describe reaching 10,000 steps or more without leaving their desks, while others note totals climbing to 14,000 steps alongside exaggerated distances and energy expenditures. Calorie burn figures have similarly spiked, with daily estimates reaching 6,000 to 7,000 calories even during sedentary periods. These inaccuracies extend to workout-specific tracking, where steps fail to register during activities like elliptical sessions or aerobics, though walking workouts appear unaffected. Heart rate data continues to log normally in these cases, pointing to a glitch in...