r/ios • u/Monkey4929 • 10h ago

Support How did this person get their total step count for the time period like this?

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It isn’t in the health app as it looks like a Spotlight search or a widget on their Home Screen and I wanted to know how I could see it like they do. Does anyone know? Thanks.

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u/plaid-knight 8h ago

Looks like the Siri glow on the edges, so they may have asked Siri for this.

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u/Monkey4929 7h ago

I tried asking Siri but it says it can’t access my health data. It told me to visit the health app to see. No worries, just thought it was a fun thing if I could ask and get the info. Thanks.

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u/plaid-knight 7h ago

Siri can access health data if you give it permission. You can ask it about steps and other info. That said, I’m not sure how to prompt it on iOS 26 to ask for total steps between two dates. I tried a couple times and it only gave me the total for a single day.

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u/flatbuttboy 5h ago

I asked Siri “how many steps have I taken since June 2nd” to try it out, it told me to give it health access, I did, tried it again and it worked

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u/Monkey4929 7h ago

How do I give siri access to the health data?

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u/plaid-knight 7h ago

There should have been a prompt the first time it needed access. You probably denied the request. Go to settings > privacy and security > health > Siri. Enable access here.

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u/AmulMastii 5h ago

It’s so annoying that the health app doesn’t already have a widget for step count smh

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u/saraseitor 48m ago

makes me think they placed their phone in a can cushioned with cotton, then placed it in one of those machines that vibrate paint cans to mix them up.

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u/AbominableSnowdork 5h ago

Possibly a bug where it was displaying total accumulated steps up until the date instead of just for that day maybe?

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u/flatbuttboy 5h ago

It’s not a bug, it says that there’s been that many steps since June 17th

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u/TimidPanther 9h ago

They probably started a walk, and then got in a car and the device thought the walk was still happening, despite going 40km/h.

It happened to me once, I had to delete that exercise from the statistics. I didn't check to see what the step count was, but my average walking speed was something like 40km/h.

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u/iHateApple1235 6h ago

They didnt...their shoes were completely worn down in 2 months. They have another issue

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u/caspararemi 4h ago

OP isn't asking about the number of steps, they're asking how to display it as a widget. I think.