{
  "id": 18565978,
  "title": "Samsung Health bug leaves users with missing step history",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/samsung-health-bug-leaves-users-with-missing-step-history",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-06T20:37:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-health-missing-step-history-update-3732669/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Samsung Health users have reportedly lost access to their step history recorded before November 2nd following a recent app update. The issue has left some users puzzled as the missing records are still visible when checking their Daily Activity. Several affected users noted the problem after the November 2nd update, suggesting a link to the recent change. While daylight saving time was hypothesized as a possible cause, Samsung has not confirmed the exact reason behind the disappearance of the step counts. Updates to apps are typically meant to improve user experience, but the latest Samsung Health update appears to have disrupted the functionality that previously worked seamlessly.",
  "summary": "Don't worry, you step data hasn't been wiped clean.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}