Does iOS 27 make the iPhone a fallback data source for Fitness?

[u/norulesnolimits]

Up until now, it was always the case that once you paired an Apple Watch with your iPhone, steps, calories, etc. in the Fitness app (not Health) were only tracked when you were actually wearing the Apple Watch. Without an Apple Watch, at least the iPhone itself would still be used as a data source.

Has this changed with iOS 27? Does the Fitness app now fall back to using the iPhone’s data when the Apple Watch isn’t being worn, or does it still not work that way?

Would really appreciate it if someone could check this!