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I just updated my watchOS to 10.1.1 and now my heart rate is running anywhere from 20 to 30 bpm higher than it actually is. I’ve been working super hard to lose weight this year and pour over all of my fitness data each day like it’s the Zapruder tape.
This glitch is extremely frustrating. Now I have no idea how many calories I’m actually burning. If anyone knows of or discovers a fix, I’d love to hear it.
I hear you, I've been working hard on fitness and losing weight an paying close attention to the data. Now my HRV is toast, resting HR is way off, and all trends are gone. I just got off phone with Apple Support and he did some remote testing and said it is almost sure thing its software problem. He gave me a few things to try to try and isolate the problem, but I'm doubtful. I guess wait until watch OS 10.2 and IOS 17.2 come out in December and hope that fixes things.
I highly doubt the OS is responsible for how BPM is counted.
the apple watch ultra 2 was sometimes 15 bpm faster than on a Polar H10 chest strap
How did the Polar and AWU2 compare before the update? What about previous updates?
Keep in mind with these "fitness trackers" that they're all relative meaning the exact numbers will never match different devices and products. You have to stick with a single device and take relative measurements. The exact numbers are useless, it's the trends that you need to pay attention to.
Have to disagree. Apple watches are the most accurate wrist HR monitors out. They usually run within 2 beats of chest strap. During workouts apple watch takes a measurement every 5 seconds, where as the Polar is every second. Before update they were within 1-2 beats of each other. 15 beats difference is a big deal when closely monitoring HR. It throws your HRV off, resting HR off, zone training off, max HR off, pretty much everything