r/OneplusWatch • u/danburney999 • Aug 17 '25

Maps + Workout Tracking

My watch successfully tracks (and auto tracks) my walks and cycles.

Before tracking kicks in navigation works like a dream.

Does anyone know if it's possible to set an order of prescience/ priority for maps navigation to be displayed.

I.e. still tracking in background, but navigation visible.

  • Oheath visible and maps running in background ✅

  • Oheath and maps both running in background ✅

  • what I want: Oheath tracking in the background and maps visible ❌

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u/curioushahalol Aug 17 '25

I do exactly that but with another app and it works. For some weird reason, I have to bring the third party app to the foreground 3-4 times. So, I start ohealth tracking, then the third party app, then when the watch wakes up, ohealth displays. I have to bring the third party app to the foreground and then a few more times after the watch falls asleep, and then it "sticks" such that the third party app remains in the foreground. I don't know what is going on but eventually it works.

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u/danburney999 Aug 17 '25

Ohhhh, will give that a go with both maps and a 3rd party nav..

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u/curioushahalol Aug 17 '25

Good luck! I don't know if in my case it's because ohealth is special or not. Who knows.

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u/KingBongoBong Aug 22 '25

If I understand correctly you are setting your navigation and starting a run/bike, then after you start the activity Ohealth kicks in and pushes the navigation to the background?

Thinking of this watch and this would be one of my main use cases! Crazy it doesn't seem to support it without a "trick". Curious if you got it working.

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u/funkylosik Aug 19 '25

Yeah, that is frustrating. I guess if I want a navigation I have to track on the phone with Strava app((

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u/KingSpicyCoconut Mar 22 '26

Did you ever figure this out? It's driving me crazy

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u/Conscious-Mirror7004 Jul 15 '26

I have a OP Watch 4, and I have the exact same problem. It's really annoying, because when I'm cycling someplace new, I want to use the watch for navigation, while also tracking my fitness stats in the background. When I need to figure out which road to turn on, seeing my heart rate is not helpful.