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Thanks to the feature called motion tracking chip in new iPhones (6 and 6 Plus) running iOS 8, Health app is equipped to track your steps like a pedometer. Just a few steps and you will have the best of know regarding your regular activities! Here is how you can easily track steps/walking distance using your iPhone's Health app on iOS 8. Let's move ahead with the process. You will need to enable a few functions and add them to the Dashboard of your Health app.
If you use your step count over a longer known walking distance, it should give a more accurate average stride length measurement than the short walk method. Here are two suggestions. Use a football field, which is 300 feet from goal line to goal line.