Galaxy Watch 7 heart rate monitoring

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MartinGZ

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#317859 21-Nov-2024 15:46

Does anyone have one? I'd like to know how the data is shown in the Android app, can't see this in any of the reviews I've read. For the Galaxy Watch 6, the data is only shown in the app as a 30 minute range bar, whereas for a Garmin watch the actual app data is shown and you can zoom in on it - see the following two screens. I'm interested in daily data, not task data like you would export to Strava or such like. The Samsung data as presented is pretty useless, but perhaps they did that as they used to get hammered on the accuracy of the HR sensor, from what I've read the Watch 7 has improved on this.

(Getting data out of these things is almost impossible, can't see why they don't make it a feature within the app!)

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#3311490 21-Nov-2024 16:05

The way data is displayed and continued improvements is one reason I got an apple watch. The Galaxy 6 app looks similar to the Apple health app, and also the apple fitness app. But you don't need the latest watch to get the latest version and features of the app.

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#3311491 21-Nov-2024 16:06

how have you got it setup? Constant heart rate or ever X minutes?

Garmin is probably continuously

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#3311495 21-Nov-2024 16:23

Jase2985:

how have you got it setup? Constant heart rate or ever X minutes?

Garmin is probably continuously

Both are setup for continuous monitoring.

@mattwnz. We are in the Android ecosystem and not looking to change. If anyone has suggestions for a better Android based watch with HR monitoring that also does AFib we are all ears.

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#3311530 21-Nov-2024 18:29

Worth looking at Withings ScanWatch (probably not low end models). The app gives good details and will let you export a PDF of AFib test results.

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#3311532 21-Nov-2024 18:33

MartinGZ:

Jase2985:

how have you got it setup? Constant heart rate or ever X minutes?

Garmin is probably continuously

Both are setup for continuous monitoring.

@mattwnz. We are in the Android ecosystem and not looking to change. If anyone has suggestions for a better Android based watch with HR monitoring that also does AFib we are all ears.

So am I, but I have an older iphone I use almost exclusively for fitness with the apple watch and I have been using one since they first came out, so have years of data with it.

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#3311649 21-Nov-2024 20:41

@Stu. Withings ScanWatch certainly one to consider. 30 days battery life is exceptional these days, but I guess it does have a tiny display. The Galaxy watch will also export an Afib test as a pdf.

@mattwnz. Interesting approach and I do have an old iphone in the cupboard, but the watch does get synced with the phone for lots of other things. (I am supposed to be the techno nerd in the family, but my partner, who didn't want a smartwatch, uses it all the time. Interesting.)

With the data from the Apple watch, can you download say all the HR data for a day as a csv file? Most other watches (including the Galaxy) will only export data to an app such as Strava when it is recorded as an activity.

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#3311810 22-Nov-2024 10:46

Hi. I just got a Samsung Watch 7 last weekend, so I am a novice in regards to its data capabilities.

I had a play around with things this morning and found I could export data. That downloaded a total of 55 csv files. Heart rate was one of those exported. Opened the file and after some formatting and hiding of columns this is an example of the data that was exported. Times listed are UTC.

Looks like you only get maximum, minimum and an average in 1hr time periods. I have my watch set to continuous heart rate monitoring.

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#3311827 22-Nov-2024 11:56

I have one, and haven't found exporting the data any trouble at all. ECG seems to work well and picks up AF - exports a nice PDF which you can send to the doc. Blood pressure has been hit and miss, not convinced on accuracy, has been wrong more often that right, and significantly. BP and ECG are managed through the Health Monitor app.

As for bpm - I get charts similar to what you have posted. I don't use continuous though. I can export a complete list of every reading to html or PDF file. It gives a date, time and bpm reading every 10 min (which is what I have it set to), and can choose up to 3 months.

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