Has anybody started working with moto 360? How accurate is the watch?
I ran with it the other night. From a steps perspective it's count was comparable to another pedometer I have, so I'd say it was pretty accurate.
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The background heart rate monitor is really bad though. I really liked that it encouraged you to do 30 mins of vigorous activity a day. I thought it would really help me get in better shape.
The pedometer I agree is fairly accurate and is not off by more than 200 with my LG G3. I try to take 8,000-10,000 steps I take a day so being off by 200 is very good in my books. But as far as keeping track of my daily exercise, there are 2 issues with this... The first is it would be nice to change my vigorous activity goal to 45 mins, 1 hour, or any other value. 30 minutes is recommend by the American heart association but I am sure that trying to double that goal daily would be even better. This issue should be fixed very easily and hopefully soon too. The other and more important issue is how bad it is at keeping track of your exercise time.
Here is how my day went: I woke up and after I put my watch on, I WALKED downstairs and ate a quick breakfast and hopped in my car for work. Then I took an ELEVATOR to the 7th floor and SAT down in my office. After an hour or so of sitting there, I was alerted that I was halfway to my goal for the day or rather Motorola's goal for me... I can pretty much guarantee my heart rate did not go over 90-100 beats the whole time yet somehow the 360 gave me credit for 15 minutes of vigorous exercise. I hope that this like the first issue is a software issue. If it is a hardware issue which it easily could be, the background heart rate monitor is completely useless until the moto 360 2 or whatever they want to call it comes out.
The other weird thing is when I request for my heart rate to be measured, it seems fairly accurate. I don't have any experience with other smart watches but I know this one is not bad. I changed it so that it uses google's app to measure my heart rate which gives me hope that it is just a software issue with the background heart rate monitor and that it will be fixed.
I still think I am going to be keeping the watch for the time being despite the crappy processor, sub par battery, and bad background heart rate monitor. I am excited about android 5/ L/ Lemon Meringue Pie/ Lollipop. I think the software upgrades will make this very good looking and ok performing watch into something of a beast.
On Sunday, I hit my activity goal about 8 hours in to an epic couch sitting football watching session, and most of the time I am halfway to my goal after driving to work. All of that with my resting heart rate sitting between 50 and 60.
I am hoping in a future update we can edit the thresholds for the goal to make this app meaningful, because now it is just a battery drain. I can't seem to find any way to disable it either...
Agree 100% this app is just a battery drainer
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danyvw said:
Agree 100% this app is just a battery drainer
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I changed my default heart rate app to the Google one in my Android Wear settings, but I don't think that disables it
Hi everyone,
I've been using my GWA2 (SM-R820) for about a day and a half and I've noticed, both in the SHealth app on the phone and on the watch that it monitors my heart rate every hour or so instead of every ten minutes I've set it to. I've also found this thread in the Samsung forums where other users complain about this. Is there any known workaround, as people from the forum above say that this started with a late November update?
I also noticed that there is not heart rate info on my auto-tracked walks in Samsung Health. I thought that during an exercise (auto-tracked or not) heart monitoring is supposed to be continuous. Nevertheless, what I get is just a speed graph with no heart rate data at all. Is this normal?
Go to hrm in you watch, scroll down and select measure continuously
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Hi all,
I've been having this issue with the watch since day one.
The watch is connected to an iPhone.
The heart rate monitor is way too high in a lot of cases, for instance when I sit down and watch TV it's around 55-60 and then peaks to ~150 with no apparent reason as you can seen in the attached photo.
It's not my first smartwatch and I have never had this problem before.
I send it to huawei's labs for inspection and they said it's working fine and it might be issue with the over sensitive sensor and the fact it is connected to an iPhone and not their phone.
Has anyone else encountered this problem?
Thanks,
Ishay
No such issues with my GT2 connected to Android phone.
It sometimes happens that when I put a watch on (it was off my hand for a while and I put it back on) it spikes to high bpm value (i.e. 110 or so), but quickly reduces to normal. During resting/sitting period, bpm remains constantly low, without spikes that you mention.
bokyfly said:
No such issues with my GT2 connected to Android phone.
It sometimes happens that when I put a watch on (it was off my hand for a while and I put it back on) it spikes to high bpm value (i.e. 110 or so), but quickly reduces to normal. During resting/sitting period, bpm remains constantly low, without spikes that you mention.
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Thanks for the reply!
can you compare my thumbnail with yours? no sport activity during that day..
ishaycc said:
Hi all,
I've been having this issue with the watch since day one.
