Well....no. My wife is an athlete, and works out daily (often several times a day.) What is clearly happening is that her AW is simply not picking up her heart rate. The 10 minute test was just that - she went for a 10 minute run, and AW saw it as 3 an intermittent minutes (not like it took 7 minutes to get her HR up.) She has no tattoo, and the watch is wearably secure on her wrist. It is clear that the device simply is not working as advertised.
Now...it could be the widely reported 1.0.1 update to the HR sensor. It could also be that she needs a restart of the iPhone and AW. But here's a data point: my wife's AW isn't delivering on a feature widely touted. Maybe it will get fixed.
try putting it into workout mode by launching a routine from the Workout app when you begin your routine.
you dont know that. if you go onto the threads you'll see plenty of people who say "works fine for me!" which means it isn't some stone-stupid, universal bug that those goofballs at apple let slide out the door.
that fact that you think they didn't check it before releasing it tells me that despite your years, you dont understand how bugs come into being.
or the biological reality that human beings are, for the most part, not an inbred strain of nearly identical clones....
Apple has now explained it, and it's a feature not a bug. The heart rate reading changed with the last update as noted noted by Apple's revised wording.
"You can check your heart rate any time using the Heart Rate Glance. And when you're using the Workout app, Apple Watch measures your heart rate continuously during the workout. This information, as well as other data it collects, helps Apple Watch estimate how many calories you’ve burned. In addition, [B]Apple Watch attempts to measure your heart rate every 10 minutes, but won't record it when you're in motion or your arm is moving."[/B] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204666
Apple has now explained it, and it's a feature not a bug. The heart rate reading changed with the last update as noted noted by Apple's revised wording.
"You can check your heart rate any time using the Heart Rate Glance. And when you're using the Workout app, Apple Watch measures your heart rate continuously during the workout. This information, as well as other data it collects, helps Apple Watch estimate how many calories you’ve burned. In addition, Apple Watch attempts to measure your heart rate every 10 minutes, but won't record it when you're in motion or your arm is moving."
This is really an issue they need to reconsider. It defeats functionality. If you are walking briskly for exercise, you are moving your arms, and thus the HR monitor will not record it as exercise. This means you need to start it as a "workout" meaning the "fitness tracker" function is now far less capable. It is not monitoring your activity as Apple has plainly advertised it.
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try putting it into workout mode by launching a routine from the Workout app when you begin your routine.
you dont know that. if you go onto the threads you'll see plenty of people who say "works fine for me!" which means it isn't some stone-stupid, universal bug that those goofballs at apple let slide out the door.
that fact that you think they didn't check it before releasing it tells me that despite your years, you dont understand how bugs come into being.
or the biological reality that human beings are, for the most part, not an inbred strain of nearly identical clones....
"You can check your heart rate any time using the Heart Rate Glance. And when you're using the Workout app, Apple Watch measures your heart rate continuously during the workout. This information, as well as other data it collects, helps Apple Watch estimate how many calories you’ve burned. In addition, [B]Apple Watch attempts to measure your heart rate every 10 minutes, but won't record it when you're in motion or your arm is moving."[/B]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204666
Apple has now explained it, and it's a feature not a bug.
"You can check your heart rate any time using the Heart Rate Glance. And when you're using the Workout app, Apple Watch measures your heart rate continuously during the workout. This information, as well as other data it collects, helps Apple Watch estimate how many calories you’ve burned. In addition, Apple Watch attempts to measure your heart rate every 10 minutes, but won't record it when you're in motion or your arm is moving."
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204666
This is really an issue they need to reconsider. It defeats functionality. If you are walking briskly for exercise, you are moving your arms, and thus the HR monitor will not record it as exercise. This means you need to start it as a "workout" meaning the "fitness tracker" function is now far less capable. It is not monitoring your activity as Apple has plainly advertised it.
http://************/2015/05/30/apple-says-watch-os-1-0-1-attempts-to-record-heart-rate-every-ten-minutes-but-wont-if-arm-is-moving/#more-382236