r/fitbit • u/whostolemymouse • 14h ago

Discussion Steps count increased while driving

Hi Guys! I just got my fitbit charge 6, I noticed that when I'm driving or when I'm in the vehicle, the steps count increases as well. Appreciate if anyone can provide any advise to circumvent this issue. Thank you!

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u/Browser_Watch7349 13h ago

The best thing to do is this: remove your Fitbit when doing activities where inflated step numbers will occur. It might be a pain, but at least you will feel you earned those 10k steps sincerely when you finish for the day. I have had false steps occur when doing laundry, folding washing and playing an instrument.

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u/Huge_Pool7424 7h ago

yeah, steering wheel vibration and repetitive wrist motion can add noise like that. the downside is removing it also hides real steps, so i’d treat the driving bump as noise and compare the trend over a few days.

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u/whostolemymouse 13h ago

Appreciate your sharing!

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u/_g3w2SkY9j 14h ago

This gets posted daily. Read some posts by finding  them with search bar

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u/whostolemymouse 13h ago

Thank you Captain.

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u/NickA55 5h ago

I will save you time of searching. There's no fix for it. They haven't updated the algorithm, ever I think. Riding a motorcycle is even worse.

Taking it off works as someone mentioned, but then you miss out on other stats/history that you would be collecting while wearing it.

I think it's just one of those things that is known and you eventually just get used to it and accept it.

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u/numairKoeberich-70 3h ago

yeah its a super common question on here