The watch is connected to an iPhone.
The heart rate monitor is way too high in a lot of cases, for instance when I sit down and watch TV it's around 55-60 and then peaks to ~150 with no apparent reason as you can seen in the attached photo.
Thanks,
Ishay
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I've never had such issue on pair with mate 30 pro, but on high rates (over 186) suddenly drop to about 135 (1/3 less).
I have an opposite effect but only during training. The watch shows on average 20-30bpm less than my previous 2 smart bands. I've read there should be an improvement with the firmware version 1.0.3.62 but I'm stuck on 1.0.2.60.
I had exact same problems..this morning when I was doing elliptical,the hr went up suddenly 188 and said limit exceeded .once I stopped the tracking it came back to normal , insee this problem after I had set the Huawei mobile service region to China to buy few watch faces..
I finally got 1.0.3.62 update so I'll report back in a few days if the HR has improved.
Hi all,
"happy" to read that I'm not the only one with this issue:
Doing elliptical, raises to 160, LED on back is not flickering but steady on. Stop moving, drops down to 96 (fe). Real rate (according Samsung watch on other arm is 96. Moving again and up to 160..
Started with latest firmware update.. what **** is this...
Exact same problem, with last firmware update, when doing elliptical, heart rate is reportef between 20-40 bpm above what the machine is reading, tried with a camera app and it read the same value as the machine and to make sure trackef my pulse and all were the same but the gt2. My phone is a mate 20 lite. Definitely happenef with the latest firmware. Was ok with the two firmwares before.
I have 1.0.3.62.
the clock stuck to 109bpm. i took it out, i put it on again it showed 75bpm for a while then 109bpm again. To say that I sat for so long. i opened the app and as long as it was stuck there is a gap !!! Last clue at the app 109bpm. The clock shows "normally" that stuck for a while constantly.
With 1.0.2.68 i had no problem!!!
Drastic drop
Mine too. Is it hardware or software?
I have exactly the same issue. Driving along and it will suddenly spike up to 170+ occasionally. Same thing happened the other day walking to the shop peaked to 190+...
Although we could all just be really ill??
I did not experience that issue but the opposite - during workout, the highest HR is usually not as high as it should be, sometimes even 20bpm lower (compared to Polar OH1).
I am facing the same problems. Reading jumps from 55 to 120! When I check against another machine I can see I have 60 and the watch is showing 110! This started after I used it for indoor elliptical and sensor went nuts with wrong readings. Never had that problem before. I will try a factory reset and if not fixed send it back (I have had it for about 5 weeks 24-7)
My brand new HONOR MAGIC WATCH 2 doesn't track heart rate on my wrist, however on my Palm, its tracks properly. Shall I return or is it software issue or hardware?
I have a different problem. My GT2 elegant detects puls and stress levels while I'm not wearin it...Of course it happened after one of latest updates...
Don't know how to fix this and it annoys me alot
Yes I've had the same problem. It's connected to a Huawei phone so not sure why this is happening. Did you manage to solve the problem? I might return mine since it's less than 2 weeks since I received it.
I have similar issue... When starting a workout, even if I'm not walking or doing something the heart rate zones shows "extreme" with 70-80 bpm... Anyone knows a fix?
Hi guys! I don't have a GT2 but GT2e instead, with the latest 1.0.6.20 firmware, and might be a heart rate issue here too. When I bought it, I compared with my Honor Magic Watch (which were replaced because the battery draining very quickly, it lasts now for only 2 days), and the GT2e showed higher heart rate, +10-20 bpm. This weekend, the GT2e showed many times seriously high heart rate, example: during sleep, under2 minutes ramped up quickly to 136 bpm , and then back to 60-70. Today in 5 minutes ramped up from 93 to 149, then back to 121, and I immediately started to check my pulse by counting it manually, and it was between 80 and 90, but the watch still showed 110 bpm. I haven't even do any exercising during that time. I was at the doctor a week ago, ECG and heart rhythm checking, nothing unusual was found, later that day I bought the GT2e.
Could it be possible that those high heart rates measured by the watch are "false alarms"?
I watched video reviews from this watch before buying it, especially about the heart rate accuracy compared to expensive smart watches, and the previous gen. Watch GT, and everyone said that the sensors accuracy is very high, and I'm a bit scared now...
