Apple Watch has cool track mode now while Coros disappointed me with reliability

I guess I haven' trun on a track in a while. I'm glad they have this feature you talk about but have they done anything about the fact you can't take a split but hitting the side button? I'm still blown away you can't take a simple split like you can on a $20 watch.

Only on the Apple Watch Ultra. The extra left sided orange button can be used to manually split. It’s absurd that they don’t have it in their other models.
The track feature is excellent by the way. It automatically notices you’re on a track when open the workout app, and asks you what lane you’re using. Tell it what lane you’re running in, and it’s extremely accurate.

No, that was the whole point of the single sentence second para, but it’s there on Ultra now.

I was going to make a comment that on a track run the GPS watches will record the quarter mile splits for you...but I just looked at one of my few track run activities where I actually used my Coros watch and sure enough, it does NOT break it down lap by lap for a track run. If it does, I have no idea where it does in the reporting.

Do the Garmin watches break it down lap by lap on track runs? It seems like such a simple thing...Of course, I could always just go in to the settings before hand and set it to track in .25 mile increments.

On my Coros pace 2, I had to manually press the button to mark a split or you can later go into the run analytics and move the cursor to get quarter mile splits to within a second, but it doesn’t have a setting to do it automatically. A problem with setting it beforehand like you suggest would be that you’d have to compute the total split time for say a mile by manually adding individual lap times, so the errors would add up there.

By tapping the Apple Watch screen twice it does take spilts.
tapping the screen twice or hitting the side button is pretty much the same

I cannot understand how it is the same as the quite significant affirmation (even with vibration and an audio tone, if wanted) one gets when actually pushing a button.

+2 on rojo’s comment. Having to pay ~$800 to get an actual split-button on an AW is, to me, absurd.

Not even close, double tapping the screen takes way too much time and doesn’t work if your fingers are sweaty. It’s also easier to find a physical button with your fingers when you’re not looking down as opposed to double tapping the screen which you can’t use your fingers to touch and search for it

Edit: “…even with vibration and an audio tone, if wanted, *on my Garmin)…”

Yes, even worse doing it with liner gloves on in colder weather.

In Track Run>Basic Interval mode, my Coros Apex allows me to set the interval anywhere from 0.05 to 99.95 miles or by lap on the track (setting "track lap" automatically sets the interval to 0.25 miles); are you sure you don't have the same option?

Or, of course, you could use the button for manual splits.

That's so strange, my Coros is not new and it lasts several weeks of training and I do decently high mileage. I don't ever have a problem with the track mode. Also if you pre-program your workout you can have it auto-lap for you so you don't have to click anything and it just beeps when your interval , rest, etc. is over.

having one button for one function that even most runners will never use is absurd. Youexpect them to ruin the aesthetics for their watch for .00000000001% of the population?

Now that is absurd

So there watches are probably not the best choice for those seeking a serious running watch? Okay.

*their

AW will never give you a lap button. Oh wait,, you can buy that.

I searched on every forum on internet and eventually end up fixing this by speaking the time when you double-tap the screen on your Apple Watch. There are several reasons to troubleshoot it:-

1. Check Speak Time setting:-
-Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
-Tap My Watch.
-Scroll down and tap Clock.
-Ensure Speak Time is turned on.
-You can also choose "Always Speak" if you want the time spoken even in Silent mode.
2. Verify Double-tap gesture:-
-Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
-Tap My Watch.
-Scroll down and tap General.
-Tap Wake Screen.
-Under "Double-tap", ensure it's set to Speak Time.

3. Clean and dry the screen:-
-Sometimes dirt or moisture on the screen can interfere with touch gestures. Clean and dry the screen with a soft, lint-free cloth.

4. Force restart your Apple Watch:-
-Simultaneously press and hold the Digital Crown and side button for about 10 seconds, until you see the Apple logo.

More details assistance below.

That’s not the problem anyone in this thread is trying to fix.