@EricWEvers (Eric Evers) posted a new topic, subject "Active calories in watchOS5". It read:

   Has anyone noticed watchOS 5 tracking active calories (the “red ring”) more aggressively than prior versions? I have seen my counts go up noticeably, and I haven't made any changes to my exercise routine - in fact, the higher counts seem to be happening when I'm not exercising. Only change is that I have updated to the latest version of watchOS. (I'm using an older “series 1” watch.)
    
    Thanks!
    
    –Eric

To which @Bmosbacker (Dr. Barrett Mosbacker) replied

    I've noticed it as well. I'm hoping the old version was under counting.

So @BradG (Cassady) replied

    I had the opposite with the previous version, where Exercising was being tracked too easily… See in the Update notes they tried to fix this, and maybe this is the result??


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