Open the Settings app on your Apple Watch. Tap Workout, then change the Start Workout, Resume Workout, and End Workout reminder settings. (Workout reminders are on by default.)
Oh, I get what you're saying! It sounds like the Auto-Workout Detection feature on your Apple Watch is kicking in and starting workouts automatically. You can switch this off and go fully manual so the app only starts when you tell it to. Here's how to do that:
End a workout on Apple Watch
When you're ready to end your workout: Go to the Workout app on your Apple Watch. Swipe right, then tap End. Turn the Digital Crown to scroll through the results summary, then tap.
Turn on Auto-Launch
When you first set up Apple Watch, you choose how the Depth app opens—automatically when submerged, or manually. To change that setting after you've set up your watch, follow these steps. Go to the Settings app on your Apple Watch. Tap General, then tap Auto-Launch.
Tip: To temporarily prevent your Apple Watch from waking when you raise your wrist, turn on Theater Mode.
Every full minute of movement that equals or exceeds the intensity of a brisk walk counts toward your daily Exercise and Move goals. With Apple Watch Series 3 or later, your cardio fitness levels are used to determine what is brisk for you.
In an internal memo seen by MacRumors, Apple refers to the problem as "false touches" and acknowledges that the issue can cause the watch to do all sorts of things, such as starting a phone call unintentionally and preventing users from entering the device's passcode.
For walking, running, swimming, and other workouts, your Apple Watch senses when you're moving and alerts you to start the Workout app.
Just use Siri and say start x workout. It automatically starts without all the drama.
The Apple Watch auto pause feature may be enabled - Make sure that the auto pause feature is turned off to ensure that your device does not auto pause your workout. To turn this off, head to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, click "My Watch" then "Workout" then "Auto Pause" and scroll to turn off.
Live Activities provide a way for you to show up-to-date information about an activity or event from your app in glanceable locations like the Lock Screen, in StandBy, and in the Dynamic Island. Now, in iOS 18 and watchOS 11, your iOS Live Activity will appear in the Smart Stack on Apple Watch automatically.
An automatic, or self-winding, movement is a mechanical movement first marketed in the beginning decades of the 20th century. It winds itself while worn on the wrist, eliminating the need for daily hand winding. However, if not worn for some time, the watch will stop and require a manual winding.
Auto-launch app at boot
Definition: An application is configured to start automatically when the Android device boots up. An third-party tool is required for setting.
To turn off the Autoplay feature when it is turned on, tap the Autoplay icon. The Autoplay playlist should instantly disappear if the process is successful, and Apple Music will stop playing music on its own.
On Apple Watch Ultra models, the customizable Action button gives you quick, physical control over a variety of functions. It can do things like start a workout, mark a Compass Waypoint, or begin a dive.
On your iPhone, open the Watch app. Tap the My Watch tab, then tap Privacy > Reset Fitness Calibration Data.