The heart rate complication does not show my actual heart rate. It displays a picture of a heart which take me into the heart rate watch app. I read previous posts from version 5.0.1 that this was a bug , but I am running 5.1.3 and still having the issue. Has it really not been fixed yet?
Scratch my previous comment. I just saw your picture.
You can manually request a heart rate any time you wish (which is what is happening with you). Also, the Watch automatically calculates the rate every several minutes which (if you wish) can be shown on the Watch face. You have chose a face that does not show those calculations.
I don't have the heart rate feature as a complication. I use the ECG feature as a complication. If I want to access that feature on my watch I use the "List" feature to access that App. Have you tried removing the App from that watch face and then placing it back on?
As far as I know, you have to tap it to activate it on the Watch .
No, I have a watch face that displays the heart rate. The calculations are performed every four minutes.
If you think about it, real time is a physical impossibility because the heart beats must be counted over a period of at least fifteen seconds so the absolute best that is possible is an update every fifteen seconds.
The Watch does an automatic calculation every four minutes and displays the result on the watch face IF THE CORRECT FACE IS SELECTED. If the watch were to do an update every fifteen seconds, that's pretty much all that it would be doing at the expense of the other functions of the watch.
Are you also running the latest update on your iPhone? My heart rate feature is working fine on both my Watch and iPhone.
Yep, that's how it works for manual heart rate calculation. You have chosen a watch face that does not show the automatically generated calculations.
Hmmm, interesting, I was hoping to be able to wear my external heart rate monitor while running and actually see my heart rate in real time by just glancing at my watch, not by having to open an app.
Thank you for clarifying.
Yes, I am running the most current version on the watch and iPhone. Here is a picture of what I see.
When you see the image of a heart, is it necessary for you to do anything or does it automatically calculate the heart rate?
I only see the heart image, it never displays my actual heart rate. If I tap the heart, it opens the heart rate app on the watch which then shows my actual heart rate.
As far as I know, you have to tap it to activate it on the Watch .
Heart Rate Complication Not Showing Actual Heart Rate