Windows 10 Mobile Lumia Motion Data Settings

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

June 13, 2016

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Windows 10 Mobile Lumia Motion Data Settings

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There is a very handy feature available on Microsoft Lumia handsets running Windows 10 that can help you track your movements and places you have visited. This option should be available on any Lumia handset that has the movement sensors in the device.

This option will not only track your daily activity but can also help supplement movement data for users of fitness tracking devices like the Microsoft Band and data analysis apps like Microsoft Health.

If your phone is a Lumia and has the proper sensor package then you will find the settings for Lumia Motion Data under Settings > Extra > Lumia motion data.

You have three options when it comes to these settings. The first for data collection in either the Basic or Detailed modes. The only difference between these is the frequency with which data is collected.

The last setting you can turn on for Lumia motion data is Places visited. This will measure locations that you stop at and then display those locations on a global map when you tap on Recent places on the settings page.

You can also tap the X app may be using collected data to see which of your apps is using this motion data. Of course, all of this data falls under Microsoft's privacy policies and there are links to those on this setting page as well.

 

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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