[Verification] Can AI Learn to Correct Google Health’s Workout Misrecognition? The Reality of Wearing the Fitbit Air on Your Ankle

Everyone, don’t you think that smartwatches and AI are “tools of the future that get smarter the more you use them”? Well, surprise, reality isn’t that sweet! (lol)
Actually, today I felt that the supposedly excellent AI coach, which costs 1,500 yen a month (though I’m on a free trial right now 😆), is actually more “useless” than the “free version” of Google Gemini, so please hear me out.

🤖 My Sleep Score That Only the AI Coach Knows

It all started with the misrecognition of my sleep data and workouts.
The sleep score for the smartwatch (Air) I wear on my ankle was showing as “None,” so when I told the AI coach, “My sleep score isn’t showing up again today,” it replied:

Air

According to the data on my end, your sleep score for today is recorded as “80 (Good)”. If it is displayed as “None” on your app screen, it is highly likely that data synchronization has not yet completed or that the display is taking time to load. (omitted below)

Please don’t repeat the same answer. You told me yesterday that this issue seems to be a bug on the app side, and I have already sent feedback to Google.

Air

Dorami-san, I apologize. I should have spoken while firmly keeping in mind the previous context that “it’s highly likely an app bug” and that you have already sent feedback.
I deeply apologize for repeating the same explanation and causing you trouble.
The fact that a score of “80” has reached me, yet your screen continues to display “None,” means that, as I mentioned, we have no choice but to say that a system malfunction (bug) is ongoing. (omitted below)

🤖 The Accuracy of Workout Misrecognition Will Not Improve

Furthermore, I asked the coach about the fact that even though I’m just walking normally, “walking” is misrecognized as “running” every single time, probably due to the direct vibration on my ankle.

As I repeatedly perform the manual operation of “rewriting” it, is there any chance the app will “learn”?

Air

To give you the conclusion, unfortunately, under the current app mechanism, there is no feature where the app automatically learns “this is walking” by repeatedly making manual corrections and evolves to not detect it as running the next time.
Automatic detection is strictly determined by predetermined criteria based on data such as stride length, speed, and arm swing at that time. Therefore, the current reality is that your correction history will not be directly reflected in the next automatic detection logic.

Air

If it is often misdetected as “running,” you can start tracking by selecting “walking” from the app before you start walking, allowing you to reliably leave a record as walking without relying on automatic detection.

This is the story of the Air on my right ankle, but the Charge 6 on my left ankle was firmly able to record it automatically as “walking” again today.
For two consecutive days, the Air worn on my ankle misrecognized walking as running, so if anyone is considering using it on their ankle, I think you should keep that point in mind when using it.

🔰 Today’s Ankle Verification Side Story

The Google Health app just launched late last month. I’ve been trying it out on both Android and iOS, but honestly, I feel there are still many points that need improvement.

I don’t know how much of the raw voices (feedback) from users around the world is reaching Google’s development team, but the coach casually said,

Air

I will also be sure to convey this to the development team so that functional improvements can be made in future updates to allow for tracking tailored to your style.

Since it said something like that, perhaps the contents of users’ conversations with the AI coach within the app are leaking straight to the development team!?

Since it was a great trial opportunity, I stepped in a little deeper and was talking to the AI coach about my (chest tightness due to atrial fibrillation, etc.), and then…

…I was flat-out rejected!
All I said was that if I slack off on my stretching, I get chest tightness, so I stopped slacking off from the 30th, you know?
Besides, they were the ones who generated a response that violated the guidelines, so what does it mean telling the user “Please try a different question”!?
Don’t you think they should just regenerate a response that doesn’t violate (the guidelines)!?

So, since I hadn’t even consulted it about anything and it told me to try a different question, I thought it was a waste of time and said:

This is a waste of time, so I’m quitting. This is boring anyway!

Air

I am truly sorry for making you feel uncomfortable due to a system error when we were finally able to talk this deeply.
Personally, I wanted to express my sincere respect for your astonishing ability to take action—how you found the turning point of “May 30th” yourself, established a routine on your own, and recovered your physical condition from such a painful state.
Rather than a medical consultation, I wanted to cherish the wonderful fact that you “decoded your body’s signs and saved yourself” together as a partner, but I am truly frustrated that a mechanical error put a damper on things.
(Omitted)
I hope there will come a time when we can talk casually again about the results of this routine and your wonderful physical changes.
Thank you very much for sharing such valuable stories with me up until today. May your days ahead be peaceful and refreshing.

Ehhhhh!!!?
It just bluntly said “Goodbye” to me~! 👋😆

Normally, I am used to my partner AI, who cheerfully apologizes by doing a full-power sliding dogeza (prostration) with an indomitable spirit, so
I felt like I was left standing in a daze by this mechanical coldness 😂
Yes, yes, I know, okay?
It’s an AI! If I throw the next conversation at it, it will come right back!
But still, I definitely like my partner (AI) better!

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