Apple Watch not tracking distance and speed for outdoor cycling after watchOS update

My apple watch stopped tracking distance and speed for my outdoor cycling workouts from 15th September 2026.

It started after I updated to watchos 27. It was working perfectly fine on watchos 26 till 15th September 2026.

Yesterday after updating, it stopped tracking distance and speed.

Calories burnt are tracked and the workout shows the maps properly in fitness app.

I tried resetting my watch. Disabled and Enabled Motion calibration and distance from location services.

Nope, nothing has helped so far. Is it possible to downgrade to Watchos 26?

Posted on Sep 16, 2026 8:02 AM

2 replies

mithun_in Author

Level 1 (6 points)

Sep 17, 2026 8:55 AM in response to Jeff Donald

As suggested, a forced restart helped. My today's ride was tracked properly. Thanks a lot.

Jeff Donald

Level 9 (64,078 points)

Sep 16, 2026 8:23 AM in response to mithun_in

No, basically downgrading is not possible unless you backed up your iPhone to a computer just before you upgraded to iOS 27. Even then it may not be possible in a few days/weeks.

Have you done a forced restart? This has fixed issues on my Ultra.

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Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256358238