Showing heart rate during workout

I have a Venu and a Galaxy S23 Ultra. I would like to show my heart on the phone screen during a workout. I'm ok with a sort of "floating widget", split screen mode, a cycling app that can get the data, whatever. I hope to avoid checking my wrist... First world problems, I know, but it would be very nice to just look at the phone screen as I do with all of my other cycling data. Is this possible? Thank you.

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trux 5 months ago in reply to 9912368 +1

Plain Venu does not support HR broadcasting over Bluetooth. You either need a phone with the ANT+ interface, or a different watch, or a chest strap HRM.

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0 e7andy 5 months ago

Broadcast heart rate to phone and let some app show the received HR.

0 9912368 5 months ago in reply to e7andy

Thanks for the reply. I have tried this, but so far have failed to find an app that can pick up the broadcast. Do you know of any for Android and the S23 Ultra?

0 trux 5 months ago

Why don't you just use Garmin Connect? It shows the heart rate data live in real-time. No HR broadcasting necessary.

0 9912368 5 months ago in reply to trux

Good question... I should have explained. During a ride my phone is my bike computer, and it is displaying my riding statistics (usually SuperCycle). I tried adding it in split screen mode, but Connect can't be displayed that way. Ideally I would have an HR display within SuperCycle (or some other app... I'm open to ideas) but it doesn't pick up the broadcast.

0 trux 5 months ago in reply to 9912368

Which Venu is it? Some models broadcast only over ANT+, and many phones or apps are not ANT+ enabled. The following Venu models do support HR broadcasting over Bluetooth, although I am not familiar with them, so do not know whether they broadcast over BT by default, or whether it is optional, and you have to enable it. Try checking the manual.

Venu 2 | Venu 2S
Venu 2 Plus
Venu 3 | Venu 3S
Venu Sq 2 Music

0 9912368 5 months ago in reply to trux

I have a plain old Venu, not the 2/2S, 3S, Sq,etc. I'll see what I can find about broadcast method. I guess I assumed Bluetooth, but, well, assumptions...

This seems to indicate it's Ant+. But how does Connect get it?

www8.garmin.com/.../GUID-8EC8B7FE-2AC2-46E9-94FC-06416FF1E2ED.html

0 trux 5 months ago in reply to 9912368

Plain Venu does not support HR broadcasting over Bluetooth. You either need a phone with the ANT+ interface, or a different watch, or a chest strap HRM.

0 9912368 5 months ago in reply to trux

Rats. That is unfortunate. Thank you for the reply.

0 trux 5 months ago in reply to 9912368

The least expensive option is an external HRM chest strap. You can get a decent one for some 30€, and perhaps even less.

0 9912368 3 months ago

Hey, so I figured I had nothing to lose, so I did some experimenting. I got a cheap Ant+ adapter (CooSpo USB ANT Stick,ANT+ Dongle on Amazon) and a USB-A to USB-C adapter. I installed the Ant+ USB and wireless services and then plugged in the adapter. Jepster was then able to detect it! It picked up the broadcast and showed the HR. So, there is a viable proof of concept. It dropped the signal once during a ride, and dropped the dongle entirely another time, but there is at least a working method. It's a little awkward, as there's a dongle sticking out of the bottom of the phone, but for smooth rides it works. Maybe there's a way to secure it for longer rides. I guess that's the next step, and will be essential for MTB.

I've tried to post a photo but it just keeps telling me it's not allowed. Sigh...