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Hi guys! I don't have a GT2 but GT2e instead, with the latest 1.0.6.20 firmware, and might be a heart rate issue here too. When I bought it, I compared with my Honor Magic Watch (which were replaced because the battery draining very quickly, it lasts now for only 2 days), and the GT2e showed higher heart rate, +10-20 bpm. This weekend, the GT2e showed many times seriously high heart rate, example: during sleep, under2 minutes ramped up quickly to 136 bpm , and then back to 60-70. Today in 5 minutes ramped up from 93 to 149, then back to 121, and I immediately started to check my pulse by counting it manually, and it was between 80 and 90, but the watch still showed 110 bpm. I haven't even do any exercising during that time. I was at the doctor a week ago, ECG and heart rhythm checking, nothing unusual was found, later that day I bought the GT2e.
Could it be possible that those high heart rates measured by the watch are "false alarms"?
I watched video reviews from this watch before buying it, especially about the heart rate accuracy compared to expensive smart watches, and the previous gen. Watch GT, and everyone said that the sensors accuracy is very high, and I'm a bit scared now...
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Try to set heart rate tracking to non-stop and not smart. When I did that it works ok. When it is set to smart it measures in 10 minutes interval. So it is written but I think the watch turns on also when you move and then measures your heart beat. When it does that you get high peaks which I think it is the problem in software because friend of mine has GT2 set to smart and there is no peaks.
All since I got my watch active 2 during the automn 2019 the puilse measurement has been extremely unreliable. I have tried a total reset of the watch and also been hoping that there is a SW error that will be fixed in next firmware update (but there ARE no updates).
I have also read on the web and experimented with where on the wrist to carry the watch. Nothing helps. During sleep it often gives "OK" readings and most of the times also if I watch TV or work at the office. However. part of the whole idea of having a "Galaxy watch ACTIVE 2" is to use it during training and as a fitness tracker. A few examples from the last 48 hours.
1) Watches TV and I know that the pulse is somewher between 55 and 70. All of a sudden during a period of maybee 10 minutes the watch says my pulse is around 140.
2) At the gym. Doing squats (5 repetitions/set). The watch gives a max pulse of 210 bpm (real valute is somewhere between 100 and 120).
3) Goes and to some hight intensity interval training, real pulse 170 -180 in the peaks and in bestween 150 - 160. Watch says 82 - 94. AFTER doing the interval training when stretchingh the watch all of a sudden (this is 5 minutes later) starts to say 150- 160 as pulse but by then the real pulse is around 80.
The real measurements above is measured both by "pulse-band" around my chest and with the cycle (samre readings) and that is also what a manual count shows.
SO: The watch gives sometimes MORE than 100% error which make "pulse zones" completely useless. IT also adds an extra dimension of uselessness that it is not even consequent in the way that a higher reading corresponds to a higher actual pulse.
Question:
Are your GWA2's equally useless when it comes to measuring pulse during activity?
Are you using continuous hr monitoring?
Actually, I have tested mine compared to a professional blood pressure monitoring device and both heart rate and blood pressure (BP lab app) were pretty close.
I cannot confirm tho that it gives good results throughout the day, only when tested. Some times I find the peak values of the day to be high enough, yet I am a guy with high resting hr, compared to other people.
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Are you using continuous hr monitoring?
Actually, I have tested mine compared to a professional blood pressure monitoring device and both heart rate and blood pressure (BP lab app) were pretty close.
I cannot confirm tho that it gives good results throughout the day, only when tested. Some times I find the peak values of the day to be high enough, yet I am a guy with high resting hr, compared to other people.
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Hi and thanks!
Yes I use continous HR monitoring.
Mine often gives accurate HR readings if I try when sitting still at my desk or just testing in the kitchen. It is during activity it is extremely unreliable. Did you test at any time during any type of excercise?
(mine is sometimes unreliable even when sitting still or watching TV but in thoose case the "normal" is that it gives correct measurements on HR)
Hi, I handled it in to Samsung and a few weeks later I got it back, they said some hardware was bad and had been replaced (so I lost the info in Samsung Pay and the LTE-connection). Reinstalled everything and started using it for training.
While stretching it constantly showed a puls between 140 and slightly above 160 (actual pulse was below 70). Did thereafter some training with cycle indoors and did intervalls and then Watch Active 2 said the pulse was aorund 90 BPM (actual value here was from 160 to 178 in thoose intervalls).
That leaved me with a "fitnesswatch" that only gives correct readings when watching Netflix so I have now handled it back to Samsung and claimed my money back. There is a lot of good things to say about the watch but there is a limit to how bad a key function of a product can be.
I would still be interested to see if other people have made it work fine during training or not.
BR