TrainerRoad + Apple Watch for HR? [Feature Request]

TrainerRoad Software
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I would love to see watchOS support as well!

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Iā€™m looking forward to this feature as well.

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Just subscriber, and you know, it would be cool. I even have an app for turbo trainers that works with Apple Watch, it is not that hard :wink:

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It isnā€™t a perfect system, but I am using a free app called Heartcast on the watch and my iPhone to broadcast to TrainerRoad. Of course a fully integrated solution would be ideal but this works for now.

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Iā€™ll bump this to the team again. Thanks, all!

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Yup. Itā€™d be great if I could start and stop workouts with an Apple Watch as well as transmit heart rate. Donā€™t overthink it, transmission of heart rate data with a giant button or two is enough. Right now I have to lean forward and reach to my iPad, which can be difficult when my brain is starved of oxygen and I move with the subtlety of a drunk cat on ice.

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Thanks Ivy. Glad to see youā€™re not using a burner account.

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Also using HeartCast when I forget to put my heart rate strap on and Iā€˜m too lazy to get off the bike and look for it. For me it works fairly ok, it has frozen on me a couple of times, Iā€˜d say itā€™s 80% reliable for me, which I suppose is good enough for me given how lazy I am in this regard.

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Thank you!! Itā€™s getting a little awkward trying to explain to people why I have a strange red rash across my chest from my Garmin HR monitor! Allergies suck!

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I used it too. I have found it sometimes doesnā€™t show the HR in the Trainerroad app despite the phone being paired. A restart of the Trainerroad app fixes it.

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BlueHeart seems to work really well lately. No issues for the last few weeks.

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HI - how do you connect it to TR? My setup is my Apple Watch 4 and my iphone Xs. I run the TR App on my iphone.
I tried Blueheart and also Heartcast but none if this is working.

What exactly do i have to do - Step by Step - to get this work?
Or do you guys use a third device like a notebook or a tablet?

Thanks!

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Another instance of why TR should be integrated with Apple Health.

For me I use my Apple Watch with BlueHeart app. I pair it to my iPad or computer via the device list in the TR app

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Ahhh thanks. With the TR computer app its working.

And yes - would be great if TH intergrate Apple Health.

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NPE CABLE + Heartbeatz
Heartbeatz broadcasts Apple HR to ANT+. CABLE converts ANT+ to BLE

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Thanks, all! Will bump this to the team again. :metal:

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I would love to see this. My Wahoo HR monitor has just died and would prefer to use my watch rather than buy a new one.

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I can see that people want this but is the Apple Watch even designed for continuous HR monitoring?

Even during a ā€œWorkoutā€ my Watch only samples HR at some interval. A continuous reading seems like it would be a battery drain.

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During workouts the Apple Watch does continuously measure heart rate, same as optical heart rate straps.

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If you use Zwift, you can use your apple watch continuously as a HR monitor. This is why itā€™s requested.

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