How often does it check HR?

[lonman06]

Coming from a Fitbit charge 2 which continuously monitored HR. Looks like Apple Watch can do it as soon as every 3 minutes when resting? Does this sound correct? Or should it be more often?

 

[Julien]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204666

 

[lonman06]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204666

I've seen this. But it still doesn't really answer my question. Just says when it can take a more accurate heart rate.

 

[AMTYVLE]

I read somewhere it measure your HR every 10 min.

 

[gsucyclist]

I believe it takes it every 10 minutes unless doing a workout then it is continuous

 

[Julien]

I've seen this. But it still doesn't really answer my question. Just says when it can take a more accurate heart rate.

....but that is the same info we all have and no one can tell you anything more other than about every 10 minutes or so. I could call Tim and ask but will have to wait until tomorrow after Thanksgiving weekend.

 

[Gmouse]

Disregarding battery life, is there some way to force it to automatically read more often, like every minute? I've downloaded a few apps, but, they don't do anything to automatically force it to read HR more often.

Thanks.

 

[avkam]

With Cardiogram app you can see your hr data. Here's example of one hour measurements (upper graph). It's not 10 minutes. I think it depends how you move also. 6-10 minutes. Sometimes more often.

 

[Mlrollin91]

watchOS 3.0 (Maybe 2.2) changed it from 10 minutes to 5 minutes. Your watch will attempt to take one reading every 5 minutes as long as you aren't moving. I believed they changed it form 10 to 5 minutes because no one sits completely still for 10 minutes straight, so it was never reading. 5 minutes is more reasonable.