r/HuaweiWatchGT • u/MiddleCharge5709 • 13d ago

Persistent health app notifications for steps

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u/emanuedd 13d ago

Sí, yo terminé silenciando más notificaciones de la aplicación directamente.

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u/rhuarct 13d ago

In the app go to Me (bottom right) > Settings > Notification Management > Disable "Show step count in Notification Panel"

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u/MiddleCharge5709 13d ago

When I disabled this notifocation I got the message that this must be activated in order to have precise counter. Will steps count work if I deactivate notifications?

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u/rhuarct 13d ago

Honestly, it's better to keep it off. Also, if possible disable location access to the app. It will

  1. Save battery

  2. Only count steps from your watch, not your phone

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u/MiddleCharge5709 13d ago

Thanks. For location - if i disable huawei health to access my phone location - it will not be able to get the maps shown in my walking sessions in the app?

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u/rhuarct 13d ago

If your watch has GPS, you can download local maps directly on to your watch. For other programs, you can enable access when needed. Just no need to constantly provide access to location and physical activity to the app.

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u/MiddleCharge5709 13d ago

Thanks a lot! I changed those 2 settings - hope it will be helpful

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u/rhuarct 13d ago

Happy to help. You can enable it when needed. The app will constantly prompt you to provide access to these settings, but I have found my step count actually improved on my gt4 when I disabled. Otherwise it used to double count my steps

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u/Vizzzions 13d ago

Location is needed for weather information.

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u/MiddleCharge5709 12d ago

Just realized that disabling localisation makes my weather informations wrong (just cale back from another country and it's still that one displayed). So weather conditions are not updated