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Dark skin and Heart Rate monitor accuracy

I have dark skin and find the heart rate monitor to be inaccurate on the Apple Watch Series 5. Does Apple Watch Series 6 use the same green light to measure heart rate?

iPad Pro, iPadOS 13

Posted on Sep 18, 2020 2:49 PM

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Sep 23, 2020 9:28 AM in response to BigSteveW1970

Hello BigSteveW1970, 


Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities. We see you have questions about the heart rate monitor on the new Apple Watch Series 6. 


This article shows some details regarding the location of the LEDs, and information on how the heart rate monitor works: Monitor your heart rate with Apple Watch.


For more assistance with the functionality of the heart rate monitoring feature and sensors, you'll want to reach out to the team at Apple Support here: https://apple.co/HeartFeatures.


All the best.

Dark skin and Heart Rate monitor accuracy

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