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I wish I didn't have to start activities with my garmin fenix. I would like it to just prompt me "I've noticed it appears you just went for a walk, confirm yes/no"

When I enter an activity such as weight lifting it seems to be able to infer what exercise I performed, it seems like it should be able to infer when I am going for a run or a walk.

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Seems like it does for walking/running/cycling, they appear as icons on various graphs X (well, T, for time) axes... but there's no way to turn it into an actual activity after the fact.

Might have to do with the fact that during an activity it's actively tracking, full sensors blaring (notably HR) whereas otherwise it's lazier to save battery.

Still, I agree it'd be nice to have the option to either auto-create after the fact, or auto-start (and stop) live, or both.

For Garmin watches, auto activity tracking is under Settings > Activity Tracking > Status On. This shows up in Garmin Connect under graphs such as Body Battery, Heart Rate, etc. These auto tagged items don't show up as discreet activities and will not show up in other systems like Strava.

This is on the Forerunner 945 and will auto tag things like walks, runs, and cycling.

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