Hi everyone,
We're developing a plunge chiller platform, and as part of the experience, we want to capture the user's heart rate during their session in the cold tub. We're planning to integrate with the Garmin platform so that users wearing a Garmin watch can share their heart rate data with our system.
Our requirement is quite specific: we only need to access the heart rate data during the session. The session lasts a maximum of 2 minutes, and we plan to fetch heart rate data every 5 seconds during that time.
Based on Garmin’s documentation, my understanding is that we should use the Companion SDK, rather than the Standard Health SDK, to achieve this real-time data access. If this is incorrect, I’d really appreciate clarification on the best approach.
Additionally, our hardware (a dedicated screen installed on the tub) includes an ANT+ antenna. So, I’d also like to know if it’s possible — or recommended — to use ANT Wireless protocols to receive heart rate data directly from the watch instead of going through Garmin’s SDK.
Any guidance or suggestions from the community would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!