Heart Rate Monitoring

[IamScotty]

Just checked the Health app and noticed that my watch checks my heart rate like every minute lol I'm sure this will drain battery in the long run, is there a way to set it so that it checks it every couple of hours for example?

 

[edhchoe]

That would be nice.
And continuously only during workout

 

[deeddawg]

Looking at today, I'm seeing 13 checks per hour. So about every 4.5 minutes.

My battery is at 77% with 9h15m standby / 1h36m usage. Just looking at those figures for the fun of it.

Reality is that for the five days I've owned the watch the battery lasts from when I get up in the morning to when I go to bed at night. Just like my S5 did.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I rather the watch check my heart rate as much as it does, versus using the watch for something that has no bearing on my overall health. My series 6 last all day with all the background monitoring.

 

[edhchoe]

I rather the watch check my heart rate as much as it does, versus using the watch for something that has no bearing on my overall health. My series 6 last all day with all the background monitoring.

But the watch knows we are alive if there is movement. If i am still it should check every minute and show some concern.

 

[IamScotty]

All interesting points but would love to see battery usage on these Apple Watch features that do this in the background and how it affects battery usage.