Connect a Heart Rate Strap to Google Pixel Watch

The Google Pixel Watch has a built-in optical heart-rate sensor, but the Fitbit Exercise app does not offer a way to use a Bluetooth chest strap as the heart-rate source for a workout.

With Watchletic for Wear OS, you can connect a supported Bluetooth heart-rate monitor directly to your Pixel Watch and use its readings during your workout. We use a Polar H10 in the screenshots below, but it is only one example of a supported monitor.

How to connect your heart-rate strap

1. Put on and activate your heart-rate strap.
2. Open Watchletic on your Pixel Watch and tap the Bluetooth icon.

3. Choose the type of workout you want to use the strap with, such as Running.

4. Tap your heart-rate monitor when it appears.

5. Return to the home screen and start your workout. On the pre-workout screen, tap Continue. Your heart-rate monitor appears as a circular sensor button in the precision-start view.

That is it. Press the center start button and Watchletic will use the chest strap for heart-rate data. These steps work across the Pixel Watch series, including Pixel Watch 2, Pixel Watch 3, and Pixel Watch 4.

Download Watchletic from Google Play.

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