Heart rate monitor on watch is taking a long time to get readings now.

Let me ask one more question. If the band is TO tight instead of loose, would that inhibit the functioning of the heart monitor? I did purchase the velcro band in order to get a better snug fit. I just loosened the band to see if that will change anything, but wanted to ask.

Thanks again

Thank you for the attempt to help here. I must have forgotten to say that I have already reset and even did it again last night because the watch actually locked up on me and wouldn't go past the apple screen.

This isn't going to be about the 'fit' or it's ability to read me because, as I mentioned, it used to work great. That is how I know there is something wrong now. Because I watch it closely due to heart issues, I am VERY familiar with how it operates. I even ordered a different band that is a little more stretchy then that original and uses velcro, so I get a good snuck fit.

It might have begun after an update, but if it did, I waited through at least 3 updates before coming here because I thought maybe the problem was because of an update and that a future update would correct it.

I would sure love help with this though, I rely on this feature greatly.

Thank you so much for your assistance with this. I have not tried this and will do so momentarily, but will I lose any previous information that has already been loaded into the health apps on the phone? For example, the heart rate information from the watch that is already in the health app?

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Thank you so much for the suggestion. I DID do exactly as you displayed above and it didn't fix the issue. I have waited and watched the watch for the last couple of days and it is still taking long amounts of time in relation to the heart rate. I have noticed that it is at it's worst now whenever my heart rate jumps, if I stand or walk around. It is NOT from movement causing it to be unable to read because it use to do GREAT taking readings even if I was cleaning house and moving my arms around. Plus, I will stop moving and stand perfectly still and it STILL takes over a minute sometimes for it to begin taking readings again.

I have taken some video of what it is doing. If this had been that way from the beginning, I would have just purchased some other type of device because I would have assumed the apple watch wouldn't work for my needs. But it was doing a wonderful job until just recently and these 'high' heart rate readings are the most important part. So, for it to be 'stopping' taking readings when it goes high, I can no longer see how high my heart rate is actually getting.

I am sure open to any other ideas and if interested and if it is possible, I can provide the videos. Here is a picture at least where you can see that at one point, it was waiting over 4 minutes before it got a reading again. I had NOT been doing anything strenuous or making many movements, just walking around the house. I became short of breath and wanted to see where the heart rate was at that moment (I keep the watch in continual mode, so I had NOT just turned continual mode on.).

Thank you for your help. I did try the method suggested and am still having the issue. I explained more and attached a photo in the reply to the comment above.

I would sure appreciate any help because I really need this aspect of my watch to function properly as this is the main reason I purchased the Iwatch and moved from Samsung to Apple for my cellular phone. I need to maintain a watch on heart rate and how high it goes (I know this is NOT a medical device, but until recently, it was performing just as I needed.) I have no idea what might have happened to cause this issue, but I sure hope there is a solution.

Thank you again for your time and assistance.

Thanks, I will move up the chain. I appreciate your help.