diff --git a/jest/setup.ts b/jest/setup.ts
index 09de71c6a8ef..44fbb6e59862 100644
--- a/jest/setup.ts
+++ b/jest/setup.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ jest.mock('expo-location', () => ({
         Highest: 5,
         BestForNavigation: 6,
     },
+    ActivityType: {
+        Other: 1,
+        AutomotiveNavigation: 2,
+        Fitness: 3,
+        OtherNavigation: 4,
+        Airborne: 5,
+    },
 }));
 
 // Needed for: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76903168/mocking-libraries-in-jest
diff --git a/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepDistanceGPS/const.ts b/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepDistanceGPS/const.ts
index 48a9241b74ec..c86adcc09e1a 100644
--- a/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepDistanceGPS/const.ts
+++ b/src/pages/iou/request/step/IOURequestStepDistanceGPS/const.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import type {LocationTaskOptions} from 'expo-location';
 
-import {Accuracy} from 'expo-location';
+import {Accuracy, ActivityType} from 'expo-location';
 
-const GPS_DISTANCE_INTERVAL_METERS = 100;
+const GPS_DISTANCE_INTERVAL_METERS = 50;
 
 const BACKGROUND_LOCATION_TASK_OPTIONS: LocationTaskOptions = {
     accuracy: Accuracy.Highest,
     distanceInterval: GPS_DISTANCE_INTERVAL_METERS,
+    activityType: ActivityType.AutomotiveNavigation,
 };
 
 const BACKGROUND_LOCATION_TRACKING_TASK_NAME = 'background-location-tracking';