Continuous HR on Apple watch
How can I get continuous heart rate without starting a workout? I just want to be able to see my heartrate all the time.
Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 4.2
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It is not possible to configure Apple Watch to monitor your heart rate continuously.
Apple Watch takes background heart rate measurements automatically at intervals that vary, depending on your activity level, as explained in the following support article. Readings could, for example, be taken automatically as frequently as every one, two or three minutes:
Your heart rate. What it means, and where on Apple Watch you’ll find it. - Apple Support
Heart rate can also be checked at any time via the Heart Rate app, which also offers a complication that can be added to supported watch faces:
- Check your heart rate
- Customize your watch face
- Change your watch face - Apple Support
- Faces and features
Heart rate is also automatically recorded continuously during workouts when recording them via the built-in Workout app and third-party fitness tracking apps that support the feature:
Work out with your Apple Watch - Apple Support
If you would like to submit a feature request to Apple for any other functionality, then you can do so here:
