watchOS 10.1 : Heart rate complication invisible

Hello everyone,


I just updated my Apple Watch to watchOS 10.1. The heart rate complication is now invisible. I can tap where it used to be and it does open the Heart Rate app. So, it's there but just invisible.


I tested other watch faces to confirm the issue and all the faces I tried also do not display the complication any longer.


A forced restart did not fix the issue.


Any suggestions?

Posted on Oct 25, 2023 5:37 PM

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Posted on Nov 7, 2023 5:23 PM

I lost visibility to ECG and Blood Oxygen; the Heart Rate is still visible. All 3 functions are working if you touch those 2 spots, the icons just don’t show up on the watch face. I’m updating my Watch software to 10.1.1 right now, I hope Apple has fixed this issue in this update.


Just finished software update to 10.1.1 and it fixed the issue.

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Nov 4, 2023 8:44 AM in response to 6x6

I found on another thread (Reddit) a solution. They suggested a free app called Heart Analyzer and I used it as my complication. It seems to work fine, however the heart rate can be up to 10 minutes in the past. It appears the heart rate updates sooner than that sometimes, probably if there is a noticeable change.

Nov 5, 2023 4:26 AM in response to 6x6

I had the same issue.


I fixed it though: remove the watch face that contains this complication and just add it back with the same settings.

Now heart rate is visible again. I had this issue in the Activity Digital and the heart rate was at the bottom.


Apple Watch 8 45mm Cellular with watchOS 10.1.



EDIT: never mind.. as some said above, it does not update. Mine is stuck on 20min. ago. Doesn’t matter if I click on it and it measures it again.

Nov 7, 2023 10:22 AM in response to 6x6

I reached out to the developer of the Heart Analyzer app. It works fine for me but there is delay of up to 10 minutes at times. Here is his answer:

Generally on the Apple Watch third party app complications update roughly every 10-15 minutes. Unfortunatly this is not always as often as the built in Apple complications. The watch tends to measure your heart rate every 5 minutes, so there can occasionally be some discrepancy, but not much. If you don’t think your complications are updating this much, can I suggest the following things:

Try checking the app has background refresh enabled in the Apple Watch App for iPhone -> General -> Background Refresh

Try launching the watch app when the data is stale, swipe right twice and select Refresh, see if this kicks it back into sync with the auto updates

Try uninstalling and re-installing the app

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