Hi everyone, I am looking for a smartwatch that offers continuous monitoring of my heart rate and preferably other vitals (Blood oxygen, blood pressure) as well.

I have been looking at the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, but I cannot find if it offers continuous monitoring functionality.

Can anyone give some insight, or maybe share their experience with a smartwatch that offers this functionality.

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    1 year ago

    Hi, gw4 owner here. HR can be monitored 24/7 and you can setup notifications if it crosses a threshold during 10 mins while you are resting.

    Oxygen - manually or automatically during sleeping, no notification - you must check results yourself

    BP - manually only, requires Samsung phone, does not work in the US yet (latter 2 can be workarounded

    ECG - manually only, requires Samsung phone (latter 2 can be workarounded. With wearos 4 monitoring of irregular hear beat will be added

    Stress (based on HRV) - can be monitored permantly, no notifications

    Resting HR - is recorded, if HR is monitored.

    VO2 can be estimated for outdoor walking, running, cycling (not sure)

    Btw, resting HR and VO2max are most important fitness metrics.

    All said above is relevant for gw5 pro. Probably, gw6 which will be announced in the end of the month will can more.

    I’m not aware of any wearos watches which can more. Accuracy is a holy war topic, where many individual person paramers play a role.

    you are welcome for more questions like that to !galaxywatch@feddit.de

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    1 year ago

    The Pixel Watch doesn’t do all that continuously, but it does constantly measure your heart rate.

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        1 year ago

        I use both a Pixel and an iPhone. I have almost everything from both ecosystems. I honestly prefer my Pixel Watch over my Apple Watch.

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    I have a Fitbit sense, it has a blood oxygen estimation but not constant, doesn’t really do blood pressure.

    If you are just looking for those metrics then it doesn’t do a bad job, basically a lifestyle tracker. If you are looking at it from a sports perspective I’d recommend a Garmin over a Fitbit.

    I don’t have any experience with any others though.

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    1 year ago

    I have the Galaxy Watch 4 and I like it. Here’s a screenshot of the heart rate settings. On my current setting, it monitors continuously while exercising (including a long walk) and every 10mins while still.

    It can also monitor blood oxygen continuously, but only during sleep (presumably to check for sleep apnea). While awake, you can take a manual blood oxygen measurement

    Screenshot of heart rate settings

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        1 year ago

        It seems like “still” means whenever it’s not tracking an exercise. But exercise includes walking more than a few minutes. It automatically records when I walk a lap around my office during break, so that’s enough to trigger it