heartbeatz connect

I have always wanted to use my Apple Watch as a heart rate monitor for my cycling computer but there had never been a solution. Then North Pole Engineering introduced their HeatBeatz dongle. I think it was mainly designed for Peloton uses but works perfect with my Garmin Edge 530. Not much else to say. After the initial pairing the first time, you just start the app on the watch and the heart rate info is on the Garmin. Update. After using this for a while I've noticed an issue. When using this in combination with another app (I use a Garmin), Apple Workouts and Health record activity from both apps which doubles the actual workload. Hopefully they can fix this soon.

Worked right off the bat. I noticed the doubling issue in Apple Health. So, I turned off Heartbeatz as a data source for workouts in the Health app. I found that the Heartbeatz app on the Apple Watch stopped picking up the heartbeat and had to revert back the setting. No it works fine. But, I’m back to the doubling issue. I’ll live with this since I hated wearing a heart rate strap.

Here is my Peloton workflow Select ride on peloton bike Select heartbeatz app on Apple Watch The app connects to the heartbeatz sensor and my heart rate appears on peloton bike. After I finish the workout on Peloton bike I stop the heartbeatz app on Apple Watch. Here is where is gets messy. To stop from “double dipping” activity points from Peloton and Heartbeatz I have to Open Health app on iPhone Selects my profile picture on top right Select apps Select heartbeatz Delete data The heartbeatz app needs a setting to NOT write data to the health app, then it would be more streamlined and less frustrating. It has promise, just needs to fix a few key items.